STAR TREK 50th Anniversary - IDW September Solicitations due tomorrow?

[The Wormhole]

as for Ongoing we had an alt-future DS9 'crossover' (so not Prime - it was meant to be a possible JJFuture but they all wore the same heads")

The prologue and epilogue of the story does feature Q visiting Picard in the Prime Universe.

 

[Danlav05]

The prologue and epilogue of the story does feature Q visiting Picard in the Prime Universe.

of course yes! Forgot about that

 

[Enterprise1701]

I'm still a bit confused by "The Q Gambit" arc. Was Q under genuine threat from Pah-Wraiths, or was that all just a pocket dimension simulation Q created to screw with Abramsverse Kirk and Spock?

 

[Christopher]

I'm still a bit confused by "The Q Gambit" arc. Was Q under genuine threat from Pah-Wraiths, or was that all just a pocket dimension simulation Q created to screw with Abramsverse Kirk and Spock?

Yeah, that didn't make sense to me. It seemed that Q brought the Enterprise into the future to save him from a threat that only existed in the alternate timeline he created by bringing the Enterprise into the future. Huh? So if he'd just left well enough alone, he wouldn't have been in danger anyway. On top of which, I'm not sure what Kirk and Spock achieved there that couldn't have been achieved by someone else.

 

[Enterprise1701]

Yeah, that didn't make sense to me. It seemed that Q brought the Enterprise into the future to save him from a threat that only existed in the alternate timeline he created by bringing the Enterprise into the future. Huh? So if he'd just left well enough alone, he wouldn't have been in danger anyway. On top of which, I'm not sure what Kirk and Spock achieved there that couldn't have been achieved by someone else.

Also, the Q Continuum is under threat from some other species? Just.....how?

 

[BillJ]

Star Trek is a big universe there's so much they could do!

But will people buy them? I imagine sales is probably why we no longer see TNG comics.

 

[Danlav05]

But will people buy them? I imagine sales is probably why we no longer see TNG comics.

i figured that, sadly - it seems in America it's Kirk n co who sell

 

[Leto_II]

^ Also, a couple of recent things notwithstanding, virtually all of those TOS stories generally tend to be heavily 5YM-focused, as opposed to other 23rd century sub-eras.

 

[Idran]

^ Also, a couple of recent things notwithstanding, virtually all of those TOS stories generally tend to be heavily 5YM-focused, as opposed to other 23rd century sub-eras.

Also because that's what sells best nowadays, from what I understand.

 

[Danlav05]

^ Also, a couple of recent things notwithstanding, virtually all of those TOS stories generally tend to be heavily 5YM-focused, as opposed to other 23rd century sub-eras.

Even though TNG merchandise sells and The Wrath of Khan is the most popular movie the 5YM and the JJVerse are the big sellers of Trek; the novel range is the only series that seems to be the exception

 

[Idran]

Even though TNG merchandise sells and The Wrath of Khan is the most popular movie the 5YM and the JJVerse are the big sellers of Trek; the novel range is the only series that seems to be the exception

Nah, even in the novels I'm pretty sure it's been said that 5YM books sell leaps and bounds better than anything else. That's part of why so many books on the schedule are 5YM.

 

[Danlav05]

http://www.startrek.com/article/waypoint-comic-anthology-to-feature-short-stories

 

[Leto_II]

^ Interesting. So...a chance for some TOS movie-era stories potentially, here, then? Cool.

 

[Danlav05]

^ Interesting. So...a chance for some TOS movie-era stories potentially, here, then? Cool.

Maybe all 5 series which means we could finally get an Enterprise comic? Also JJTrek, movie era and in the final issue New Series?

 

[Sto-Vo-Kory]

The first issue sounds like a sequel to the Light Fantastic by Jeffrey Lang.

 

[Leto_II]

Maybe all 5 series which means we could finally get an Enterprise comic? Also JJTrek, movie era and in the final issue New Series?

Possibly -- although are the ENT rights in IDW's possession at the moment? I remember they were able to use Phlox's visage in that one TNG miniseries a couple years back, but I think they were otherwise locked out from other rights apart from that special dispensation. Could be misremembering this, however. If so, someone else here might be able to clarify it for us.

 

[20fridge]

The first issue sounds like a sequel to the Light Fantastic by Jeffrey Lang.

Except in The Light Fantastic and the novelverse in general Geordi isn't a captain...

 

[Danlav05]

Possibly -- although are the ENT rights in IDW's possession at the moment? I remember they were able to use Phlox's visage in that one TNG miniseries a couple years back, but I think they were otherwise locked out from other rights apart from that special dispensation. Could be misremembering this, however. If so, someone else here might be able to clarify it for us.

Not a clue, it's weird if this is correct - why wouldn't they be allowed Enterprise bar Phlox?

 

[Christopher]

Not a clue, it's weird if this is correct - why wouldn't they be allowed Enterprise bar Phlox?

Just guessing, but there might be a difference between having an ENT character as a guest star in a different series's story and telling an actual ENT story. Maybe that's why Malibu was able to use Ro Laren in a DS9 comic even though DC had the TNG license, for example.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

My fave TOS stories are ones that could have taken place any time in the five year mission. Afterwards, not so much. Dunno why.