Spoilers STAR TREK: PICARD Prequels - Countdown (IDW; Nov-Jan) The Last Best Hope (Pocket, Feb)

[Danlav05]

As a lot of us here are excited for the new series staring Jan 23, I thought I'd create a thread reminding people you can start the story earlier with prequel comics and a novel, starting November.

Curiously, however, the comics have no artist or covers revealed just yet:

1 - November 27, 2019 http://www.comiclist.com/index.php/news/idw-publishing-november-2019-solicitations

Star Trek: Picard—Countdown #1—GEM OF THE MONTH

Mike Johnson & Kirsten Beyer (w) • TBD (a & c)

You've seen the trailer... now, witness the events leading to CBS All Access's Picard. Before he retired to his vineyard, Jean-Luc Picard was the most decorated admiral in Starfleet. Then one mission changed his life forever. The Countdown starts here!

FC • 36 pages • $4.99

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Bullet points:
• Leads directly into the new Picard series from CBS All Access!
• Written by fan-favorite Mike Johnson (Star Trek: Countdown, Star Trek: Boldly Go, Star Trek: Discovery) and Star Trek: Picard Co-Creator and Supervising Producer Kirsten Beyer!
• First of a deluxe three-issue miniseries!
• Characters introduced! Secrets revealed!

2 - December 18, 2019 http://www.comiclist.com/index.php/news/idw-publishing-december-2019-solicitations

Star Trek: Picard—Countdown #2 (of 3)
Kirsten Beyer & Mike Johnson (w) • To Be Announced (a) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (c)

As the situation on the Romulan colony continues to unravel, Picard finds himself faced with a difficult choice that will affect millions. The official countdown to the Star Trek: Picard series on CBS All Access continues here!

FC • 36 pages • $4.99

*Retailer incentives:
Order 10 copies and get one free variant photo cover!
Order 85% of your #1 orders and receive your order fully returnable!

Bullet points:
• Leads into the new Picard series from CBS All Access!
• Written by Star Trek: Picard Supervising Producer and Star Trek: Discovery Co-Producer Kirsten Beyer and fan-favorite Mike Johnson (Star Trek: Countdown, Star Trek: Boldly Go, Star Trek: Discovery)!
• New characters revealed!

Plus, on February 11 a novel, The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack, is published:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Trek-Picard-Last-Best/dp/1982139447

A thrilling novel leading into the new CBS series, Una McCormack’s The Last Best Hope introduces you to brand new characters featured in the life of beloved Star Trek captain Jean-Luc Picard—widely considered to be one of the most popular and recognizable characters in all of science fiction.

 

[Jarvisimo]

Yay, really interested in McCormack's novel!

 

[David Weller]

Despite what it says on the link, this is not a paperback. The S&S website lists it as a hardback.

 

[Reanok]

I'm really interested reading Una McCormack's novel about the characters being introduced for the Picard series.And find out what Picard's been doing after David Mack's novel Collateral damage.

 

[JD]

Based off of what we know about Picard's backstory so far, I don't see Last Best Hope being in continuity with Collateral Damage.

 

[ryan123450]

Based off of what we know about Picard's backstory so far, I don't see Last Best Hope being in continuity with Collateral Damage.

Yet.

Fingers crossed for a continuity reset destruction of Romulus trilogy.

 

[TrekMD]

Thanks for posting about the book. I was aware of the comic books. I guess now all the story continuity established by Pocket Books goes down the drain.

 

[Christopher]

Thanks for posting about the book. I was aware of the comic books. I guess now all the story continuity established by Pocket Books goes down the drain.

The books will still be there, just like the '80s novel continuity is still there, and like the classic DC Trek comics series is still there, and so forth. Every series comes to an end eventually, and the massive interconnected continuity Pocket has created over the past two decades will remain as a remarkable accomplishment that can be re-read or discovered for the first time, even if we do have to start over again with a different continuity. All fiction is equally unreal, so it doesn't make a fictional continuity any less valid if it's incompatible with another one. It just makes it an alternative exercise in creativity.

 

[TrekMD]

Oh, it's a truly amazing storyline and it has kept Star Trek alive and well, as far as I'm concerned. I love that has been one Star Trek that has included all the characters from all the 24th Century shows together. It'll be interesting to see for how much longer PocketBooks will continue it now that there will be new Trek on TV. I'll keep reading it for as long as it is there.

 

[Charles Phipps]

The books will still be there, just like the '80s novel continuity is still there, and like the classic DC Trek comics series is still there, and so forth. Every series comes to an end eventually, and the massive interconnected continuity Pocket has created over the past two decades will remain as a remarkable accomplishment that can be re-read or discovered for the first time, even if we do have to start over again with a different continuity. All fiction is equally unreal, so it doesn't make a fictional continuity any less valid if it's incompatible with another one. It just makes it an alternative exercise in creativity.

I used the comparison to all the various Superman continuities. There's room for Lois and Clark, the comics, and the Animated Series plus all the others.

 

[Danlav05]

I used the comparison to all the various Superman continuities. There's room for Lois and Clark, the comics, and the Animated Series plus all the others.

Well we're about to get Crisis on Infinite Earths which will feature some of the various DC screen universes

 

[JD]

I'm curious which new characters Last Best Hope is going to focus on, my guess would be Rio and Musker. They seem to be avoiding revealing anything about Dahj right now, so I can't see them giving her a book before the show starts, and it sounds like Countdown deals with Romulans, so that's probably where we're getting Elnor and Narek's backstories.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Oh, it's a truly amazing storyline and it has kept Star Trek alive and well, as far as I'm concerned.

For 1-2% of the viewing public.