For the primary time since taking up command of the official “Star Trek” comedian e book line in 2007, IDW Publishing will current “Star Trek: Day of Blood,” an absorbing 5-issue crossover occasion starting this July that joins collectively the brand new “Star Trek” flagship title with the upcoming “Star Trek: Defiant” collection arriving in March.
This brash “Star Trek” new storyline is being given a particular introductory one-shot for Free Comedian Ebook Day on Could 6 with “Star Trek: Prelude to Day of Blood (opens in new tab),” co-written by esteemed Trek comedian creators Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, and Christopher Cantwell with paintings by Mike Feehan.
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“”Star Trek: Day of Blood” is what this final yr of comedian e book planning has been all about,” says senior editor Heather Antos in an IDW press release (opens in new tab). “All of it results in this second. Was Sisko the proper selection of the Prophets? Will Worf’s Klingon honor serve him effectively? Or will the 2 stay within the crossfires of the godkiller? Jackson, Collin, and Chris are asking among the greatest questions we have ever seen in “Star Trek” comics, and it is time to reply them within the franchise’s first-ever basic summer time crossover occasion.”
Right here’s the official synopsis:
“In Prelude to Day of Blood, the usS. Santa Cruz travels to the Korvat colony for Kot’baval. However what was imagined to be a easy statement of the sacred Klingon competition rapidly turns right into a massacre when the cult of the godkiller reveals themselves to the universe.”
“It is time for Benjamin Sisko to face the previous,” Lanzing stated within the statment. “And for readers to lastly get a take a look at the true fallout of the Dominion Struggle. “Deep Space Nine” is the inspiration for this complete line, so it feels solely proper that the crew of the usS. Theseus come again to the place it began.”
Cantwell admits to being nothing wanting ecstatic to be a significant artistic participant in IDW’s expansive “Star Trek” initiative.
“There have been moments in our writers’ room with Jackson and Collin the place I could not imagine we have been actually doing this,” he provides. “Not simply telling one “Star Trek” story however weaving collectively a number of Trek tales on the identical time, with plotlines from “Star Trek” and “Star Trek: Defiant” converging. We threw all our boldest concepts and greatest character pairings right into a story of pure chaos, starship battles, and actual epic dramatic resonance you may solely obtain within the scope of comics.”
“Star Trek: Prelude to Day of Blood” lands on Could 6 with cowl artwork by Malachi Ward.
“As lifelong “Star Trek” followers, Jack and I’ve been dreaming of this sort of factor since we are able to keep in mind,” Kelly notes. “That is the type of occasion you may solely do in comics, with huge stakes and two starship crews colliding in the midst of a very lethal disaster. That is our season finale.”
To comply with your complete “Day of Blood” story arc, readers can step aboard these 5 points: “Star Trek: Day of Blood #1” (July 2023); “Star Trek: Defiant #6” (August 2023); “Star Trek #11” (August 2023); “Star Trek: Defiant #7” (September 2023); and “Star Trek #12” (September 2023).
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