The last few years of Star Trek: The Next Generation comic tales have spent a lot of time exploring the role of the Enterprise-D crew as part of the last remnants of the Terran Empire, and now IDW Publishing is crossing over once more to explore the Mirror Universe lives of Kathryn Janeway and her familiar USS Voyager crew!
Announced today at San Diego Comic Con, Star Trek: Voyager — Mirrors and Smoke is set to serve as a one-shot comic tale starring the intrepid crew of Voyager, the first time this set of alternate-universe characters has appeared in IDW’s comic series which started with Star Trek: The Next Generation — Mirror Broken back in 2017.
Written by Paul Allor and and featuring art from longtime IDW mainstay J.K. Woodward, the one-off comic tale will be the first of a multi-month series of Star Trek Mirror Universe storytelling, each release set to focus on a different crew from the Star Trek franchise.
Here’s how the Mirrors and Smoke story has been described:
‘Mirrors and Smoke’ introduces Captain Janeway of the Voyager, a rebel ship stranded in the Delta Quadrant, far from the ruins of the Terran Empire. When Janeway crowns herself Pirate Queen of the Quadrant, the locals – including scavengers Neelix and Kes – won’t give up without a fight. Amid this conflict, the crew of the Voyager has a second problem on their hands: just who is the Terran calling herself Annika Hansen, and can she be trusted?
After the Mirror Voyager tale debuts this October, future issues in this series of Mirror Universe one-shots will include tales centered around the crew of the original Star Trek series, as well as one focused on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine cast — revisiting the characters seen in the televised trips to the alternate universe.
In addition to the J.K. Woodward cover artwork pictured above, there will also be a special retailer-exclusive variant by frequent IDW contributor George Caltsoudas.
Watch for our review of Star Trek: Voyager — Mirrors and Smoke when it arrives in October, and keep checking back to TrekCore for all the Star Trek news coming out of San Diego Comic Con!