‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ And Abramsverse Timeline Crossover Announced
The originalStar Trekseries crew and the characters from the Abramsverse (i.e.,the Kelvin timeline) will collide in a new two-part comic book storyline. This was one of the moire interesting comic book stories we missed during San Diego Comic-Con International 2016. Learn about the Star Trek crossover storyline, after the jump.
Revealed during Friday’s Star Trek Comics panel at Comic-Con, IDW Publishing editorSarah Gaydosand writerMike Johnsonannounced the details about an upcoming two-issue crossover storyline which will conclude the currentStar Trekmonthly comic book series. After that, IDW will relaunch the series in October 2016 withStar Trek: Boldly Go, a comic book series that will pick up following the latest filmStar Trek Beyond. The above two-cover spread was revealed byTHR.
The crossover storyline will see both the original series Enterprise and the Enterprise from the current movie canon, encounter the same irregularity in space, “leading to the crews accidentally crossing over into each other’s realities as they swap bodies with their counterparts.” The new series also will include original characters introduced in IDW’s recent Starfleet Academy miniseries.
It doesn’t sound quite as exciting as it does on the surface as the two crews never actually meet face-to-face. Before the release ofStar Trek Beyond,JJ Abramsannouncedthat Chris Hemsworth had signed on to return as George Kirk for the nextStar Trekmovie which would team the dead starship captain with his son James T. Kirk (played byChris Pinein the series). Comic books have the power to imagine any possible scenario, even if it may never be possible in a big screen movie or television show — so it’s disappointing that they are doing a crossover that won’t even see the two Enterprise crews coming in direct contact with each other. Gaydos says that the story emphasises that “problems are solved with science, and problems are solved with teamwork.”
During the panel, IDW also revealed that they would be teaming up with DC Entertainment for a secondStar Trek/Green Lanterncrossover comic book series which will follow up onThe Spectrum Warstoryline. No word on when that series will be released, or what it will be titled.
