Star Trek: Discovery Comic Book Tie-In Officially Announced

IDW Publishing has officially revealed the first details for their upcoming Star Trek: Discovery comic book series.

The first issue of the new Star Trek: Discovery series will hit comic book stores on October 25, about one month after the new Star Trek series debuts.

The series will be written by Michael Johnson, a veteran of IDW's Star Trek comics line, and Kristen Beyer, a writer on Star Trek: Discovery who has been tasked with overseeing the series' multimedia tie-ins. Tony Shasteen, who worked with Johnson on IDW's Star Trek: Boldly Go series, will draw the book.

IDW didn't offer much in the way of plot details for fear of spoiling the show before its debut. Here's the solicitation text for the first issue:

Star Trek: Discovery #1—Cover A: Tony Shasteen—GEM OF THE MONTH
Mike Johnson, Kirsten Beyer (w) • Tony Shasteen (a & c)

Warp into adventure with this new comic book series that ties into the new Star Trek television show premiering in late September on CBS All Access in the U.S., the Space channel in Canada and Netflix throughout the rest of the world! Details remain secretive so we can't show you covers yet, but we can tell you that you won't want to miss this very special KLINGON-centric series. Be prepared for action, adventure, and Star Trek at its best!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Trek: Discovery #1—Cover B: Photo
Mike Johnson (w) • Tony Shasteen (a) • Photo (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Trek: Discovery is headed to this week's Comic-Con International: San Diego. Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Mary Wiseman, Anthony Rapp, and James Frain will all be in attendance, alongside Executive Producers Alex Kurtzman, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Heather Kadin, and Akiva Goldsman for a panel moderated by guest star Rainn Wilson, who plays Star Trek: The Original Series character Harry Mudd on Star Trek: Discovery.

Set 10 years prior to the five-year mission of the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Discovery follows the adventures of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new lifeforms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself. The series will feature a new ship, new characters, and new missions while embracing the same ideology and hope for the future that inspired a generation of dreamers and doers.

Star Trek: Discovery's cast also includes Jason Isaacs as the starship Discovery's Captain Lorca, Rainn Wilson as Star Trek: The Original Series character Harry Mudd, James Frain as Sarek, Spock's father, and Michelle Yeoh as Captain Georgiou, the captain of another Starfleet ship, the Shenzhou, which will be important to the plot of Star Trek: Discovery. Doug Jones and Anthony Rapp both play science officers. Mary Wiseman will play a final year Starfleet Academy cadet.

Star Trek: Discovery premieres Sept. 24, 2017.

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