Star Trek Comics Checklist

Star Trek: Alien Spotlight IDW mini-series

Sep 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Gorn
Solicitation: In the vast Star Trek universe, many diverse alien races abound, and now they finally get their due! Presenting a series of one-shots, each by a different creative team and featuring a different Star Trek alien race. In the debut issue, the spotlight shines on the Gorn, courtesy of the Klingons: Blood Will Tell team of Scott & David Tipton and artist David Messina. After their shuttlecraft crash-lands on an uncharted planet, Captain Terrell and Commander Chekov calculate that their odds of survival are somewhat decreased when they find themselves facing off against an army of Gorn warriors. Zach Howard (Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Space Between) provides covers for the entire series, and this issue's artist, David Messina, contributes a variant cover, too.

Two covers shipped in a 1:1 ratio.

Writers: Scott Tipton, David Tipton
Artist: David Messina
Cover artist: Zach Howard

Sep 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Gorn


Two covers shipped in a 1:1 ratio.

Writers: Scott Tipton, David Tipton
Artist: David Messina
Cover artist: Messina

Sep 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Gorn


Photo cover. Retailer incentive cover.

Writers: Scott Tipton, David Tipton
Artist: David Messina

Sep 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Gorn


Sketch cover. Retailer incentive cover.

Writers: Scott Tipton, David Tipton
Artist: David Messina
Cover artist: Zach Howard

Oct 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Vulcans
Solicitation: In the vast Star Trek universe, many diverse alien races abound, and now they finally get their due! Presenting a series of one-shots, each by a different creative team and featuring a different Star Trek alien race. In the second issue, the spotlight shines on the Vulcans. A Starfleet starship arrives at a planet on the brink of its own destruction. A once peaceful society is now savage and warlike marching beneath the Raptor's wing - linking itself to the turmoiled past of Vulcans. Zach Howard (Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Space Between) provides covers for the entire series, with interior artist Josep Maria Beroy offering a variant cover.

Two covers shipped in a 1:1 ratio.

Writer: Rick Remender
Artist: Josep Maria Beroy
Cover artist: Zach Howard

Oct 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Vulcans


Two covers shipped in a 1:1 ratio.

Writer: Rick Remender
Artist: Josep Maria Beroy
Cover artist: Beroy

Oct 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Vulcans


Photo cover. Retailer incentive cover.

Writer: Rick Remender
Artist: Josep Maria Beroy

Oct 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Vulcans


Sketch cover. Retailer incentive cover.

Writer: Rick Remender
Artist: Josep Maria Beroy
Cover artist: Zach Howard

Nov 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Andorians
Solicitation: In the vast Star Trek universe, many diverse alien races abound, and now they finally get their due! Continuing a series of one-shots, each by a different creative team and featuring a different Star Trek alien race. Now, the spotlight shines on the Andorians. In the issue written by Paul Storrie, Andorian Ortees Shared, a Commander in Starfleet Intelligence, returns to his homeworld while on leave and finds himself in the midst of mistrust and deception, and is captured by a renegade commander of the True Heirs of Andor. Zach Howard (Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Space Between) provides covers for the entire series, with interior artist Leonard O'Grady offering a variant cover.

Two covers shipped in a 1:1 ratio.

Writer: Paul Storrie
Artist: Leonard O'Grady
Cover artist: Zach Howard

Nov 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Andorians


Two covers shipped in a 1:1 ratio.

Writer: Paul Storrie
Artist: Leonard O'Grady
Cover artist: O'Grady

Nov 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Andorians


Photo cover. Retailer incentive cover.

Writer: Paul Storrie
Artist: Leonard O'Grady

Nov 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Andorians


Sketch cover. Retailer incentive cover.

Writer: Paul Storrie
Artist: Leonard O'Grady
Cover artist: Zach Howard

Dec 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Orions
Solicitation: The female of the species is deadlier than the male - a statement that was never more true than in the case of the Orion Animal Women, infamous from the very first episode of Star Trek, The Cage! It's a fact Fleet Captain Christopher Pike will soon discover, as he's caught up in a web of intergalactic criminal intrigue. Can Pike trust the beautiful Orion slave girl - and can he trust himself around her? This focus on one of the most mysterious, and beautiful, alien races in the Star Trek galaxy is written by Klingons and The Gorn scribes Scott & David Tipton!

Two covers shipped in a 1:1 ratio.

Writers: Scott Tipton, David Tipton
Artist: Elena Casagrande
Cover artist: Zach Howard

Dec 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Orions


Two covers shipped in a 1:1 ratio.

Writers: Scott Tipton, David Tipton
Artist: Elena Casagrande
Cover artists: Casagrande

Dec 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Orions


Photo cover. Retailer incentive cover.

Writers: Scott Tipton, David Tipton
Artist: Elena Casagrande

Dec 2007
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Orions


Sketch cover. Retailer incentive cover.

Writers: Scott Tipton, David Tipton
Artist: Elena Casagrande
Cover artist: Zach Howard

Jan 2008
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Borg
Solicitation: In the vast Star Trek universe, many diverse alien races abound, and now they finally get their due! Continuing a series of one-shots, each by a different creative team and featuring a different Star Trek alien race. Now, the spotlight shines on the Borg. The Enterprise must face its most deadly confrontation with the Borg - drones from the future, when the Collective believes it has achieved perfection! Sean Murphy handles art and cover chores, while his Outer Orbit cohort Zach Howard provides a second cover for the issue.

Two covers shipped in a 1:1 ratio.

Writer: Andrew Steven Harris
Artist: Sean Murphy
Cover artist: Zach Howard

Jan 2008
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Borg


Two covers shipped in a 1:1 ratio.

Writer: Andrew Steven Harris
Artist: Sean Murphy
Cover artist: Murphy

Jan 2008
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Borg


Photo cover. Retailer incentive cover.

Writer: Andrew Steven Harris
Artist: Sean Murphy

Jan 2008
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Borg


Sketch cover. Retailer incentive cover.

Writer: Andrew Steven Harris
Artist: Sean Murphy
Cover artist: Zach Howard

Feb 2008
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Romulans
Solicitation: Legendary writer/artist John Byrne, in his first-ever full Star Trek work, concludes this special series of one-shots in which the many alien races of the Star Trek universe get their due. The Romulan Empire has a new ghost ship that can't be detected by normal means. Will the Praetor use it as a weapon to thrust his people into full-blown war with the Federation - or are his motives even more sinister? A tale of loyalty, betrayal and intrigue.

Two covers shipped in a 1:1 ratio.

Writer: John Byrne
Artist: John Byrne
Cover artist: Zach Howard

Feb 2008
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Romulans


Two covers shipped in a 1:1 ratio.

Writer: John Byrne
Artist: John Byrne
Cover artist: Byrne

Feb 2008
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Romulans


Photo cover. Retailer incentive cover.

Writer: John Byrne
Artist: John Byrne

Feb 2008
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Romulans


Sketch cover. Retailer incentive cover.

Writer: John Byrne
Artist: John Byrne
Cover artist: Byrne

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