Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War courtesy IDW
The stars have aligned for a cosmic crossover of sci-fi franchises. Green Lantern will boldly go where no DC hero has gone before…into warp speed with Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Here’s the official press release courtesy IDW Publishing:
IDW Publishing, CBS Consumer Products and DC Entertainment announced today that they will boldly go where no one has gone before…in brightest day, in blackest night. Two iconic franchises will meet this summer in a legendary crossover event with the release of a six-part comic book miniseries, STAR TREK/GREEN LANTERN: THE SPECTRUM WAR. Both Star Trek and Green Lantern are known for their strong cast of interstellar characters and when they come together for the first time this July, fans new and old are sure to experience a galaxy-sized thrill. Continue reading STAR TREK GREEN LANTERN Crossover
Star Trek/Planet of the Apes courtesy IDW Publishing and BOOM! Studios
Is there anything in the Prime Directive about this?
Captain Kirk versus Gorillas?
Spock in a debate with Cornelius and Zira?
Two beloved sci-fi franchises collide in an upcoming crossover from IDW Publishing and BOOM! Studios: Star Trek/Planet of the Apes.
Announced at San Diego Comic Con, IDW will publish the crossover. Together with BOOM! Studios, they will bring Star Trek,licensed by CBS Consumer Products, and 20th Century Fox’s Planet of the Apes. The series pairs the original U.S.S. Enterprise crew with Taylor, Nova and the cast from the original Planet of the Apes film.
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #3 courtesy IDW Publishing
How to make the Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 comic book crossover even more geektastic? Jelly babies!
The creative team behind IDW Publishing’s clever mashup gives old school fans a flashback with the fourth Doctor (and my first*) Tom Baker in an encounter with Kirk, Spock, Bones and Scotty.
Issue #3 takes us right into the action as the eleventh Doctor is on the bridge of the Enterprise with Captain Jean-Luc Picard and crew. The Enterprise is on the run from an armada of Borg cubes and Cybermen warships. What Picard sees being transmitted from the lead Borg cube is bizarre behavior even for the alien assimilators.
Peering into the Starfleet database reveals images of Cybermen and a curly haired man sporting a hat and scarf! The current Doctor’s violent reaction to the images triggers a flashback and away we go. Captain James T. Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy and Mr. Scott are on an away mission where the humans seem zombified, robot warriors attack and a friendly stranger in hat, scarf and offering jelly babies saves the day. The writing and art style change to reflect the flashback feel of the tale within a tale. The trip back shows that the Cybermen have been in the Trek universe for a long time and hints at the origin of the Borg/Cybermen alliance that’s threatening the Federation now.
The writers succeed again at capturing the spirit of the classic characters and how they would act and interact. I have to thank the writers for making me remember the Cybermen’s weakness. How could I have forgotten?
Back to the future present the Time Lord is puzzled that he keeps remembering things he didn’t remember like when he recognized Worf as a Klington even though he’d never encountered one before…or did he? As Picard grows suspicious of the eleventh Doctor’s story he calls on an ancient ally to help determine the truth.
I’m excited to see that encounter next issue! *To be even more specific – my first Doctor Who episode was The Pirate Planet!
