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Star Trek Library Collection
Star Trek Library Collection, Vol. 2
Delve into the history of over 400 issues of IDW’s Star Trek comics! Discover series you may have missed or revisit some old favorites from The Original Series, The Next Generation, Kelvin Timeline, and more!
Join Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in these comics from The Next Generation. First, in The Space Between, travel to Tigan-7, Kandom 9, uncharted space, and more—each leading the dedicated crew into unexpected adventures, brought to you by David Tischman and Casey Maloney.
In Intelligence Gathering, what seems to be a series of unrelated missions is soon revealed to be part of a larger conspiracy involving a threat unlike any that Picard has ever faced. Can the crew piece together the puzzle before it’s too late? By writers Scott Tipton and David Tipton with artists David Messina, Micro Pierfederice, Gianluigi Gregorini, and Sara Pichelli.
The Star Trek Library Collection is a comprehensive line of books that will collect every comic series published by IDW!
Join Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in these comics from The Next Generation. First, in The Space Between, travel to Tigan-7, Kandom 9, uncharted space, and more—each leading the dedicated crew into unexpected adventures, brought to you by David Tischman and Casey Maloney.
In Intelligence Gathering, what seems to be a series of unrelated missions is soon revealed to be part of a larger conspiracy involving a threat unlike any that Picard has ever faced. Can the crew piece together the puzzle before it’s too late? By writers Scott Tipton and David Tipton with artists David Messina, Micro Pierfederice, Gianluigi Gregorini, and Sara Pichelli.
The Star Trek Library Collection is a comprehensive line of books that will collect every comic series published by IDW!
280 pages, Paperback
Published October 17, 2023
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April 19, 2024
Interesting stories with decent, not great, art.
October 27, 2023
The Cover Art is fantastic and incredibly misleading, the actual art of the book is quite poor quality.
Tischman has a few good more cerebral stories, and a few absolute clunkers, even so the cerebral stories feel too rushed and not flushed out enough, would have been better to expand the better stories into more pages and dump the detritus.
The stories by the Tipton brothers are more in the action Star Trek mold, and work better, pacing and length generally seem on point, or at least much more so than the the Tischman stories.
Tischman has a few good more cerebral stories, and a few absolute clunkers, even so the cerebral stories feel too rushed and not flushed out enough, would have been better to expand the better stories into more pages and dump the detritus.
The stories by the Tipton brothers are more in the action Star Trek mold, and work better, pacing and length generally seem on point, or at least much more so than the the Tischman stories.
April 26, 2025
One of the unique aspects of the IDW Publishing company is that it may have begun as a comic book publisher in 1999 as Idea and Design Works, but it has become the fifth largest in the industry behind Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image. It was comprised of the WildStorm Productions remnant after Jim Lee sold his share to DC, the stalwarts partnered to create a comic company with a model of taking salable properties and creating limited issue stories to market on a monthly basis the way Dark Horse did with Aliens, Predator, and Robocop.
Star Trek did that for IDW with a library of over 400 new original issues to amplify the current canon. In the second volume of the Star Trek Library Collection, two series running over several issues are anthologized. These would be Star Trek: The Next Generation -- The Space Between, written by David Tischman and drawn by Casey Maloney and others; Star Trek: The Next Generation -- Intelligence Gathering, written by Scott and David Tipton and drawn by David Messina along with others.
The artwork in this second volume is nowhere near as good as the artwork in the first volume. The stories are a little less tied to canon as the first volume, and equally as tied to the connection common to both Romulan and Vulcan races. Although I give it the same rating as the first volume, the first volume had better talent working on the book. Still, a definite recommendation for a fun, nostalgic read.
Star Trek did that for IDW with a library of over 400 new original issues to amplify the current canon. In the second volume of the Star Trek Library Collection, two series running over several issues are anthologized. These would be Star Trek: The Next Generation -- The Space Between, written by David Tischman and drawn by Casey Maloney and others; Star Trek: The Next Generation -- Intelligence Gathering, written by Scott and David Tipton and drawn by David Messina along with others.
The artwork in this second volume is nowhere near as good as the artwork in the first volume. The stories are a little less tied to canon as the first volume, and equally as tied to the connection common to both Romulan and Vulcan races. Although I give it the same rating as the first volume, the first volume had better talent working on the book. Still, a definite recommendation for a fun, nostalgic read.
August 21, 2024
This comics works wonders for my sense of nostalgia in terms of having very fond memories of watching the tv series on blu ray. The overall animation/drawings stays faithful to the series although the details of the animations are a little lacking if I were to nitpick. In terms of the stories contained within these very much have the same feel and evoke the same sort of suspense as that we are used to in the series. Here, scientific explorations are paired with lots of action, some contemplative thought and a heap of imagination. I especially liked the fact that we get a side-quest story of captain Picard serving his personal hobby of archeology as we see him embarking on an archeological adventure which quickly turns to the dangerous side. We also see Picard in his detective element trying to tie the pieces together on more than one occasion which is always worthwhile to explore.
In all I recommend the comics for anyone interested in Star Trek and for those particularity interested in the Next Generation epoch of the series. Live long and prosper!
Note: I don't like the star rating and as such I only rate books based upon one star or five stars corresponding to the in my opinion preferable rating system of thumbs up/down. This later rating system increases in my humble opinion the degree to which the reader is likely to engage with a review instead of merely glancing at the number of stars of a given book.)
In all I recommend the comics for anyone interested in Star Trek and for those particularity interested in the Next Generation epoch of the series. Live long and prosper!
Note: I don't like the star rating and as such I only rate books based upon one star or five stars corresponding to the in my opinion preferable rating system of thumbs up/down. This later rating system increases in my humble opinion the degree to which the reader is likely to engage with a review instead of merely glancing at the number of stars of a given book.)
October 15, 2024
Next Generation Peak
One of the best parts of The Nect Generation is how it feels like an ensemble. Nobody feels like an extra and contributes to things with characterizations. Even Wesley isn't the creator's pet. He's shown that his wish to be praised comes from loneliness and wanting to prove himself. The real Picard plays along with one act while being concerned about Wesley's nature. All the while tying things together for big developments.
One of the best parts of The Nect Generation is how it feels like an ensemble. Nobody feels like an extra and contributes to things with characterizations. Even Wesley isn't the creator's pet. He's shown that his wish to be praised comes from loneliness and wanting to prove himself. The real Picard plays along with one act while being concerned about Wesley's nature. All the while tying things together for big developments.
July 6, 2024
Lots of ST:TNG action in this one. I had a good time. Nothing earth-shattering, just good old Star Trek action.
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