The Starship Enterprise Continues her Five-Year Mission

The Starship Enterprise Continues her Five-Year Mission

Star Trek's Original Cast of Characters is back

in IDW Publishing's comic book series, Star Trek: Year Four

San Diego, CA (May 24, 2007) —"Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise." With that opening, one of the most iconic narrations ever to be spoken on a TV series was born. The voice-over continues, "Its five-year mission: To explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before." While that five-year mission only lasted three seasons on television, fans of the show will be happy to learn that the remaining two years have not been lost. In July, IDW Publishing will launch the first of a series of comics that depict all-new adventures from the show's beloved cast of characters. Long-time enthusiasts and new readers alike will have the opportunity to follow stories that capture the true spirit of the original series.

The series will present an entire self-contained "episode" in every issue. The debut issue begins when the crew discovers a multi-planet construct of a dead civilization, which is run by a brilliant genetic scientist who's obsessed with repopulating it. When Captain Kirk discovers the scientist's secret, his creations revolt, forcing Kirk to make the hard decision to push the Enterprise into crossfire.

Star Trek: Year Four is written by David Tischman, who wrote IDW's Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Space Between, and features artist Steve Conley, with his IDW debut.

"David Tischman has done an amazing job of capturing the feel for the original series," declares Conley, whose cover art will all emulate the style presented by the '60s-era Gold Key Star Trek covers. "David's scripts call for some wonderful sequences and he clearly wasn't hampered by thoughts of production costs."

Star Trek: Year Four (Diamond Order Code MAY07 3530) #1, the first full-color, 32-page issue of a six-issue miniseries, debuts in July 2007, and features both a cover by Conley and a variant cover Joe Corroney.

About IDW Publishing

IDW PUBLISHING is a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC, a revolutionary creative service company with a wide range of clients. Among their best-selling titles are Hasbro's THE TRANSFORMERS; Fox's ANGEL, Konami's METAL GEAR SOLID, and FALLEN ANGEL. IDW's 30 DAYS OF NIGHT film is in development and will be released by Sony Pictures in October 2007. IDW has films in development at Dimension Films and Paramount Pictures, as well. More information about the company can be found at www.idwpublishing.com.