2025 Comics Thread

[The Wormhole]

Since there doesn't seem to be a thread for Trek comics released in 2025 and I understand it's preferred to have a separate thread for comics rather than just lumping them in the novels thread, I figured I'd start a thread for the 2025 comics releases, beginning with the announcement that there will be a tie-in to the Section 31 movie being released in February.

Untold Story Of Emperor Georgiou To Be Told In ‘Star Trek: Section 31’ Comic Book Tie-In

The one-shot comic from IDW arrives February 5, 2025.

trekmovie.com

 

[Markonian]

Thank you. I find it hard these days to keep track of which comics are coming out. In particular because of the parallel/overlapping Theseus/Defiant series and their mini-series spinoffs(?).

 

[Admiral_Young]

So far we have just the Section 31 one shot and the start of Star Trek: Lore War for 2025 correct?

 

[Markonian]

The Section 31 comic better not mess up the Monster Maroons if they depict it.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Maybe we'll get some monster cyans and goldenrods, too.

 

[tgiokdi]

Thank you. I find it hard these days to keep track of which comics are coming out. In particular because of the parallel/overlapping Theseus/Defiant series and their mini-series spinoffs(?).

There's a few of us that track the comings and goings, I have a site at startrekbookclub.com that has everything I'm aware of that's due to be published at https://www.startrekbookclub.com/upcoming-books/ I also post about every week's new books here on the trekbbs

 

[ryan123450]

There's a few of us that track the comings and goings, I have a site at startrekbookclub.com that has everything I'm aware of that's due to be published at https://www.startrekbookclub.com/upcoming-books/ I also post about every week's new books here on the trekbbs

I appreciate all your efforts on this. You’re updates are the main way I keep up with everything.

 

[JD]

I read the 3rd issue of the ongoing Lower Decks comic last week and it was a ton of fun.
All the stuff with the planet of guidance counselors was really funny, and the mystery around the star system disappearing was interesting and I loved the explanation video for what was going on was hysterical, although I didn't totally understand what it was talking about.
This ends on a hell of a cliffhanger, so I'll be anxiously awaiting #4. This is the first time I've ever read new individual comic issues as they're coming out, so I'm not used to having to wait a month to find out what happens next. I usually only read the collections, but Hoopla, the free e-book/digital comic library app, is getting the individual issues on the day they're being released, so I couldn't resist.
If you're wanting more Lower Decks now that it's over, I highly recommend the comics, they're fantastic.

 

[tgiokdi]

Star Trek #28

Cover A by: Ramon Rosanas
MSRP: $4.99 USD
UPC: $82771403084602811
Diamond Code: NOV241106

Cover B by: Tess Fowler
MSRP: $4.99 USD
UPC: $82771403084602821
Diamond Code: NOV241107

by: Jake Bartok
UPC: $82771403084602831
Diamond Code: NOV241108

Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.

Lore has destroyed the multiverse, and its fate now lies in Benjamin Sisko’s hands. But after the U.S.S. Theseus slingshots into the Celestial Temple, Sisko finds himself without his crew…or any technology…on a Bronze-age Bajor. The ancient Bajorans don’t know what to make of him: Is he a terrifying threat or the prophet they’ve been waiting for? If Sisko is to save life itself from the Orb of Destruction, he must first save himself…

Images are hosted on www.startrekbookclub.com a site I operate myself and hotlinking is permitted.

 

[tgiokdi]

Star Trek: Defiant #23

Cover A by: Angel Unzueta
MSRP: $4.99 USD
UPC: $82771403137902311
Diamond Code: NOV241109

Cover B by: Adam Gorham
MSRP: $4.99 USD
UPC: $82771403137902321
Diamond Code: NOV241110

Cover C by: Takashi Okazaki
UPC: $82771403137902331
Diamond Code: NOV241111

Written by Christopher Cantwell.

Alexander’s cha’DIch Worf has tasked him with a near-impossible task for his Errand of Valor: rescue the workers rebelling against a deuterium mega-power, Archanis Inter-Corporate. He must fight selflessly in the name of the helpless… even if it costs him his life. If that weren’t enough of a challenge, a face from Alexander’s bloody past appears to test where his heart truly lies. Meanwhile, in the minefield of the Alpha Quadrant, Ro, B’Elanna, and O’Brien find themselves in a stalemate between the Cardassians and Section 31 that could end explosively.

Images are hosted on www.startrekbookclub.com a site I operate myself and hotlinking is permitted.

 

[tgiokdi]

Out today:


Star Trek: Lower Decks #4

Cover A by: Jack Lawrence
MSRP: $4.99 USD
UPC: $82771403368700411
Diamond Code: DEC241084

Written by Ryan North.

Rutherford to bridge. We’re not dead! However, after escaping a vacuum collapse of the Alecto system, the U.S.S. Cerritos is lost inside a new space-time that’s expanding away from us in every direction at the speed of light. To make matters worse, an alien intelligence made of pure energy has possessed Tendi and my bodies, shunting our consciousnesses into the ship’s computer. While it’s a fun, flirty energy, we’d very much like our bodies back so we can pop the expanding time bubble and save our universe!

Images are hosted on www.startrekbookclub.com a site I operate myself and hotlinking is permitted.

I also note that this series is now only doing a single cover for every issues, which is super strange for IDW. Also, because the first miniseries was just three issues long and had the same name, this is the first "Star Trek: Lower Decks #4" that's been released.

 

[JD]

I was hoping to read that today, but Hoopla doesn't have it yet. They did get the first three issues, so hopefully it will show up there eventually.

 

[tgiokdi]

Star Trek #29

Cover A by: Ramon Rosanas
MSRP: $4.99 USD
UPC: $82771403084602911
Diamond Code: DEC241075

Cover B by: Tess Fowler
MSRP: $4.99 USD
UPC: $82771403084602921
Diamond Code: DEC241076

Cover C by: Jake Bartok
MSRP: $No MSRP
UPC: $82771403084602931
Diamond Code: DEC241077

Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.

Sisko is stuck outside space-time on Bajor. He does not know if his crew and his family are alive or if his universe even exists beyond this plane. All Sisko knows is that he must stop Lore before everyone and everything he loves is destroyed forever. To do that, he must build the Orbs of Destiny. It all comes down to this. If there’s any hope for a future, the Prophets will reveal it now.

Images are hosted on www.startrekbookclub.com a site I operate myself and hotlinking is permitted.

 

[JD]

Lower Decks #4 is finally up on Hoopla, so once I hit the end of the next chapter in the novel I'm reading, I'll take a break for it.

 

[tgiokdi]

Star Trek: Section 31: Emperor Born #1

Cover A by: Megan Levens
MSRP: $5.99
Diamond Code: NOV241113

Cover B by: Photograph
MSRP: $5.99 USD
Diamond Code: NOV241114

RI-A by: Annie Wu
MSRP: $No MSRP
Diamond Code: NOV241115

Written by Alyssa Wong.

From the pen of Alyssa Wong (Spirit World, Doctor Aphra) and the brush of Megan Levens (Star Trek) comes the exciting single-issue spin-off of the forthcoming Star Trek: Section 31 movie! The issue features Emperor Philippa Georgiou on a brand-new, raucous, and exhilarating adventure.

Images are hosted on www.startrekbookclub.com a site I operate myself and hotlinking is permitted.

 

[tgiokdi]

Star Trek: Defiant #24

Cover A by: Angel Unzueta
MSRP: $4.99 USD
UPC: $82771403137902411
Diamond Code: DEC241081

Cover B by: Morgan Beem
MSRP: $4.99 USD
UPC: $82771403137902421
Diamond Code: DEC241082

Cover C by: Takashi Okazaki
MSRP: $4.99 USD
UPC: $82771403137902421
Diamond Code: DEC241083

Written by Christopher Cantwell.

Alexander has but one errand left on his Quv Rite: the Errand of Vengeance. In it, he must find the orchestrator of his dishonor, Kahless II… and kill him. But is a swift death the vengeance Alexander seeks? And is it the end his manipulator deserves?

Images are hosted on www.startrekbookclub.com a site I operate myself and hotlinking is permitted.

 

[Bryan Levy]

Pretty big mistake to publish that issue weeks after Section 31 came out. I can’t imagine anyone is clamoring to read it. I, uh, bought it anyway.

 

[tgiokdi]

Pretty big mistake to publish that issue weeks after Section 31 came out. I can’t imagine anyone is clamoring to read it. I, uh, bought it anyway.

it was originally solicited to release a while ago, but the industry is in flames right now, so I'm just happy they got it out at all.

 

[ryan123450]

it was originally solicited to release a while ago, but the industry is in flames right now, so I'm just happy they got it out at all.

I’m not plugged in to these kinds of things, so I’m curious. What all makes you describe the industry as being in flames?

 

[tgiokdi]

I’m not plugged in to these kinds of things, so I’m curious. What all makes you describe the industry as being in flames?

Diamond Distributors was THE distributor for the industry for the better part of 40 years, during the covid pandemic they weren't able to keep up with the business and two other distributors have entered the market and now the big two are distributed by someone other than diamond. Diamond just recently filed for bankruptcy protections to restructure their debt, which is significant. To wit, IDW filed their financial disclosures and mentioned that they were owed a huge sum, there's a break down on bleeding cool: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-top-thirty-companies-that-diamond-owes-money-to/

During all this IDW was voluntarily delisted from the stock market and taken back into private ownership, lost the gi joe and transformers licenses and hit a considerable lull in their multimedia projects like Locke & Key that were doing fantastic business while they were active. they're releasing 3-4 books a week and are leaning hard into the TMNT and Godzilla licenses with no self owned IPs in a while.

also with all this, there's the tariffs. not the ones from this go around, but during the first trump presidency tariffs affected imported printed materials, some printing houses went belly up and the ones that are left are having some issues keeping up with the demand with the big two getting priority over the non-big two, things getting stuck in customs, whole orders going missing, and times are interesting. My local shop has had a $2,000 order with BCW (e.g. bags, boards, boxes) that's been sitting unfulfilled for nearly a month. If you remember the price of lumber shooting up a couple years ago, the same thing happened to print paper. Some Treklit was caught up with all that and we ended up with maps in the front of "High Frontier" because of the printing delays.

Of course I'm not directly involved in any of this an am only an amateur reporter on these things, so please take all this with a hefty grain of salt. I'm just grateful that anything is making it to us at all.