Starfleet Academy Comics

[tenmei]

Comic Book Preview – Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Lost Contact #1

Following on from the recent news that the TV show’s second season will be its last, IDW Publishing launches the first Star Trek: Starfleet Academy comic series next week, and you can get yourse…

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[TRON JA307020]

Will the comics continue with season 3 and 4 I wonder?

Well Paramount owns star trek comics as well. They would have give the permission for it. It would probably rest on how well the first series did.

 

[tenmei]

Issue #1 is pretty decent - takes place before 1x06 (we don't see B'avi or Dzolo, but Tarima is still in the War College) and makes some of the response by Ake in 1x07 make more sense vis a vis Genesis. The reasons for Tarima being in the test group are a little shaky (her leadership skills which, after her introduction seemed to get set aside) and Kyle being included because he's - athletic. That's a backhanded compliment. Some of the art isn't great, Caleb doesn't always look like Caleb, and there are times where Tarima and Genesis look too similar, but some of the art is great. The opening shot of the Athena - chef's kiss.

Looking forward to #2

 

[Michael]

^ Thanks for that review, @tenmei! That more or less tracks with what I’ve been gathering from the preview pages released thus far. I've ordered the first three issues (plus the Star Trek Celebrations 2026 special) and hopefully will be able to read it myself soon.