IDW Publishing’s sixty-issue Star Trek: Five Year Mission (previously Star Trek: Ongoing) monthly comic series comes to an end in August, and after taking a month off, the crew of the Kelvin Timeline’s USS Enterprise will be back in print for Star Trek: Boldly Go.
This new monthly post-STAR TREK BEYOND series kicks off in October, with writer Mike Johnson and artist Tony Shasteen returning to helm the ongoing storyline.
Star Trek: Boldly Go will reunite the fan-favorite Trek team of Mike Johnson and Tony Shasteen on writing and art duties, respectively, and will succeed the currently running Star Trek series which will conclude after 60 universe-expanding issues, penned primarily under Johnson’s watch. Boldly Go will follow the events of Star Trek Beyond, the latest major motion picture in the ongoing cinematic saga.
“What better way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of STAR TREK?” asks Star Trek editor Sarah Gaydos. “And what better team to do it with? Mike and Tony are poised to take the series in such an exciting direction. I can’t wait to introduce the world to these new characters… as well as some interesting friends and foes from the past.”
Chronicling the adventures of Captain Kirk and his iconic crew, a danger unlike anything the Federation has faced before threatens our heroes as they explore new worlds and encounter new species. All that plus brand-new uniforms for the crew!
Star Trek: Boldly Go will beam into comic shops this October and will feature character-focused connecting subscription variant covers by series artist, Tony Shasteen. A bold new era of STAR TREK begins here!
In a new interview with IGN, Johnson and Shasteen went into detail about the planning and goals of the new monthly series.
On starting up a new run of Kelvin Timeline comics, and following the events of STAR TREK BEYOND:
It’s been five years since we launched the ongoing comic, it sort of dovetailed nicely with the idea of a five-year mission. And literally, 60 issues divided by 12 months is five years, so it felt like an appropriate time to wrap it up. And then along with that, we had the movie coming out at the same time, which these comics have always followed the Kelvin timeline crew.
So it felt natural to then use the movie as sort of the jumping off point for the next series.
Stay tuned to TrekCore for our reviews of the new Star Trek: Boldly Go comics as they arrive!