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IDW Publishing

IDW Publishing (also known as IDW Comics and Idea & Design Works) is an American comic book company founded in 1999 by Robbie Robbins and Ted Adams, specializing in comics based on TV and movie franchises, such as CSI, Angel, Galaxy Quest, and 24. The company currently holds the license for Original Series, Next Generation and Deep Space Nine comics, and began releasing issues in 2007. Following a successful run of miniseries, four releases in 2008 were announced under the umbrella title Star Trek: Second Stage (although this title only appeared on issues of Turnaround).

Contents

[edit] Publications

Title Released Issues Collection
The Space Between January 2007-June 2007
  1. "History Lesson"
  2. "Captain's Pleasure"
  3. "Strategy"
  4. "Light of the Day"
  5. "Space Seeds"
  6. "An Inconvenient Truth"
released
Blood Will Tell April 2007-August 2007
  1. "Against Their Nature"
  2. "Beneath the Skin"
  3. "The Order of Things"
  4. "Blood Reign O'er Me"
  5. "Losses"
released
Star Trek: Year Four July 2007-January 2008
"Focus on... Star Trek"
  1. "Issue 1"
  2. "Issue 2"
  3. "Issue 3"
  4. "Issue 4"
  5. "Issue 5"
  6. "Issue 6"
released
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight volume 1 September 2007-February 2008
  1. "Alien Spotlight: The Gorn"
  2. "Alien Spotlight: Vulcans"
  3. "Alien Spotlight: Andorians"
  4. "Alien Spotlight: Orions"
  5. "Alien Spotlight: Borg"
  6. "Alien Spotlight: Romulans"
released
Intelligence Gathering January 2008-May 2008
  1. "Valued Intelligence"
  2. "A Matter of Dates"
  3. "Chasing Shadows"
  4. "Matters of the Mind"
  5. "Disgrace"
released
New Frontier: Turnaround March 2008-July 2008
  1. "Turnaround, Part I"
  2. "Turnaround, Part II"
  3. "Turnaround, Part III"
  4. "Turnaround, Part IV"
  5. "Turnaround, Part V"
released
Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment April 2008-August 2008
  1. "Enterprise Experiment, Part 1"
  2. "Enterprise Experiment, Part 2"
  3. "Enterprise Experiment, Part 3"
  4. "Enterprise Experiment, Part 4"
  5. "Enterprise Experiment, Part 5"
released
Assignment: Earth May 2008-September 2008
  1. "Brighter Than A Thousand Suns"
  2. "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
  3. "My Name Is Legion"
  4. "We Have Met The Enemy..."
  5. "Too Many Presidents"
released
Star Trek: Mirror Images July 2008-November 2008
  1. "Mirror Images, Part 1"
  2. "Mirror Images, Part 2"
  3. "Mirror Images, Part 3"
  4. "Mirror Images, Part 4"
  5. "Mirror Images, Part 5"
released
Romulans - The Hollow Crown September 2008-October 2008
  1. "The Hollow Crown, Part 1"
  2. "The Hollow Crown, Part 2"
in Star Trek: Romulans (March 2010)
Star Trek: The Last Generation November 2008-March 2009
  1. "Do Not Close Your Eyes"
  2. "No Cure For That"
  3. "What Happens Now"
  4. "Inevitability"
  5. "The End Of History"
released
Star Trek: Countdown January 2009-April 2009
  1. "Countdown, Number One"
  2. "Countdown, Number Two"
  3. "Countdown, Number Three"
  4. "Countdown, Number Four"
released
Crew March 2009-July 2009
  1. "Shakedown"
  2. "The Bottle"
  3. "Ghosts"
  4. "Shadows of the Past"
  5. "The Ends of Eternity"
released
Mission's End March 2009-July 2009
  1. "Mission's End, Issue 1"
  2. "Mission's End, Issue 2"
  3. "Mission's End, Issue 3"
  4. "Mission's End, Issue 4"
  5. "Mission's End, Issue 5"
released
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan June 2009-July 2009
  1. "The Wrath of Khan, Issue 1"
  2. "The Wrath of Khan, Issue 2"
  3. "The Wrath of Khan, Issue 3"
in Star Trek Movie Omnibus (November 2009)
Spock: Reflections July 2009-October 2009
  1. "Spock: Reflections, Issue 1"
  2. "Spock: Reflections, Issue 2"
  3. "Spock: Reflections, Issue 3"
  4. "Spock: Reflections, Issue 4"
forthcoming (January 2010)

[edit] Ongoing releases

Title Released Issues Collection
Alien Spotlight volume 2 March 2009-December 2009
  1. "Alien Spotlight: Tribbles"
  2. "Alien Spotlight: Klingons"
  3. "Alien Spotlight: Romulans"
  4. "Alien Spotlight: Q"
  5. "Alien Spotlight: Cardassians"
forthcoming (March 2010)
Star Trek: Nero August 2009-November 2009
  1. "Nero, Number One"
  2. "Nero, Number Two"
  3. "Nero, Number Three"
  4. "Nero, Number Four"
forthcoming (March 2010)
Romulans: Schism September 2009-November 2009
  1. "Schism, Issue 1"
  2. "Schism, Issue 2"
  3. ...
in Star Trek: Romulans (March 2010)

[edit] Forthcoming releases

Title Released Issues Collection
Ghosts November 2009-March 2010
  1. ...
  2. ...
  3. ...
  4. ...
  5. ...
forthcoming (June 2010)
Fool's Gold December 2009-
  1. ...
  2. ...
forthcoming
Captain's Log January 2010-
  1. "Captain's Log: Sulu"
forthcoming
Adaptation of Star Trek No image yet February 2010-July 2010
  1. ...
  2. ...
  3. ...
  4. ...
  5. ...
  6. ...
forthcoming
Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor No image yet March 2010-June 2010
  1. ...
  2. ...
  3. ...
  4. ...
forthcoming

[edit] Tentative releases

Title Released Issues Collection
Star Trek: Probability Factor Announced in 2007, not yet confirmed
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Mirror Images Announced in 2008, not yet confirmed

[edit] Collected editions

Title Released Issues
Star Trek Archives September 2008 onward
  1. Best of Peter David
  2. Best of the Borg
  3. Best of Gary Seven
  4. Best of DS9
  5. Best of Captain Kirk
  6. Best of Alternate Universes
  7. Best of Klingons
  8. Best of Spock
Star Trek Omnibus May 2009 onward
  1. Volume One
  2. Volume Two
  3. Star Trek Movie Omnibus

[edit] Sales charts

Due to the nature of comic sales, diminishing returns with each succeeding issue are a general trend, and do not necessarily denote a series is failing.
These figures denote sales to comic specialty stores in the United States via Diamond Comics Distributors. IDW also distribute through other retail channels (including its website) and these are not reflected in the numbers provided in this article. Numbers provided by ICv2.com and CBR. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.
Issue Number/Title Sales Variance
from previous issue from first issue
The Space Between
#1 - "History Lesson" 14,688 n/a n/a
#2 - "Captain's Pleasure" 12,034 -18.1% -18.1%
#3 - "Strategy" 10,519 -12.6% -28.4%
#4 - "Light of the Day" 9,647 -8.3% -34.3%
#5 - "Space Seeds" 9,262 -4.0% -36.9%
#6 - "An Inconvenient Truth" 8,814 -4.8% -40.0%
Klingons: Blood Will Tell
#1 - "Against Their Nature" 12,146 n/a n/a
#1 - Klingon language variant[1] 3,878 n/a n/a
#2 - "Beneath the Skin" 10,416 -14.2% -14.2%
#3 - "The Order of Things" 9,476 -9.0% -22.0%
#4 - "Blood Reign O'er Me" 8,966 -5.4% -26.2%
#5 - "Losses" 8,589 -4.2% -29.3%
Star Trek: Year Four
#0 - "Focus on... Star Trek"[2] 4,960 n/a n/a
#1 - "Year Four, Issue 1" 13,112 n/a n/a
#2 - "Year Four, Issue 2" 11,484 -12.4% -12.4%
#3 - "Year Four, Issue 3" 11,056 -3.7% -15.7%
#4 - "Year Four, Issue 4" 10,522 -4.8% -19.8%
#5 - "Year Four, Issue 5" 10,187 -3.2% -22.3%
#6 - "Year Four, Issue 6" 9,797 -3.8% -25.3%
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight volume 1[3]
#1 - "Alien Spotlight: The Gorn" 8,371 n/a n/a
#2 - "Alien Spotlight: Vulcans" 8,260 -1.3% -1.3%
#3 - "Alien Spotlight: Andorians" 7,730 -6.4% -7.7%
#4 - "Alien Spotlight: Orions" 7,724 -0.1% -7.7%
#5 - "Alien Spotlight: Borg" 8,412 +8.9% +0.5%
#6 - "Alien Spotlight: Romulans" 9,249 +10.0% +10.4%
Intelligence Gathering
#1 - "Valued Intelligence" 9,388 n/a n/a
#2 - "A Matter of Dates" 7,551 -19.6% -19.6%
#3 - "Chasing Shadows" 7,582 +0.4% -19.2%
#4 - "Matters of the Mind" 7,448 -1.8% -20.7%
#5 - "Disgrace" 7,449[4] 0.0% -20.7%
Turnaround
#1 - "Turnaround, Part I" 12,836 n/a n/a
#2 - "Turnaround, Part II" 9,284[5] -27.7% -27.7%
#3 - "Turnaround, Part III" 9,070 -2.3% -29.3%
#4 - "Turnaround, Part IV" 8,703 -4.0% -32.2%
#5 - "Turnaround, Part V" 8,272 -5.0% -35.6%
Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment
#1 - "Enterprise Experiment, Part 1" 11,579 n/a n/a
#2 - "Enterprise Experiment, Part 2" 9,739[4] -15.9% -15.9%
#3 - "Enterprise Experiment, Part 3" 8,973 -7.9% -22.5%
#4 - "Enterprise Experiment, Part 4" 8,743 -2.6% -24.5%
#5 - "Enterprise Experiment, Part 5" 8,090 -7.5% -30.1%
Star Trek: Assignment: Earth
#1 - "Brighter Than A Thousand Suns" 10,359 n/a n/a
#2 - "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" 9,329 -9.9% -9.9%
#3 - "My Name Is Legion" 9,123 -2.2% -11.9%
#4 - "We Have Met The Enemy..." 8,473 -7.1% -18.2%
#5 - "Too Many Presidents" 8,149 -3.8% -21.3%
Star Trek: Mirror Images
#1 - "Mirror Images, Part 1" 10,325 n/a n/a
#2 - "Mirror Images, Part 2" 8,763 -15.1% -15.1%
#3 - "Mirror Images, Part 3" 7,930 -9.5% -23.2%
#4 - "Mirror Images, Part 4" 7,712 -2.7% -25.3%
#5 - "Mirror Images, Part 5" 7,536 -2.3% -27.0%
Star Trek: Romulans - The Hollow Crown
#1 - "The Hollow Crown, Part 1" 8,074 n/a n/a
#2 - "The Hollow Crown, Part 2" 7,505 -7.0% -7.0%
Star Trek: The Last Generation
#1 - "Do Not Close Your Eyes" 8,664 n/a n/a
#2 - "No Cure For That" 7,655 -11.6% -11.6%
#3 - "What Happens Now" 7,171 -6.3% -17.2%
#4 - "Inevitability" 7,250 +1.1% -16.3%
#5 - "The End Of History" 7,302 +0.7% -15.7%
Star Trek: Countdown
#1 - "Countdown, Number One" 14,589 n/a n/a
#2 - "Countdown, Number Two" 11,359 -22.1% -22.1%
#3 - "Countdown, Number Three" 12,488 +9.9% -14.4%
#4 - "Countdown, Number Four" 14,545 +16.5% -0.3%
Star Trek: Mission's End
#1 - "Mission's End, Issue 1" 9,352 n/a n/a
#2 - "Mission's End, Issue 2" 8,160 -12.7% -12.7%
#3 - "Mission's End, Issue 3" 8,337 +2.2% -10.9%
#4 - "Mission's End, Issue 4" 7,836 -6.0% -16.2%
#5 - "Mission's End, Issue 5" 7,551 -3.6% -19.3%
Star Trek: Crew
#1 - "Shakedown" 9,168 n/a n/a
#2 - "The Bottle" 8,121 -11.4% -11.4%
#3 - "Ghosts" 8,537 +5.1% -6.9%
#4 - "Shadows of the Past" 8,144 -4.6% -11.2%
#5 - "The Ends of Eternity" 7,946 -2.4% -13.3%
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight volume 2 (ongoing)[3]
#1 - "Alien Spotlight: Tribbles" 7,370 n/a n/a
#2 - "Alien Spotlight: Klingons" 7,023 -4.7% -4.7%
#3 - "Alien Spotlight: Romulans" 7,431 +5.8% +0.8%
#4 - "Alien Spotlight: Q" 7,417 -0.2% +0.6%
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
#1 - "The Wrath of Khan, Issue 1" 9,551 n/a n/a
#2 - "The Wrath of Khan, Issue 2" 9,092 -4.8% -4.8%
#3 - "The Wrath of Khan, Issue 3" 8,266 -9.1% -13.9%
Spock: Reflections (ongoing)
#1 - "Spock: Reflections, Issue 1" 10,256 n/a n/a
#2 - "Spock: Reflections, Issue 2" 8,721 -15.0% -15.0%
#3 - "Spock: Reflections, Issue 3" 8,020 -8.0% -21.8%
Star Trek: Nero (ongoing)
#1 - "Nero, Number One" 11,467 n/a n/a
#2 - "Nero, Number Two" 8,762 -23.6% -23.6%

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ↑ Treated as a separate release for sales purposes.
  2. ↑ Does not form part of the series proper.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sales figures for an anthology work like Alien Spotlight vary significantly, depending on the individual subject matter.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 This figure represents combined sales figures from May and June 2008. A problem with IDW deliveries to Diamond's distribution center saw this issue's release to stores on the US East Coast delayed by one week, taking it into June.
  5. ↑ This late March release appeared in April's sales charts. There is, therefore, the possibility of some sales in March that were below that month's Top 300 threshold of ~2,100 copies.

[edit] iTunes

In December 2008, it was announced that IDW would begin publishing comics in digital format, via Apple's iTunes Store, beginning with the first issue in the Best of Peter David reprint collection, "A Rude Awakening!". The remaining issues that make up that collection are to follow. [1] The individual issues of Star Trek: Countdown were also released via iTunes, with "Countdown, Number Three" and "Countdown, Number Four" being released on the same day as their physical counterparts - a first for the digital format. [2]

[edit] External links

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