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Intelligence Gathering

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Intelligence Gathering

Attribution
Series:	The Next Generation
Author(s):	Scott & David Tipton
Illustrator(s):	David Messina
Publication information
Publisher:	IDW Publishing
Published:	Paperback - August 2008
Pages:	124
ISBN:	ISBN 1600101992
Chronology
Date(s):	2368

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Intelligence Gathering was a comic miniseries published by IDW Publishing in 2008. The series was written by Scott and David Tipton with art by David Messina, the same team who previously worked on the miniseries Klingons: Blood Will Tell and the Alien Spotlights issues about the Gorn and Orions.

1 Introduction
2 Overview
3 Issues
4 Appendices

IntroductionEdit

One year ago IDW's Star Trek comics line launched with Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Space Between, a series of six stand-alone issues. Now, prepare for the latest voyage of the Enterprise as the creative team that brought you Klingons: Blood Will Tell tackles an all-new Star Trek: TNG mini-series.

OverviewEdit

The miniseries was first announced in IDW’s behind-the-scenes book Focus on... Star Trek, tentatively titled House Call. A later interview confirmed the new title and reduction of issues from the originally announced six down to five.

The series was a sequential story in five parts, with an on-going mystery which was solved in the final issues. The series was set towards the end of the fifth season of the TNG television series. Each issue also told it's own largely stand alone story which the writers used to explore the relationships and roles of main TNG characters.

IssuesEdit

Title	Valued Intelligence	A Matter of Dates	Chasing Shadows	Matters of the Mind	Disgrace
Number	1	2	3	4	5
Writers	Scott & David Tipton
Artist	David Messina
Published	16 January 2008	13 February 2008	26 March 2008	23 April 2008	29 May 2008
Cover A (David Messina)
Cover B (Joe Corroney)					-
RI Corroney cover					-

All but the final issue of this series were available in three covers. Two covers were distributed in equally wide availability, one each by David Messina and Joe Corroney. The third cover for each issue was a more limited availability retail incentive cover featuring Corroney's cover artwork without titles. The final issue in the series had just one cover, by David Messina.

AppendicesEdit

German translationEdit

For the German release of this series the title was changed to Tor Zur Apokalypse, which translates to Gateway to the Apocalypse, as the original English title did not have the same meaning once translated. The German omnibus, available in paperback or hardcover, published by Cross Cult featured new art by David Messina.^[1]

ConnectionsEdit

IDW Publishing miniseries
Completed series	The Space Between • Klingons: Blood Will Tell • Year Four • Alien Spotlight • Intelligence Gathering • Turnaround • The Enterprise Experiment • Assignment: Earth • Mirror Images • Romulans: The Hollow Crown • The Last Generation • Countdown • Alien Spotlight II • Crew • Mission's End • The Wrath of Khan • Spock: Reflections • Nero • Romulans: Schism • Ghosts • Fool's Gold • Star Trek Movie Adaptation • Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor • Burden of Knowledge
Current series	Captain's Log • Khan: Ruling in Hell • Infestation
Future series	Assignment: Earth II

IDW Publishing omnibuses
IDW miniseries	The Space Between • Klingons: Blood Will Tell • Year Four • Alien Spotlight, Volume I • Intelligence Gathering • Turnaround • Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment • Assignment: Earth • Mirror Images • Countdown • The Last Generation • Mission's End • Crew • Spock: Reflections • Nero • Romulans: Pawns of War • Alien Spotlight, Volume II • Ghosts • Fool's Gold • Star Trek Movie Adaptation • Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor
Archive material	Star Trek Archives (Best of Peter David • Best of Gary Seven • Best of DS9 • Best of Captain Kirk • Best of Alternate Universes) • Star Trek Omnibus (Volume 1 • Volume 2 • The Original Series • Movie Omnibus) • Motion Picture Trilogy