IDW winding down Trek?

[OverlordSpock]

I always chuckle at how many people don't like Death's Angel. Is it a great novel? By no means. But, it's certainly a fun novel (if not just a little weird in places). I love to go back and read again from time to time, just for the fun factor.

I should also point out that Death's Angel is the first book I ever read cover-to-cover in one sitting (or rather, laying in a bed under several layers of comforters in a house with only radiant heat while it was about -20° outside, listening to the wind howl—literally one of my favorite memories).

 

[JD]

I was just on Trekmovie.com and at the end of their new preview for Infestation, they have a bit from IDW where they say that they do have several Trek comics, set in both the Prime and Abrams universes, planned for the rest of the year.

 

[Christopher]

They're using the Gold Key title logo? Hunh.

 

[shanejayell]

The logo has that b-movie horror feel, kinda. *lol*

The preview isn't bad, what there is of it. Need more to make any kind of judgment....

 

[Allyn Gibson]

The Gold Key logo?!?

Badass.

 

[F. King Daniel]

The Gold Key Trek gang wouldn't flinch at zombies. They already whupped the Voodoo planet. Break out the old green shirt and hair bleach, Scotty!

 

[veritech]

I've never been happy with the way IDW handles the Transformers franchise. It started out with a slow burn story by noted TF scribe, Simon Furman, and built to a cresendo throughout several mini-series. But they must not have sold well enough because the publisher truncated Furman's opus and gave us a "one year later" storyline that was much different in tone and art style. Since then, most of IDW's TF output has been subpar.

I tried to read their Star Trek stuff but became confused at all the different mini series and one-shots. It didn't seem cohesive at all.

 

[JoeZhang]

I've never been happy with the way IDW handles the Transformers franchise. It started out with a slow burn story by noted TF scribe, Simon Furman, and built to a cresendo throughout several mini-series. But they must not have sold well enough because the publisher truncated Furman's opus and gave us a "one year later" storyline that was much different in tone and art style. Since then, most of IDW's TF output has been subpar.

I tried to read their Star Trek stuff but became confused at all the different mini series and one-shots. It didn't seem cohesive at all.

I tried to read the transformers stuff and suddenly released how someone feels when they try and pick up a marvel or dc comic, I had absolutely no idea what was going on and it seemed to be far too much hard work to find out...

 

[Christopher]

I tried to read their Star Trek stuff but became confused at all the different mini series and one-shots. It didn't seem cohesive at all.

Yeah, for the most part, they're all standalones and aren't even always consistent with one another. The exceptions are the various miniseries by John Byrne, which are nominally separate but tend to include returning characters and threads from earlier Byrne minis.

 

[Therin of Andor]

The Gold Key Trek gang wouldn't flinch at zombies.

Canonical TOS had its share of mutants and zombie-like creatures, including a brainless Spock.

 

[Christopher]

And First Contact essentially reimagined the Borg as space zombies.

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

If IDW drops Trek, someone will come along and give it a stab in time for the next movie.

Give me DC with Bob Greenberger as the editor. Third time has gotta be the charm.

I'd take that but I would want Bob to have the free hand he had in the 80s and not all the creative shackling he had in the 90s.

 

[Mike Farley]

If IDW drops Trek, someone will come along and give it a stab in time for the next movie.

Give me DC with Bob Greenberger as the editor. Third time has gotta be the charm.

I'd take that but I would want Bob to have the free hand he had in the 80s and not all the creative shackling he had in the 90s.

I'll agree with both these sentiments. Can we get Mike Barr to write it?

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

Give me DC with Bob Greenberger as the editor. Third time has gotta be the charm.

I'd take that but I would want Bob to have the free hand he had in the 80s and not all the creative shackling he had in the 90s.

I'll agree with both these sentiments. Can we get Mike Barr to write it?

Only the best for you.

 

[ClayinCA]

Mike Barr's Trek wasn't my favorite. He had no idea how to write Spock (which, for me, is a major deal-breaker), and he always threw in too many outright quotes from earlier stories in his dialogue. My favorite Trek comic writers were Peter David, Mike Friedman, and Howard Weinstein (and the occasional fill-in from Diane Duane).

Definitely agree that the Trek comics edited by Bob Greenberger were the best, followed closely by Marvel's Early Voyages comic.

 

[Cicero]

Am I alone in preferring the mid-90s (Marvel/Paramount) comics, i.e. Early Voyages and Starfleet Academy?

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

I liked Peter David's Trek comics very much but thought that Weinstein's and Friedman's were very leaden compared to the stuff written in the 80s by Barr. Barr's stuff was so damn creative and out there. The stuff in the 90s was so stiff. Nothing as good as The Mirror Universe Saga came out of the 90s though the Trial of James T. Kirk arc came close.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Am I alone in preferring the mid-90s (Marvel/Paramount) comics, i.e. Early Voyages and Starfleet Academy?

For me, Starfleet Academy is second best after the first DC series. I loved the Vulcan/Romulan cadet's story.

 

[C.E. Evans]

Am I alone in preferring the mid-90s (Marvel/Paramount) comics, i.e. Early Voyages and Starfleet Academy?

For me, Starfleet Academy is second best after the first DC series. I loved the Vulcan/Romulan cadet's story.

Same here. Starfleet Academy and Early Voyages were both exactly what I wanted in Star Trek comics in the sense that they were ongoing monthly books that featured some characters whose fates weren't predetermined by a TV series or film...

 

[Turtletrekker]

Another vote for Starfleet Academy. Awesome series.