#1 May 2008
Star Trek: Assignment Earth
Solicitation: IDW's Star Trek: Second Stage continues, as comics icon John Byrne unveils the
first-ever Star Trek series of his decades-spanning career! The 1968 TV episode
Assignment: Earth
had been the Season Two finale for the original Star Trek series, and was intended by
Gene Roddenberry as the pilot for a spin-off series that never came to pass. Now, Byrne
delivers the series 40 years after it would have debuted, recounting the adventures of
interstellar agent Gary Seven and his Earth-born assistant as they covertly confront threats
to the past so that they can save Star Trek's future. Byrne will both write and draw the
series, which steps one year forward with each installment, beginning with 1968, the year
that the spin-off series would have appeared.
Writer: John Byrne
Artist: John Byrne
Cover artist: John Byrne
#1 May 2008
Star Trek: Assignment Earth
Virgin cover. Retailer incentive cover.
Writer: John Byrne
Artist: John Byrne
Cover artist: John Byrne
#2 Jun 2008
Star Trek: Assignment Earth
Solicitation: The first-ever Star Trek series from Byrne continues! Telling the story of the
Assignment: Earth Trek spin-off from Gene Roddenberry that never came to pass, a time-traveling
U.S.S. Enterprise intersects with Gary Seven's efforts to save the future from a 1969 crisis
that only he and his assistant Roberta can avert!
Writer: John Byrne
Artist: John Byrne
Cover artist: John Byrne
#2 Jun 2008
Star Trek: Assignment Earth
Virgin cover. Retailer incentive cover.
Writer: John Byrne
Artist: John Byrne
Cover artist: John Byrne
#3 Jul 2008
Star Trek: Assignment Earth
Solicitation: Crisis on campus! The time: 1970. The place: Earth. The situation: Critical! Comic
book legend John Byrne continues his first-ever Star Trek miniseries, featuring the enigmatic
interstellar spy Gary Seven and his intrepid assistant, Roberta. Following their encounter
with Kirk and the Enterprise crew, the duo must go undercover in the Halls of Ivy as students
burn their draft cards and National Guard troops patrol the quad. What is the terrible truth
behind rumors of an army of super-soldiers - whose purpose may be much more sinsister than
fighting in the jungles of Southeast Asia?
Writer: John Byrne
Artist: John Byrne
Cover artist: John Byrne
#3 Jul 2008
Star Trek: Assignment Earth
Virgin cover. Retailer incentive cover.
Writer: John Byrne
Artist: John Byrne
Cover artist: John Byrne
#4 Aug 2008
Star Trek: Assignment Earth
Solicitation: Mysterious alien technology. Senseless death. And a growing awareness that
there may be those beyond our world who don't want to see Earth survive! Seven and Roberta
face their greatest challenge yet... an invasion from the most distant regions of the Galaxy!
Writer: John Byrne
Artist: John Byrne
Cover artist: John Byrne
#5 Sep 2008
Star Trek: Assignment Earth
Solicitation: The President of the United States is the most powerful person on the planet
-- but what if the man in the office is an agent of a foreign government? Seven and Roberta
journey to Beijing to make sure only Nixon returns from China! Byrne's first-ever Star Trek
series concludes here!
Writer: John Byrne
Artist: John Byrne
Cover artist: John Byrne
