Star Trek - Klingons: Blood Will Tell was a five-part comic miniseries published by IDW Publishing, their second miniseries and their first TOS comics after their debut TNG miniseries The Space Between. The series was the first Star Trek project by Scott & David Tipton and was illustrated by David Messina, the writer/artist team having gone on to make several other Star Trek comics for IDW.
The complete miniseries was printed in an omnibus book in November 2007 which included the Klingon language edition of the first issue and a gallery of the numerous covers for the series. In August 2010, the entire miniseries was collected in Star Trek Omnibus: The Original Series, and in August 2020 it was reissued by Eaglemoss as Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 127.
Description[]
- There are two sides to every argument, and this special collection looks at some of the most famous encounters between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire — from the Klingon perspective! Star Trek fans are used to the Klingons responding with "swift and blinding violence," and now the creative team that brought you Angel: Auld Lang Syne will show us why. Also includes a cover gallery by series artist David Messina and variant cover artist Joe Corroney.
Overview[]
- Untold generations ago, Kahless the Unforgettable defeated his enemies and founded the glorious Klingon Empire. Imparting to his people the laws of honor. Upon his departure, he said to them "You are Klingons. You need no one but yourselves." But times change...
The series looked at some of the most famous encounters between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire, from the Klingon's point-of-view. Each issue looked at a different TOS episode with a framing story arc set around the events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country tying the series together. Episodes featured were "Errand of Mercy", "The Trouble with Tribbles", "A Private Little War" and "Day of the Dove".
The first issue was also available translated into Klingonese by Marc Okrand and the Klingon Language Institute, including a script in English for non-Klingon readers.
None of the issues (with the exception of the English script in the Klingon language edition of the first issue) had their titles published within the comic book, nor did the titles appear in the omnibus edition. Fortunately one of the writers, Scott Tipton provided the titles for all the issues on IDW's message boards.
Covers[]
Issues[]
| Title | Against Their Nature | Beneath the Skin | The Order of Things | Blood Reign O'er Me | Losses |
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| Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Writer | Scott & David Tipton | ||||
| Artist(s) | David Messina | ||||
| Published | 25 April 2007 | 21 May 2007 | 3 July 2007 | 1 August 2007 | 5 September 2007 |
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| Setting | "Errand of Mercy" | "The Trouble with Tribbles" | "A Private Little War" | "Day of the Dove" | The Undiscovered Country |
Each issue of the series was available in at least three covers. The A cover throughout series was by David Messina, however the B cover varied between Joe Corroney covers or photo-covers. The more limited availability retail incentive cover for each issue was typically the alternate B cover (eg. a photo-cover if a Corroney cover had been used for B and visa-versa), with the exception of the second issue which had a sketch version of the Corroney cover rather than any photo-cover. The first and third issues had an additional retail incentive cover, featuring the Joe Corroney artwork without any titles. On top of that the first issue was also issued with second photo-cover, exclusive to Comics Pro, and two additional covers for the Klingon language edition.
- Additional "Against Their Nature" covers
Appendices[]
Background[]
- The Graphic Novel Collection front cover was from David Messina's cover to "Losses", while its back cover featured Koloth from Joe Corroney's cover to "Beneath the Skin".
Connections[]
| Star Trek - Klingons: Blood Will Tell | |
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| Issues | Against Their Nature • Beneath the Skin • The Order of Things • Blood Reign O'er Me • Losses |
| Episodes | Errand of Mercy • The Trouble with Tribbles • A Private Little War • Day of the Dove • The Undiscovered Country |
| Creators | Elena Casagrande • Joe Corroney • David Messina • Robbie Robbins • Chris Ryall • Dan Taylor • Scott & David Tipton • Ilaria Traversi • Neil Uyetake |
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| Volumes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ST | 1 • 22 • 60 • 67 • 102 • 109 • 111 • 112 • 118 • 120 • 130 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOS | 2 • 4 • 9 • 10 • 13 • 15 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 23 • 24 • 26 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 34 • 39 • 41 • 44 • 46 • 49 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 57 • 61 • 64 • 68 • 72 • 75 • 78 • 83 • 84 • 89 • 90 • 93 • 100 • 101 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 108 • 110 • 115 • 121 • 122 • 125 • 127 • 129 • 134 • 138 • 139 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kelvin timeline | 6 • 7 • 12 • 14 • 17 • 25 • 36 • 40 • 45 • 48 • 56 • 63 • 71 • 77 • 81 • 87 • 92 • 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TNG | 3 • 5 • 11 • 16 • 27 • 32 • 33 • 42 • 50 • 58 • 65 • 66 • 69 • 73 • 76 • 79 • 82 • 85 • 88 • 91 • 94 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 113 • 119 • 128 • 132 • 135 • 136 • 140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DS9 | 28 • 35 • 37 • 43 • 47 • 55 • 59 • 62 • 70 • 74 • 80 • 86 • 106 • 114 • 116 • 123 • 126 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VOY | 21 • 38 • 124 • 131 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SA | IDW (8) • Marvel (107 • 117 • 133 • 137) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extras | Special Editions (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Premium Photonovels (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publication history[]
- 21 November 2007
- First omnibus edition released by IDW Publishing.
- 11 August 2010
- Collected in Star Trek Omnibus: The Original Series (IDW)
- 27 August 2020
- Reissued as Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 127 (Eaglemoss Collections)
Translations[]
External links[]
- Klingons: Blood Will Tell article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Klingons: Blood Will Tell page at the Star Trek Comics Checklist
- Writers Scott and David Tipton discuss the series in this article at Newsarama