Star Trek: Countdown

Star Trek: Countdown will be a TOS comics miniseries published by IDW Publishing starting in January 2009. The series, of a so far unspecified number of issues, will be a prequel 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 first issue will "present the origin of Nero, the mysterious Romulan who will ultimately threaten the survival of the entire universe."