Star Trek — Adventures continue beyond Picard series in new comics

Review by C.J. Bunce

Exciting adventures lie ahead for fans of the Star Trek: Picard series in the pages of IDW comics. The comic book publisher is taking a bifurcated approach into the 25th century with two new series, one launching this week. The new, relaunched Star Trek titled series begins Wednesday, featuring Captain Seven of Nine five years after the events of Picard. Seven and newly minted Captain Raffi Musiker have been an item since the show, but they will take two separate paths. Musiker’s travels will be chronicled in the pages of Star Trek: Zero Point, coming in October. IDW creators have noted the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Inner Light” is the starting point of the series, and you can see the seeds in multiple ways in the first issue of Star Trek.

Comparing both first issues you’ll notice a common aesthetic. Star Trek is written by Christopher Cantwell with art by Dennis Menheere, and Star Trek: Zero Point is written by Charlie Jane Anders with art by Isaac Sanchez Gonzalez (both with letter work by Jodie Troutman). But here’s the thing: The comics look like they were created by the same team. And that continuity puts a singular stamp on the vibe of the harrowing journey that lies ahead, taking familiar characters where no Starfleet crew has gone before–beyond the four quadrants–as Gene Roddenberry’s “Wagon Train to the Stars” gets literal for Star Trek’s 60th anniversary.

If you’re a fan of photo-real interior artwork, this series might not be for you. But if you give it a try you might see some art inspired by the work of Bill Sienkiewicz and the artist known as Jock–a more frenetic, impressionist style that harnesses the action, power, and especially the whirling chaos that faces Captain Seven and the crew of the Enterprise-G, Starfleet’s latest flagship, tapped by Admiral Janeway for a mission that feels a lot like Janeway’s own mission with the starship Voyager. At the same time Captain Musiker is taking the starship Endeavour–her first command–elsewhere.

The story and artwork are helped along by some creative design work by IDW Comics’ Darran Robinson, imagery that taps into Michael Okuda’s now classic Okudagram console designs. The comic book series looks and feels like a TV series with production design that has the hallmarks of being canon.

So what’s the composition of the Enterprise-G and the Endeavour?

On the Enterprise-G, Seven gets rubbed the wrong way by new Commander Cassady, immediately countermands ship counselor Ryla, and experiences her first bad ship encounter with chief medical officer Commander Alexander Rozhenko, Lieutenant Commander Sato (Andorian, distant descendant of he NX-01’s Hoshi Sato), helmsman Sidney La Forge (Geordi’s daughter), Lt. Keer Durock in tactical/security, and Lt. Cmdr. Terimar over engineering, all as Jack Crusher from the Picard series leads Ops communicating through a common channel to the captain from her days as a member of The Borg.

On the Endeavour, Musiker leads Commander D’vana Tendi years after the events of Lower Decks, an advisory holo-character named Sybil who is based on the image of Uhura, an elder Vulcan Commander Saavik decades after the Enterprise-A era, a Trill named Junar Mott, cat-like helmsman Derril Zaf, alligator-esque Ensign Lar Tzen Minnoa Tzenketh who has the disposition of a Klingon, and the three-part alien Lieutenant Mraz An Gxar.

The first big decision for the Enterprise-G crew? Decide whether they want to get off at the next starbase.

Both first issues get off to a rollicking start. If you miss Janeway and want to know what happens in the future of Star Trek beyond Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Picard, add Star Trek and Star Trek: Zero Point to your pull lists at Elite Comics or your local comic shop now. Star Trek #1 is slated to arrive this Wednesday, September 23, 2026, and Star Trek: Zero Point #1 arrives October 14, 2026.