Greater than thirty years have handed because the William Shatner model of Captain James T. Kirk was killed off within the movie Star Trek: Generations – however now he’s getting back from the useless, mysteriously resurrected within the comedian e book sequence Star Trek: The Final Starship from IDW Publishing. The primary difficulty of the sequence is scheduled to achieve retailer cabinets on September 24th.
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, with artwork by Adrián Bonilla, Star Trek: The Final Starship takes place throughout The Burn, a galaxy-wide catastrophe which triggered the destruction of each lively warp core, killing trillions and shattering the peace and stability the United Federation of Planets supplied for seven centuries. Dealing with a real wild west in area, a mysteriously resurrected Kirk might want to lead a brand new crew and ship in a seemingly not possible effort to uphold Starfleet’s mission of unity throughout the cosmos. The Hollywood Reporter notes that Kirk would be the solely character within the sequence who will probably be acquainted to followers, the remainder of the forged is made up of latest characters.
Kelly and Lanzing have been writing Star Trek comics for IDW for a number of years, with a earlier title incomes an Eisner Award nomination for Finest New Sequence in 2023. Lanzing advised The Hollywood Reporter, “Forget everything you know about Star Trek. The Last Starship is a new crew, a new era, and a completely different tone; our aim is to be literary, intense, innovative, and most of all, accessible. We’re bringing you into the Federation’s darkest hour through the brilliant, noir-soaked lens of artist Adrián Bonilla with zero homework required. Longtime Trek fans will have a deep and fascinating reading experience, to be sure – this is a pivotal moment in Trek history that’s never been even glimpsed before – but above all, The Last Starship is a dark and complex sci-fi you can hand to anyone.” Kelly added, “William Shatner’s iconic efficiency transcends borders and Kirk is without doubt one of the nice characters of the fashionable fiction canon. He was additionally the primary Star Trek character we ever wrote, a frontrunner and warrior poet with boundless tragedy and contradiction. Now, we’re honored to be taking this character into really uncharted, groundbreaking territory in The Final Starship… because the Federation’s best pioneer should face down the inferno that threatens to devour his total legacy.“
Star Trek: The Final Starship is meant to be the “main book” in IDW’s Star Trek line-up, however there are a lot extra Star Trek books to sit up for. The restricted sequence Star Trek: Crimson Shirts is about to launch in July, adopted by Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds – The Seeds of Salvation in August and Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming in September.
The primary difficulty of Star Trek: The Final Starship has a major cowl by Francesco Francavilla, plus variants by Skyler Patridge, Michael Cho, and Malachi Ward. You’ll be able to check out the covers on the backside of this text.
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