In a reality-warping cosmic occasion two years within the making, IDW Publishing is celebrating all of the artistic foundational work after relaunching its award-winning “Star Trek” comics with the Eisner-nominated “Star Trek #400” to current an epic new crossover undertaking subsequent 12 months, “Star Trek: Lore Struggle.”
Hailing from top-tier creators Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Christopher Cantwell, and illustrator Davide Tinto, this intertwined sci-fi story arriving in March of 2025 will carry over into the prime “Star Trek” ongoing collection, “Star Trek: Defiant,” and a number of other particular one-shot tie-in points to be introduced later.
Here is the official synopsis:
“The only most devious thoughts within the universe has received. Commander Knowledge’s evil brother, Lore, has used the Orb of Destruction to obliterate all of actuality and remake it in his picture whereas declaring himself its God. Now that Lore has claimed the final word victory, what occurs subsequent?”
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“The gods are lifeless, and just one mad android holds the reins of our universe. With absolute energy comes absolute corruption … however does it include absolute management?” Kelly stated. “That includes the unimaginable artwork of Davide Tinto – a newcomer to the ‘Trek’ world – we’re not settling for something lower than probably the most spectacular and world-ending ‘Star Trek’ occasion that comics can comprise.”
Lanzing described this endeavor because the “final ‘Star Trek’ comics crossover occasion” and reiterates its significance after laying the groundwork for its saga since 2022.
“That is it. The second we have been constructing to because the Theseus left area dock and the Defiant was stolen,” he remarked.
Group Editor Heather Antos is clearly excited for followers to lastly take pleasure in what IDW has been cultivating since their “Star Trek” franchise relaunch two years in the past.
“It is all been constructing to this second,” she notes. “No, actually. From the unique prelude in ‘Star Trek #400’ two years in the past the street map has at all times led to ‘Lore Struggle.’ When Collin, Jackson, and Christopher first launched into this mission we requested the query ‘Can a person be each man and a god?’ Nicely now Lore is answering.”
The character of Lore was an delinquent Soong-type android created by Physician Noonien Soong and an amoral twin of Lt. Commander Knowledge. He was launched in “Star Trek: The Subsequent Era” Season 1 within the episode “Datalore,” airing in 1988.
“Because the line’s inception, our grander story in each titles has handled ‘Star Trek’s’ idea of godlike beings and the rejection of these godlike beings — order and entropy because it exists all through the 4 quadrants of the galaxy,” added Cantwell. “Who pulls the strings and who dares to chop them? ‘Lore Struggle’ is kind of actually the apotheosis of that shared theme, two years within the making.”
“Star Trek: Lore Struggle #1” beams immediately into comedian retailers on March 26, 2025.