IDW's
Star Trek ongoing series is a series of Kelvin timeline comics, the first stories from the new timeline of the 2009
Star Trek movie set after the events of the film. The series began in 2011, and was the first continuous
Star Trek comic series from the publisher (as opposed to the miniseries that made up all their previous
Star Trek titles). The series eventually ran for sixty issues, concluding in 2016, by which time it had become the fourth longest running
Star Trek comic series ever.
The series began with two-part reinterpretations of
TOS episodes, and gradually introduced more entirely original stories as the series progressed. It has also had several flash-back issues filling in some of the back-story of the nu
Trek characters. Several stories from the series also included crossovers with other
Star Trek series, directly or in flashback, introducing elements of
DS9,
TOS, and
TNG. As the series continued the format has varied more, with stories of different lengths, ranging from one to six issues long.
The series was written almost entirely by Mike Johnson, with Ryan Parrott contributing the only two issues not written by him. Numerous artists have worked on the series, with Tony Shasteen the most prolific, having illustrated most issues since issue thirty-five.
The first twenty issues of the series were set between the first nu
Trek film and
Into Darkness (or flashbacks to earlier), issue twenty-one picked up events following
Into Darkness. From issue forty-two to fifty-two the series was given a subtitle,
5 Year Mission, reflecting the mission the Enterprise had embarked upon.
The series ended to coincide with the release of the movie
Star Trek Beyond in 2016. A new ongoing series,
Boldly Go, from the same creative team, launched later the same year, continuing the Kelvin timeline story after the events of the film.
#1: Where No Man Has Gone Before, Part 1
- Notes: First half of a two-part nuTrek version of the classic episode Where No Man Has Gone Before.
- Writer: Mike Johnson. Artist: Stephen Molnar.
- Published: September 2011.
- Coverage: Preview pages.
- Purchase: Amazon.com.
#2: Where No Man Has Gone Before, Part 2
- Notes: Second half of a two-part nuTrek version of the classic episode Where No Man Has Gone Before.
- Writer: Mike Johnson. Artist: Stephen Molnar.
- Published: October 2011.
- Coverage: Preview pages.
- Purchase: Amazon.com.