Star Trek: Red Shirts Celebrates the Unluckiest Members of Starfleet

Being a Red Shirt is intelligibly the astir thankless occupation successful the Star Trek universe. These humble Starfleet unit members are the archetypal enactment of defence successful immoderate scenario, and usually extremity up arsenic cannon fodder portion the span unit survives to portion Earl Grey beverage different day. But acknowledgment to IDW Publishing, these unsung heroes are yet getting their due.

As portion of a larger relaunch of the Star Trek enactment (following June's Star Trek: Omega finale issue), IDW volition merchandise a five-issue miniseries called Star Trek: Red Shirts. Written by Christopher Cantwell (Iron Man) and illustrated by Megan Levens (Star Trek), this bid focuses squarely connected a unit of information officers trapped connected a high-stakes termination mission. And due to the fact that these are each archetypal characters created for the series, nary 1 is safe.

Part of the amusive with Star Trek: Red Shirts is that each contented features a variant screen done successful the benignant of a Starfleet recruitment poster. IGN tin exclusively debut the covers for issues #2, 3, and 4. Check them out, on with the antecedently revealed screen art, successful the slideshow assemblage below:

The Federation Recruitment Poster variant screen artists include:

• Issue #1: JJ Lendl
• Issue #2: Megan Levens
• Issue #3: J.K. Woodward
• Issue #4: Andy Price
• Issue #5: Joe Corroney

"One of Star Trek's biggest questions for maine has ever been 'well if the gag is 'Red Shirts ever die, however the heck does Starfleet enlistee folks?'" radical exertion Heather Antos tells IGN. "Luckily for us, we person the reply to that question -- done this enactment of Federation Recruitment posters by J.J. Lendl, Megan Levens, J.K. Woodward, Andy Price, and Joe Corroney! How could you take immoderate different azygous aft seeing 1 of those?"

Art by Travis Mercer. (Image Credit: IDW/Paramount)

IDW's Star Trek relaunch includes 2 different caller books. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - The Seeds of Destruction is simply a spinoff of the Paramount+ series, arsenic First Officer Una Chin-Riley, Security Officer La'An Noonien-Singh, Science Officer Spock, and Nurse Christine Chapel research an icy satellite afloat of unthinkable dangers. This five-issue bid is written by Robbie Thompson (who besides worked connected Season 4 of the TV series) and drawn by Travis Mercer (Batman/Superman: World's Finest).

Art by Angel Hernandez. (Image Credit: IDW/Paramount)

Star Trek: Voyager fans volition beryllium excited to larn astir the different caller series, Star Trek: Voyager - Homecoming. This five-issue bid picks up moments aft the last changeable of the TV series. No sooner person Captain Janeway and her unit returned location than they're tasked with carrying retired 1 last, captious mission. Homecoming is written by Tilly and Susan Bridges (Killswitch) and drawn by Angel Hernandez (Star Trek).

Star Trek: Red Shirts volition debut successful July 2025, followed by Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - The Seeds of Destruction and Star Trek: Voyager - Homecoming successful August 2025.

Currently, the Star Trek enactment is wrapped up successful the monolithic Lore War crossover. Find retired wherefore that storyline was 1 of IGN's astir anticipated comics of 2025.

For much connected Star Trek, cheque retired IGN's reappraisal of the Section 31 movie.

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