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Star Trek: Alien Spotlight, Volume I is the first miniseries in the Alien Spotlight series of comics published by IDW Publishing. The series of six issues is thematically linked in a focus on alien races, but the issues are otherwise unconnected. Each issue, set either in Star Trek: The Original Series or Star Trek: The Next Generation time frame, was written and illustrated by a different creative team.

Following the success of this first series IDW continued the concept forward into Alien Spotlight, Volume II.

Introduction[]

In the vast Star Trek universe, many diverse alien races abound, and now they finally get their due! Presenting a collection of six tales set throughout the Star Trek galaxy, each by a different creative team and featuring a different Star Trek alien race. This collection includes stories of the Gorn, Vulcans, Andorians, Orions, the Borg, and Romulans (by industry legend John Byrne), and features guest-stars such as Captains Kirk and Pike, Spock, and many other familiar faces.

Overview[]

Alien Spotlight was IDW's first Star Trek anthology series, the first time one of their miniseries did not feature a consistent creative team or artistic style. The only thing linking the individual issues together was that each of their stories highlighted an alien race from Star Trek.

How each issue went about putting the featured species in the spotlight varied from issue to issue. The Romulan issue was the only one in the miniseries not to feature Starfleet personnel or primary characters from TOS or TNG. After the Romulan issue the Andorians comes in as the issue with the greatest concentration of the featured species; with the exception of the opening pages the entire issue takes place on Andor and features Andorian characters. In contrast the Vulcan and Orion issues feature just a single member of their featured race.

Development[]

Since its earliest announcements the series underwent several changes in the creative teams involved: The Orion issue, originally to be written by Dan Taylor, was written by the Scott & David Tipton. The Vulcan issue was to written by Rick Remender was written by James Patrick, with Remender receiving a story credit. And the Borg issue was written by Andrew Steven Harris rather than the originally announced Steve Niles.

Issues[]

Title The Gorn Vulcans Andorians: The Old Ways Orions Borg Romulans
Writer Scott & David Tipton James Patrick Paul D. Storrie Scott & David Tipton Andrew Steven Harris John Byrne
Artist David Messina Josep Maria Beroy Leonard O'Grady Elena Casagrande Sean Murphy
Published 10 October 2007 7 November 2007 21 November 2007 19 December 2007 23 January 2008 27 February 2008
Zach Howard cover Gorn cover A Alien Spotlight Vulcans A AndoriansA Orions A Borg A AS Romulans Howard
Issue artist cover Gorn cover B ST AS vulcan-cvrB AndoriansB Orions B Borg B Romulans coverB
Sketch cover Gorn RI cover B Vulcans sketch AndoriansRIB Orions RI-B Borg RIB AS Romulans sketch
Photo cover Gorn RI cover Vulcans photo AndoriansRIA Orions RI-A Borg RIA AS Romulans photo

Each issue of this series was available in four covers. Two covers were distributed in equally wide availability, one by Zach Howard (with colors by Leonard O'Grady) and one by the issue's interior artist. The other two covers for each issue were more limited availability retail incentive covers, each issue had both a sketch cover (the Zach Howard cover for all issues except the Romulans which used the issue artist's cover) and a photo-cover.

Chronology[]

The series featured stories from a wide range of periods in Star Trek history, the chronological order of the stories is as follows:

Issue Date Setting
Vulcans c. 2253 Shortly after Spock joined the crew of the Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike, prior to the TOS pilot episode "The Cage".
Orions c. 2264 Shortly after Christopher Pike was promoted to Fleet Captain, prior to the TOS episode: "The Menagerie".
Romulans 2266 Immediately before the TOS episode: "Balance of Terror".
The Gorn c. 2282 Prior to the movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, when Chekov was serving on the USS Reliant.
Andorians: The Old Ways 2370 Shortly after the final TNG episode "All Good Things..."
Borg 2379 Between the TNG movies Insurrection and Nemesis. Also has time travel to just before the TNG episode: "The Neutral Zone".

Appendices[]

IDW Publishing miniseries
TOS Klingons: Blood Will TellYear FourThe Enterprise ExperimentAssignment: EarthMirror ImagesRomulans: The Hollow CrownCrewMission's EndThe Wrath of KhanRomulans: SchismLeonard McCoy, Frontier DoctorBurden of KnowledgeKhan: Ruling in HellInfestationStar Trek—Legion of Super-HeroesHarlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of ForeverThe Primate DirectiveStar Trek vs. TransformersThe Motion Picture: Echoes IDW bulb
Star Trek (2009) tie-in: CountdownSpock: ReflectionsNeroThe Official Motion Picture AdaptationCountdown to DarknessKhanStarfleet AcademyThe Spectrum WarManifest DestinyStranger Worlds
TNG The Space BetweenIntelligence GatheringThe Last GenerationGhostsAssimilation²HiveDeviationsMirror BrokenThrough the MirrorTerra IncognitaThe Mirror WarWarriors of the Mirror WarHolo-Ween
DS9 Fool's GoldToo Long a SacrificeThe Dog of War
VOY Seven's Reckoning
DSC The Light of KahlessSuccessionAftermathAdventures in the 32nd Century
PIC Picard: CountdownStargazer
LD Lower Decks
SNW The Illyrian EnigmaThe Scorpius Run
Other TurnaroundAlien SpotlightAlien Spotlight IICaptain's LogWaypointThe Q ConflictAliensResurgenceDefiantPicard's AcademySons of Star Trek
IDW Publishing omnibuses
IDW collections 100-Page Spectacular (20112012Winter 2012) • The John Byrne CollectionCountdown Collection (Volume 1Volume 2) • The New Adventures (Volume 1Volume 2Volume 3Volume 4Volume 5) • New Visions: The Hollow Man and Other StoriesThe Missions ContinueMirror Universe CollectionLibrary Collection (Volume 1Volume 2) • Star Trek (IDW 2022) (GodshockThe Red Path) IDW bulb
Archive material Star Trek Archives (Best of Peter DavidBest of the BorgBest of Gary SevenBest of DS9Best of Captain KirkBest of Alternate Universes) • Best of KlingonsStar Trek Omnibus (Volume 1Volume 2The Original SeriesMovie OmnibusTNG Omnibus) • Motion Picture Trilogy100-Page Spectacular (Summer 2012Gold Key) • Newspaper Comics (Volume 1Volume 2) • The Stardate Collection (Volume 1Volume 2) • Gold Key Archives (Volume 1Volume 2Volume 3Volume 4Volume 5) • Classic UK Comics (Volume 1Volume 2Volume 3) • Best of PicardThe Mirror Universe Saga

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