Star Trek #9

IDW's Star Trek #9 kicks off "The Return of the Archons, Part 1," and Tim Bradstreet's cover sets an immediately unsettling tone — a determined Starfleet officer looms large within a Starfleet delta silhouette, his expression tense against a backdrop of twisted bare trees, crumbling stone structures, and shadowy robed figures lurking below him. The atmosphere is brooding and atmospheric, blending science fiction with something that feels almost medieval and foreboding. With Mike Johnson writing and Stephen Molnar on art, this 2012 IDW series continues to deliver the Kelvin-timeline Trek experience in vivid, moody fashion.