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Three new comics by IDW Publishing will be released in January, and one of the comics will be a prequel to the Star Trek into Darkness<\/em> movie.<\/p>\n The three comics are Star Trek The Next Generation\/Doctor Who Volume 2, Star Trek #17<\/em> and Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness #1<\/em>.<\/p>\n In Star Trek The Next Generation\/Doctor Who Volume 2<\/em>, “When the Federation’s most terrifying enemy strikes an unholy alliance with one of the Doctor’s most hated antagonists, the result is devastation on a cosmic scale! Spanning the ends of space and time itself, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise find themselves joining forces with the Doctor and his companions, with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance!”<\/p>\n Written by Scott<\/strong> and David Tipton<\/strong>, with art and cover by J.K. Woodward<\/strong>, the one-hundred-and-four page issue will sell for $17.99.<\/p>\n Star Trek #17<\/em> is the story of the “never-been-seen origins of the Enterprise crew in the new movie timeline! First up is Doctor Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy: find out how the cantankerous miracle worker found himself on a shuttle to Starfleet Academy with James T. Kirk! With a story overseen by Star Trek<\/em> writer\/producer Roberto Orci<\/strong>, this all-new tale sets the stage for the upcoming film!”<\/p>\n Thirty-two pages in length, Star Trek #17<\/em> was written by Mike Johnson<\/strong>, with art by Claudia Balboni<\/strong>, and art by Tim Bradstreet<\/strong>. Star Trek #17<\/em> will sell for $3.99.<\/p>\n Finally, the prequel comic to Star Trek into Darkness<\/em> will make its debut with Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness #1<\/em>, the first of a four-issue prequel mini-series which will “set the stage” for the May 2013 film.<\/p>\n Written by Roberto Orci<\/strong> and Mike Johnson<\/strong>, with art by David Messina<\/strong>, the thirty-two page issue will sell for $3.99.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Three new comics by IDW Publishing will be released in January, and one of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2971,2689],"tags":[4943,4940,4946],"class_list":["post-20837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-magazine","category-star-trek-xii","tag-star-trek-17","tag-star-trek-the-next-generationdoctor-who-volume-2","tag-star-trek-countdown-to-darkness-1"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"T'Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"Magazine<\/a> Star Trek Into Darkness<\/a>","tag_info":"Star Trek Into Darkness","comment_count":"5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20843,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20837\/revisions\/20843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}