Star Trek Comics Humble Bundle

[Therin of Andor]

I have probably paid about the same for "rare" ashcan comics or exclusive content. This looks like a great deal. Glad to have so many eBook versions of IDW stuff (I already have in hardcopy).

Interesting that the Byrne book also contains "Frontier Doctor" At one time, on his blog, John Byrne was toying with doing his female Andorian character, Theela, from that storyline as character in a "photonovel" version, and was contemplating suitable guest actresses to "play" her.

http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=43808&PN=0&TPN=82

However, it is disappointing that this Gorn story is "exclusive" to this package deal. Perhaps it will be reprinted in the future in the regular series.

Exclusives are a necessary evil. If I were a seller wanting to maximize my sales, I'd want an exclusive that channelled lots more customers towards me, or tempted customers with a different track record to sample my wares. We readily admit that if this exclusive was available via simpler means, we'd get it that way, and the seller loses their advantage. I usually bite the bullet. Waiting in hope that it might one day come out some other way drives my completist soul insane.

 

[Steve Roby]

Considering IDW's propensity for repackaging and reprinting their own Trek material and other publishers', I can't believe that this won't be available in at least two or three collections within a couple of years. IDW was one of the reasons I gave up trying to be a near-completist collector.

 

[Defcon]

The additional comics have been added now.

If it turns out to be Byrne's Romulan series, that'd tip the scale for sure! )

It looks like you're right. The other one was in September of 2014. The link in that OP just goes to the current one now, but Stevil2001 does run down some of the content in the last post. (And Romulans was in that one, hmm.)

I've never bought from them, but I'm tempted.

ETA: I'm *guessing* some of the comics to be named later will be Ongoing volumes 7 to 9? They currently include 1 to 6 and 10 to 11, so that gap seems a little odd.

The Romulan series isn't included. But Ongoing volumes 7-9 are.


ETA: They also run a Star Trek Magazine Humble Bundle now:

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/star-trek-magazine-bundle

 

[ryan123450]

As far as I can tell this includes everything IDW has put out, except the modt recent issues, the Romulan stuff, Crew, and Frontier Doctor. Am I forgetting something?

I'm going to do the whole $25 bundle. It's still an amazing deal.

 

[Leathco]

Is this the entirety of the IDW run of comics? If so ill pick it up. Already got the mag bundle and liked it.

 

[ryan123450]

I remember a few other comics this doesn't include. Alien Spotlight 1 or 2.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

I picked up the whole bundle. I already have a bunch of stuff in it, but for that price, its still more than worth the duplication.

 

[Avro Arrow]

The additional comics have been added now.

The Romulan series isn't included.

Well, that's unfortunate.

As far as I can tell this includes everything IDW has put out, except the modt recent issues, the Romulan stuff, Crew, and Frontier Doctor.

So, their best four?

I remember a few other comics this doesn't include. Alien Spotlight 1 or 2.

As far as I can tell, it doesn't include (list includes ones already mentioned):

• TNG: The Space Between
• Alien Spotlight: Volume 1
• TNG: Intelligence Gathering
• NF: Turnaround
• Mirror Images
• Romulans: The Hollow Crown
• The Last Generation
• Crew
• Mission's End
• The Wrath of Khan (Adaptation)
• Romulans: Schism
• Alien Spotlight: Volume 2
• Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor (although issue #1 is included in the Byrne exclusive)
• Burden of Knowledge
• Captain's Log
• Khan: Ruling in Hell
• Infestation
• Starfleet Academy (recent)
• Manifest Destiny (recent)
• Ongoing: Volume 12 (recent)
• Archives: Volume 6 - Best of Alternate Universes (reprints)
  
• Omnibus One through Five (reprints)
• Special: Flesh and Stone

Based on the IDW Publishing page on MA.

I wonder how many of the older missing items were included in the 2014 offering? Maybe the two together would make almost a complete collection?

I may still end up getting this... it's still a really good deal for what you do get, and it'd probably be nice to have them available in digital format. But a lot of my favourite IDW miniseries are not part of the offering. Well, still six more days to decide.

 

[ryan123450]

Wow tgats alot more than I realized. Still glad I got them. Maybe they will do this again and it will fill in some of the gaps.

 

[Defcon]

I wonder how many of the older missing items were included in the 2014 offering? Maybe the two together would make almost a complete collection?

As far as i can tell this should be the 2014 Bundle:

http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/97151056232/resistance-is-futile-more-comics-in-the-star-trek

 

[Avro Arrow]

As far as i can tell this should be the 2014 Bundle:

http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/97151056232/resistance-is-futile-more-comics-in-the-star-trek

Thanks for that link! There's some overlap there, but it looks like the 2014 version had these ones, that the 2016 version doesn't have:

• Alien Spotlight: Romulans (in Romulans: Treasury Edition)
  
• Mirror Images
• Romulans: The Hollow Crown (in Romulans: Treasury Edition)
• Mission's End
• Burden of Knowledge

No Romulans: Schism and no Crew, though, so I don't feel as bad about missing that one!

Still leaning towards getting this. We'll see.

 

[mmtz]

These are the three digital deals for IDW comics that I've seen so far. The current Humble Bundle is the best deal so far. I've also notice that file sizes in the current bundle are much larger than before. Not sure why.

Humble Star Trek Bundle Presented by IDW, Sep 2014
$15.00 minimum for all content.
Formats: PDF, EPUB, MOBI, CBZ

Star Trek: Assignment Earth
Star Trek: Best of Klingons
Star Trek: Burden of Knowledge
Star Trek: Countdown
Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Fools Gold
Star Trek: Gold Key Archives Vol. 1
Star Trek: Mirror Images
Star Trek: Missions End
Star Trek: Movie Adaptation
Star Trek: Nero
Star Trek: Romulans Treasury Edition
Star Trek: Spock Reflections
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hive
Star Trek: Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment
Star Trek Classics Vol. 1: The Gorn Crisis
Star Trek Classics Vol. 2: Enemy Unseen
Star Trek Vol. 1

IDW Star Trek Bundle, Dec 2015
All IDW Star Trek comics in digital format for $99
Formats: PDF, EPUB

Star Trek Classics Vol. 1: The Gorn Crisis
Star Trek Classics Vol. 2: Enemy Unseen
Star Trek Classics Vol. 3: Encounters with the Unknown
Star Trek Classics Vol. 4: Beginnings
Star Trek Classics Vol. 5: Who Killed Captain Kirk?
Star Trek Vol. 1
Star Trek Vol. 2
Star Trek Vol. 3
Star Trek Vol. 4
Star Trek Vol. 5
Star Trek Vol. 6: After Darkness
Star Trek Vol. 7
Star Trek Vol. 8
Star Trek Vol. 9: The Q Gambit
Star Trek Vol. 10
Star Trek: Assignment Earth
Star Trek: Best of Klingons
Star Trek: Burden of Knowledge
Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness
Star Trek: Gold Key Archives, Vol. 1
Star Trek: Gold Key Archives, Vol. 2
Star Trek: Gold Key Archives, Vol. 3
Star Trek: Harlan Ellison’s City on the Edge of Forever
Star Trek: Intelligence Gathering
Star Trek: Khan
Star Trek: Mirror Images
Star Trek: Mission’s End
Star Trek: Movie Adaptation
Star Trek: Nero
Star Trek: New Visions, Vol. 1
Star Trek: New Visions, Vol. 2
Star Trek: Romulans Treasury Edition
Star Trek: Spock Reflections
Star Trek: Year Four
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation Vol. 1
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation Vol. 2
Star Trek: Countdown
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Fools Gold
Star Trek: Next Generation – Ghosts
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Hive
Star Trek: Year Four – The Enterprise Experiment
Star Trek/Legion of Super Heroes
Star Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive

Humble Comics Bundle: Star Trek presented by IDW, July 2016
Includes exclusive print edition of Star Trek New Visions Special: More of the Serpent than the Dove by John Byrne
$25.00 minimum for all content.
Formats: PDF, EPUB, CBZ, MOBI

Star Trek Archives Vol. 4: Best of Deep Space Nine
Star Trek Archives Vol. 5: The Best of Kirk
Star Trek Archives: Vol. 1
Star Trek Archives: Vol. 2
Star Trek Archives: Vol. 3
Star Trek Classics: Vol. 1
Star Trek Classics: Vol. 2
Star Trek Classics: Vol. 3
Star Trek Classics: Vol. 4: Beginnings
Star Trek Classics: Vol. 5: Who Killed Captain Kirk?
Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who: Assimilation Vol. 1
Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who: Assimilation Vol. 2
Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War
Star Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive
Star Trek: Assignment Earth
Star Trek: Best of Klingons
Star Trek: Countdown
Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Fool's Gold
Star Trek: Gold Key Archives: Vol. 1
Star Trek: Gold Key Archives: Vol. 2
Star Trek: Gold Key Archives: Vol. 3
Star Trek: Gold Key Archives: Vol. 4
Star Trek: Gold Key Archives: Vol. 5
Star Trek: Harlan Ellisons City on the Edge of Forever
Star Trek: Khan
Star Trek: Legion of Super-Heroes
Star Trek: Movie Adaptation
Star Trek: Nero
Star Trek: New Visions: Vol. 1
Star Trek: New Visions: Vol. 2
Star Trek: New Visions: Vol. 3
Star Trek: Next Generation - Ghosts
Star Trek: Spock Reflections
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Hive
Star Trek: Vol. 1
Star Trek: Vol. 2
Star Trek: Vol. 3
Star Trek: Vol. 4
Star Trek: Vol. 5
Star Trek: Vol. 6
Star Trek: Vol. 7
Star Trek: Vol. 8
Star Trek: Vol. 9
Star Trek: Vol. 10
Star Trek: Vol. 11
Star Trek: Year Four
Star Trek: Year Four - The Enterprise Experiment

 

[Therin of Andor]

As far as I can tell this includes everything IDW has put out, except the modt recent issues, the Romulan stuff, Crew, and Frontier Doctor. Am I forgetting something?

The hardcopy exclusive with the Gorn "New Visions" photostory will include Issue #1 of "Frontier Doctor". Maybe it's a thought experiement to see how many people seek out more "New Visions" or "Frontier Doctor" issues.

 

[Avro Arrow]

IDW Star Trek Bundle, Dec 2015
All IDW Star Trek comics in digital format for $99
Formats: PDF, EPUB

Thanks for the list! I hadn't heard about this bundle. Interesting how they specifically say "all" IDW Star Trek comics, but there's still some missing from that list (Crew, Khan: Ruling in Hell, Captain's Logs, etc.)

So I ended up going for it, because it seemed too good to pass up. But wow, I haven't bought anything from the States in a while, and had forgot how bad our dollar is right now, so the US$25 purchase ended up costing me $34. Don't get me wrong, still a good deal. But the other thing that kind of shocked me was:

I've also notice that file sizes in the current bundle are much larger than before.

Wow, you're not kidding! Many of them are over 1 GB, going up to 2.5 GB! For a PDF... I've downloaded hour-long HD videos with smaller file sizes. Some of them seem normal sized, though, and I can't see much rhyme or reason for the vast differences. For example, Star Trek Movie Adaptation - 6 issues, 67.9 MB, Star Trek: Khan - 5 issues, 1.3 GB. Or Ongoing Volume 5 - 4 issues, 124.1 MB, Ongoing Volume 7 - 4 issues, 1.3 GB.

I totaled them up, and for the entire set of 48 titles, it's just a touch over 34 GB. That's going to take me many, many days to download. To put it in perspective... remember a while back there was a DVD released with PDFs of (almost) all the pre-IDW Star Trek comics? This set of PDFs is the equivalent of about 7 and a quarter single-sided DVD-Rs.

 

[Stevil2001]

Yeah, as I read through the Transformers bundles, I'm constantly moving files on and off my external because they're too big to keep them on my laptop.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Since they're DRM-free, I wondered if they were deliberately inflating the file sizes as a piracy deterrent?

 

[CaffeineAddict]

I compared the cbz versions with some of IDWs comics i've downloaded from comixology (as cbz files are just zip archives, extracting them shows the dimensions of the page images) - the bundle is 3975x6112, whereas the ones from comixology are half that, at 1988x3056. I'm tempted to run them through a batch resizer just to make more reasonably sized versions for my tablet.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

I compared the cbz versions with some of IDWs comics i've downloaded from comixology (as cbz files are just zip archives, extracting them shows the dimensions of the page images) - the bundle is 3975x6112, whereas the ones from comixology are half that, at 1988x3056. I'm tempted to run them through a batch resizer just to make more reasonably sized versions for my tablet.

A little bit of powershell scripting, and I now have a resized version of the bundle, weighing in at a far more reasonable ~3GB. And now comic readers don't struggle to open them, either.

 

[Avro Arrow]

^ May I ask how you do that? Is there a website or something you can point me to? Thanks!

 

[CaffeineAddict]

^ May I ask how you do that? Is there a website or something you can point me to? Thanks!

Upfront warning/disclaimer…
Never run a script from the internet without understanding what it does and the impact on your system. Use at own risk.

Being a Database Administrator, I tend to do a fair amount of windows-admin type tasks, so powershell is my scripting language of choice.

Powershell has been included in windows by default since 7, and the latest version is PowerShell 5, which is the default of Windows 10. The newer version can be installed on earlier systems as well: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=50395

The script I used required Windows Powershell 5, as it uses the expand-archive and compress-archive cmdlets introduced in that version. You can check the installed version by opening powershell and typing $PSVersionTable.PSVersion (no result from this would indicate v1).

I made use of the script Set-ImageSize on the powershell gallery: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Resize-Image-File-f6dd4a56

And then wrote a script to automate extracting each archive, resizing the images, and creating a new archive. Disclaimer for any other sysadmin types…no, this isn't "production-ready" code, as it was intended as a one-off…

So….

Create a directory structure of:

C:\Images\Input
C:\Images\Output
C:\Images\Working
C:\Images\Input\Archive
C:\Images\Working\Original
C:\Images\Working\Resized

Download the script I used: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0hQDrqsNO_iNHIxUVp3RUpJeDA/view

Put both scripts in C:\Images.

Put all the humble bundle cbz files in C:\Images\Input.

Run the script from a powershell command prompt:

& C:\Images\ResizeHumbleBundle.ps1

You may get security prompts asking if you want to run a downloaded script. Also, script execution is disabled by default for security, so if you've never run any before, you'll need to run "Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted" first.

Obviously, only do any of that if you're comfortable with scripting.

If you want to learn about powershell, here are some resources; https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...d-scripter-the-best-ways-to-learn-powershell/

Hope that helps!