This Tuesday, May 12th (in bookstores) & Wednesday, May 13th (in comic shops), IDW Publishing is releasing the STAR TREK: Red Shirts Vol. 1 trade paperback!

This heartrending story by writer Christopher Cantwell (Star Trek: Defiant) and artist Megan Levens (Star Trek) marks a new beginning for the Star Trekuniverse, featuring Starfleet’s most intrepid and doomed crew members: red shirts. Now, finally, they get their own story.

Here’s a look at the cover, the storyline, and preview pages
for this week’s new release from IDW Publishing!

STAR TREK: Red Shirts Vol. 1 TPB

Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Megan Levens
Colors by Charlie Kirchoff
Letters by Jodie Troutman

Collects the complete miniseries Star Trek: Red Shirts #1–5.

The doomed Starfleet crew members, the red shirts, must track down spies on an isolated planet in this graphic novel.

Stranded on the snow-ridden planet Arkonia 89, the crew of the U.S.S. Warren has a small window in which to pin down spies seeking to steal classified secrets and keep Starfleet data out of their nefarious hands.

They face threats not only from their faceless enemies but from the brutalizing elements and wildlife of a planet far from home. In this complicated story of betrayal, loss, and redemption, the red shirts’ lives and Starfleet’s sanctity are on the line…and no one is safe.


About IDW Publishing:

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