Intelligence Gathering
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| COMIC COLLECTION | |
| Intelligence Gathering | |
 Cover by David Messina | |
| Attribution | |
| Series: | The Next Generation |
| Author(s): | Scott & David Tipton |
| Illustrator(s): | David Messina |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher: | IDW Publishing |
| Original format: | 5 comics (January-May 2008) |
| Omnibus: | Paperback - August 2008 |
| Pages: | 124 |
| ISBN: | ISBN 1600101992 |
| Chronology | |
| Date: | 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.
Contents |
[edit] Overview
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.
[edit] Issues
| Title | Valued Intelligence | A Matter of Dates | Chasing Shadows | Matters of the Mind | Disgrace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | | | | | |
| Writers | |||||
| Artist | |||||
| Published | | | | | |
| 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.
[edit] Appendices
[edit] German translation
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]
 German cover without titles |
 German paperback omnibus |
 German hardcover omnibus |
[edit] Connections
| 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 • Crew • Mission's End • The Wrath of Khan • Spock: Reflections | 
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| Current series | Alien Spotlight II • Nero • Romulans: Schism | |
| Future series | Ghosts • Fool's Gold • Star Trek • Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor • Assignment: Earth II • Probability Factor | |
[edit] External links
- Intelligence Gathering article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Interview with Scott and David Tipton at NEWSaRAMA.com.
- Intelligence Gathering page at the Star Trek Comics Checklist
