IDW Publishing

This page lists the comics miniseries published by IDW Publishing.
 * See IDW Publishing release order for a listing of IDW comics in issue by issue publication order.

Early miniseries
IDW's first miniseries, which began in January 2007, was titled The Space Between, celebrating TNG's 20th anniversary with six issues set variously through TNG's TV seasons. The series was written by David Tischman and the series artist was Casey Maloney. The first five issues of the series told apparently stand alone stories, released out of chronological order. The epilogue in the fifth issue and the entire sixth issue then tied the entire series together. The omnibus of this series was released in September 2007.

IDW's second project, starting April 2007, was a TOS miniseries; Klingons: Blood Will Tell. The five issue series presents the Star Trek universe from the Klingon's point of view. A framing story set amongst the events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country looks back at TOS episodes, creating interconnectivity between the episodes and adding a Klingon twist. The series was written by Scott and David Tipton with art by David Messina. The omnibus of this series was released in November 2007.

IDW's third project, Year Four, began in July 2007, which over six issues (plus a prologue in Focus on... Star Trek) told stories set in what would have been the fourth season of TOS. The series was written by David Tischman with art by several different artists. The omnibus of this series was released in March 2008.

In September 2007 another six part series, Alien Spotlight, started. Each comic in the series was a one-off TOS or TNG story focusing on a different alien species, with each issue written and illustrated by a different creative team. The ominbus for this series was published in May 2008.

IDW's fifth project was a five part TNG miniseries titled Intelligence Gathering which told a five part sequential story, while each issue told it's own story focusing on one or two characters. The series was written by Scott and David Tipton with art by David Messina. The omnibus for this series was released in August 2008.

Second Stage
In March of 2008 IDW kicked off a new round of miniseries with the launch of the , which signified a doubling in the number of comics being published and greater use of established and notable writers and artists.

Completed series
The first title was a five-part  miniseries called Turnaround, written by Peter David with art by Stephen Thompson. The omnibus for the series will be released in October.

The next Second Stage title began in April 2008. The Year Four saga continues in Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment, written by D.C. Fontana and Derek Chester with art by Gordon Purcell. The five part story arc will be sequel to the episode "The Enterprise Incident" featuring both the Romulans and Klingons. The omnibus for this series will be released in November

The third Second Stage title was , written and illustrated by John Byrne and started in May 2008. The five Gary Seven stories bring to life the spin-off series that never was from the episode "". Each issue will take place a year apart from each other, starting in 1968. The omnibus for this series will be published in December 2008.

In June 2008 the fourth Second Stage title started. Mirror Images was be a five-part mirror universe series written by Scott and David Tipton with art by David Messina. The series depicted $𝜇$'s rise to captaincy of the ISS over $𝜇$.

Starting September was a two-part story from John Byrne. Romulans: The Hollow Crown was be a sequel to Byrne's Romulan issue of the Alien Spotlight series.

In production
Starting in November, was be a five part TNG/Myriad Universes series titled The Last Generation, the series by Andrew Steven Harris with art by Gordon Purcell will show an alternate timeline in which the Federation and Klingons went to war, with the Klingons eventually conquering Earth.

Forthcoming series
The first new miniseries starting in 2009 will be , a four-part tie-in prequel series to the new Star Trek movie. The series' story will be by the film's director and producer J.J. Abrams and writters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and will be written by Tim Jones and Mike Johnson. The series will be illustrated by David Messina. The omnibus for the series will be released promptly after the final issue in April in time for the release of the movie.

Also starting early in 2009 will be a second Alien Spotlight series. Species featured in Alien Spotlight II will include the Klingons, Tholians, Ferengi, Betazoids and the Q. Keith R.A. DeCandido's issue on the Klingons will be titled "Four Thousand Throats..." and will be illustrated by J.K. Woodward. The Q issue will be by Scott & David Tipton and Ferengi issue will be written by Andrew Steven Harris. Other writers in the series will include James Patrick and Mike W. Barr.

Next to start will be Crew a six part miniseries by John Byrne telling the story of Number One's early career in Starfleet, from cadet to serving on the Enterprise. Beyond that John Byrne is also set to produce a second series of Assignment: Earth comics and a further sequel to his Romulan stories, showing the break up of the Klingon-Romulan alliance.

Omnibuses
In addition to the release of individual issues IDW have also reprinted all their Star Trek comics in omnibus books - approximately three months after the release of the final issue of each miniseries.

The omnibuses contain all the issues of the miniseries, plus cover galleries to display all the available covers for the issues and some additional content that was printed with the original issues, such as behind the scenes development sketches.

Archives
Starting from September 2008 IDW will also be publishing omnibus books of older Star Trek comics from previous Star Trek comic book publishers. These book will be branded Star Trek Archives.

Possible future series
IDW currently only holds the licenses for the two most popular Trek series; TOS and TNG, and are continuing to test the waters with various projects before considering expansion into other series. The company have the right of first refusal to the rest of franchise should they later decide to expand out from those two series. The current licences include the full breadth of both series and spin-offs so IDW could do, and are doing, stories in the era of Captain Pike and comics from the New Frontier series.

IDW editor Andrew Steven Harris has suggested the company plan to work on some sort of collaborative project with Pocket Books - the first hint of this collaboration is the The Last Generation miniseries, which will be relased under the Myriad Universes manner begun by Pocket. Andrew Steven Harris has stated that " and DS9 are the two far-and-away front-runners" for series IDW might wish to develop, and his successor Andrew Schmidt has also hinted at Titan, as well Excelsior/Sulu stories.

Further TOS and TNG titles
Following on from their first two Year Four miniseries' IDW have vague plans for two more Year Four miniseries, making a total of twenty-two issues over the four minis, equivalent to a full season of The Original Series. After that they plan to continue on to Year Five miniseries’.

John Byrne is developing several projects for IDW; In addition to those listed in the forthcoming section above he has at least one other miniseries and a two-part story in the works.

Beyond 2008, IDW are currently developing an idea for a post-Nemesis TNG series, working with an unspecified individual who has previously worked on Star Trek projects form Marvel and DC comics. This series could start sometime in early-2009.

The company has also made clear an intention to publish an adaptation of the new Star Trek movie. And beyond the tie-in already annouced, , Roberto Orci has noted plans for further tie-ins in the works.

When Mirror Images was first announced it was also suggested that there would be a TNG mirror universe series to follow. However that series was pushed back in favour of the Myriad Universe miniseries The Last Generation and might not now be going ahead.

Announced in Focus on... Star Trek another project possibly in the works is Probability Factor, a six issue miniseries, three issue TOS and three TNG. The series was to tell "What if?" stories exploring episodes that might have been is some factor had changed. The episodes choose for the alternate universe treatment were to be selected by and voted for by fans. However since its initial announcement no further news on the series has been announced, while other new miniseries (including a different alternate timeline story - The Last Generation) have gone ahead.

Deep Space Nine
Andrew Steven Harris, David Tischman and Dan Taylor have all expressed an interest in a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine comic series, with Harris identifying the series as his favorite, and acknowledging a great deal of demand from the fan-base ("easily the most requested series"). Harris has commented "I would give up a year of watching baseball if it meant we could do new stories for DS9. But, as they say, you never know, so keep your eyes peeled..

IDW will be testing the market for DS9 products in the form of a DS9 volume of the Star trek Archives omnibuses in 2009.

Voyager and Enterprise''
On  comics Andrew Steven Harris has stated they are currently unlikely to happen any time soon if at all.  comics have a similar, if not worse, Dan Taylor noted likeness approvals for Scott Bakula/Jonathan Archer are problematic. Enterprise, being the series with the smallest fanbase, would also make such a venture risky, ie. developing comics on a series that may be less commercially successful.