Star Trek: Red Shirts
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.
This heartrending story by writer Christopher Cantwell (Star Trek: Defiant) and artist Megan Levens (Star Trek) marks a new beginning for the Star Trek universe, featuring Starfleet’s most intrepid and doomed crew members: red shirts. Now, finally, they get their own story.
Collects the complete miniseries Star Trek: Red Shirts #1–5.
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.
This heartrending story by writer Christopher Cantwell (Star Trek: Defiant) and artist Megan Levens (Star Trek) marks a new beginning for the Star Trek universe, featuring Starfleet’s most intrepid and doomed crew members: red shirts. Now, finally, they get their own story.
Collects the complete miniseries Star Trek: Red Shirts #1–5.
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I grew up with Star Trek and recently came back to it. However, I'd never read a Star Trek comic before. I did enjoy this comic and even as a casual fan, it was easy to follow along and understand. A few references I picked up, but I'm sure I would have picked up more if I was much heavier into the fandom than I am. I wasn't too fond of the ending, but I'm sure if you are more versed in the lore than I am then you will probably enjoy it a lot more than me. I enjoyed how the comic didn't hold back. It very much leaned into the peril and disaster that these missions take and the cynical tone was interesting for me. Don't get me wrong, I love my feel good, happy, and comedic dark moments, but there's something about seeing a cynical side to a something that doesn't always outright show it in such a dark way that really gets me invested. I hope there is more to come and if so, I can't wait to see where it goes.
I grew up with Star Trek and recently came back to it. However, I'd never read a Star Trek comic before. I did enjoy this comic and even as a casual fan, it was easy to follow along and understand. A few references I picked up, but I'm sure I would have picked up more if I was much heavier into the fandom than I am. I wasn't too fond of the ending, but I'm sure if you are more versed in the lore than I am then you will probably enjoy it a lot more than me. I enjoyed how the comic didn't hold back. It very much leaned into the peril and disaster that these missions take and the cynical tone was interesting for me. Don't get me wrong, I love my feel good, happy, and comedic dark moments, but there's something about seeing a cynical side to a something that doesn't always outright show it in such a dark way that really gets me invested. I hope there is more to come and if so, I can't wait to see where it goes.
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