The Spectrum War

The Spectrum War is six-part comic miniseries produced jointly by IDW Publishing and DC Comics, starting in July 2015. The series was written by Mike Johnson with art by Angel Hernandez. The series is a crossover between Star Trek: The Original Series and DC's Green Lantern franchise. It was released in omnibus editions in 2016, and later reissued by Eaglemoss Collections as Graphic Novel Collection, Special Edition 1.

Description[]

USS Enterprise crewmembers meet Hal Jordan and the entire Green Lantern Corps in an adventure that spans space, time and all the colors of the spectrum. Set in Star Trek's 23rd century, the balance of the universe will be tested when the Green Lantern Corps' power rings come into the possession of certain Star Trek characters while a dark and powerful evil looms around every corner. Only the combined power of the Green Lantern Corps and the Federation stand any chance of stopping those who worship evil's might.

Collection covers[]

Issues[]

Star Trek/Green Lantern crossover series
Volume 1: The Spectrum War	Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 • Issue 6
Volume 2: Stranger Worlds	Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 • Issue 6

Cover gallery[]

number	writer(s)	artist(s)	published
Issue 1	Mike Johnson	Angel Hernandez	July 2015
Issue 2	Mike Johnson	Angel Hernandez	August 2015
Issue 3	Mike Johnson	Angel Hernandez	September 2015
Issue 4	Mike Johnson	Angel Hernandez	October 2015
Issue 5	Mike Johnson	Angel Hernandez	November 2015
Issue 6	Mike Johnson	Angel Hernandez	December 2015

Appendices[]

Connections[]

Stories set in the Kelvin timeline
comics	When Worlds Collide: Spock Confronts the Ultimate Challenge • Nero (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Starfleet Academy (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) • Star Trek Movie Adaptation (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • IDW Star Trek: Volume 1 (Where No Man Has Gone Before: 1, 2 • The Galileo Seven: 1, 2) • Volume 2 (Operation: Annihilate: 1, 2 • Vulcan's Vengeance: 1, 2) • Volume 3 (The Return of the Archons: 1, 2 • The Truth About Tribbles: 1, 2) • Volume 4 (13 • 14 • Mirrored: 1, 2) • Volume 5 (17 • 18 • 19 • 20) • Countdown to Darkness (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Volume 6 (After Darkness: 1, 2, 3 • 24) • Volume 7: The Khitomer Conflict (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Khan (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) • Volume 8 (Parallel Lives: 1, 2 • I, Enterprise!: 1, 2 • Lost Apollo: 1, 2) • Volume 9: The Q Gambit (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Volume 10 (Behemoth: 1, 2 • Eurydice: 1, 2, 3 • Volume 11 (The Tholian Webs: 1, 2 • Deity: 1 • 2 • Flesh & Stone) • The Spectrum War (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Volume 12 (Live Evil: 1 • 2 • 3 • Reunion: 1 • 2) • Volume 13 (Legacy of Spock: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • Connection: 1 • 2) • Manifest Destiny (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Stranger Worlds (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Boldly Go: Volume 1 (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Volume 2 (7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12) • Volume 3: IDIC (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • "Meanwhile..." • "The Knight Errand"
novels	Star Trek • Starfleet Academy (The Delta Anomaly • The Edge • The Gemini Agent • The Assassination Game) • Into Darkness • The Unsettling Stars • More Beautiful Than Death
video games	Delta Vega: Meltdown on the Ice Planet • Academy Trainer • Cadet Training Facility • D-A-C • Race to Destiny • The Mobile Game • Star Trek • Rivals • Dark Remnant
board games	Expeditions	live-action shorts	Transporter Commercial • Brilliant Enterprise Commercial • Collision insurance commercial • Bold Explorers
websites	Starfleet Shipyard • Dossiers • Experience The Enterprise	apps	Star Trek App
prequels in original timeline	Countdown (1 • 2 • 3 • 4)

IDW Publishing miniseries
TOS	Klingons: Blood Will Tell • Year Four • The Enterprise Experiment • Assignment: Earth • Mirror Images • Romulans: The Hollow Crown • Crew • Mission's End • The Wrath of Khan • Romulans: Schism • Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor • Burden of Knowledge • Khan: Ruling in Hell • Infestation • Star Trek—Legion of Super-Heroes • Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever • The Primate Directive • Star Trek vs. Transformers • The Motion Picture: Echoes
TOS	Star Trek (2009) tie-in:	Countdown • Spock: Reflections • Nero • The Official Motion Picture Adaptation • Countdown to Darkness • Khan • Starfleet Academy • The Spectrum War • Manifest Destiny • Stranger Worlds
TNG	The Space Between • Intelligence Gathering • The Last Generation • Ghosts • Assimilation² • Hive • Deviations • Mirror Broken • Through the Mirror • Terra Incognita • The Mirror War • Warriors of the Mirror War • Holo-Ween
DS9	Fool's Gold • Too Long a Sacrifice • The Dog of War
VOY	Seven's Reckoning
DSC	The Light of Kahless • Succession • Aftermath • Adventures in the 32nd Century
PIC	Picard: Countdown • Stargazer
LD	Lower Decks
SNW	The Illyrian Enigma • The Scorpius Run
Other	Turnaround • Alien Spotlight • Alien Spotlight II • Captain's Log • Waypoint • The Q Conflict • Aliens • Resurgence • Defiant • Picard's Academy • Sons of Star Trek

Crossover comics
DC Comics	Star Trek-Legion of Super-Heroes (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • issue 4 • Issue 5)
DC Comics	Green Lantern	The Spectrum War (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 • Issue 6) • Stranger Worlds (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 • Issue 6)
Marvel Comics	X-Men (Star TreX • Second Contact)
IDW Publishing
	Doctor Who	Assimilation² (Volume 1: Isssue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Volume 2: Issue 5 • Issue 6 • Issue 7 • Issue 8)
	Transformers	Star Trek vs. Transformers (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5)
BOOM! Studios	The Primate Directive (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5)

Graphic Novel Collection
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
	TOS	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[]

12 April 2016: First miniseries omnibus release, in paperback. (ISBN 978-1631405594)
3 August 2016: Hardcover omnibus release for Star Trek Las Vegas 2016. (ISBN 827714010671)
13 April 2017: Reissued in hardcover as Graphic Novel Collection, Special Edition 1. (Eaglemoss Collections)

Translations[]

28 November 2017: German: In hardcover and paperback editions as Star Trek/Green Lantern: Der Spektren-Krieg (Panini Comics; paperback: ISBN 9783741605369)
19 December 2017: Spanish: In paperback as Star Trek/Green Lantern: La Guerra Espectral, translated by Francisco San Rafael Simó (ECC Ediciones, ISBN 978-8417276775)

External links[]

The Spectrum War article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
To Boldly Go in Blackest Night at StarTrek.com.

Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki