Star Trek IDW Comics

[BlueMetroid]

Orci's recent Tweet has motivated me to go back and read all the IDW comics of the past few years. I think I have compiled an accurate list of what I need to pick up, and the order I need to read them in. Could someone familiar with the comics double-check it?

Star Trek: Countdown
Star Trek: Nero
Star Trek: Vol. 1
Star Trek: Vol. 2
Star Trek: Vol. 3
Star Trek: Vol. 4
Star Trek: Vol. 5
Star Trek: Countdown To Darkness
Star Trek: After Darkness

Should I read the movie adaptation comics? Are they handled by the same team? And where would Spock Reflections fit in the order I should read them?

Gracias!

 

[Therin of Andor]

Should I read the movie adaptation comics?

Why not, if you're liking the IDW style and content?

IIRC, each issue has at least one bonus scene that had been trimmed for time from the script/movie.

Are they handled by the same team?

http://www.startrekcomics.info/ and scroll down till you hit the IDW section.

And where would Spock Reflections fit in the order I should read them?

Writers: Scott Tipton, David Tipton. It came out just before "Nero", but it's set wholly in the 24th century, IIRC.

Don't forget "When Worlds Collide", another (brief) Ambassador Spock 24th century prequel to the 2009 movie, which was published within the JJ Abrams special of "Wired" magazine. Available online at http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2009/whenWorldsCollide
Writers: Alex Kurtzman & Robert Orci

 

[BlueMetroid]

Thanks for the info Therin!

And I apologize...I just noticed there is a Literature Board...I'm still learning my way around here

 

[Christopher]

Here's an IDW chart of the chronological order for the comics, which is rather different from publication order:

http://www.idwpublishing.com/startrek/timelines.php

It doesn't include Spock: Reflections, but that takes place in 2372, the year after Generations. It's not integral to the Abramsverse continuity but works as a prologue of sorts for Countdown.

 

[BlueMetroid]

Extremely helpful...thank you! So the "Volumes" that I'm seeing on Amazon....they're compilations of the individual issues in that timeline?

 

[Therin of Andor]

Extremely helpful...thank you! So the "Volumes" that I'm seeing on Amazon....they're compilations of the individual issues in that timeline?

Yep.
http://www.startrekcomics.info/idwtpb.html

Scroll down to:
Mar 2012
Star Trek, Vol. 1

and so on. The volumes are interfiled with other series.

 

[Christopher]

Extremely helpful...thank you! So the "Volumes" that I'm seeing on Amazon....they're compilations of the individual issues in that timeline?

That's right. Each one is a compilation of 4 monthly issues, which is usually 2 storylines (except for Vol. 4, which is two 1-parters and a 2-parter, and Vol. 5, which is four 1-parters). I don't know why they only put four issues in a TPB instead of six, though.

 

[Ovation]

Surely it is to generate more revenue?