Preview–Star Trek meets Planet of the Apes in new series

Scott and David Tipton have done it again. They’re back with a new Star Trek series, but this time it’s a mash-up with Planet of the Apes. And Issue #1 explains how it all comes together, and we’ve got a preview below. Star Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive, Issue #1, is now available at comic book stores everywhere from IDW Publishing.

Finally we get to see Sulu and Uhura on an away mission together, donning Klingon disguises. It’s the classic Trek–images by Rachael Stott and Charlie Kirchoff of George Takei and Nichelle Nichols as opposed to the reboot actors John Cho and Zoe Saldana. Yet the circumstances and action are updated and modern–storytelling like you’d see in the reboot series. It works–great, in fact.

So how does the starship Enterprise (the original, not the bloody A, B, C, or D) find its way into a universe where apes rule Earth’s future? You’ll have to pick up Issue #1 to find out. Meanwhile, check out this preview, courtesy of IDW Publishing, after the break.