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Star Trek: The Edges of the Final Frontier--IDW Classic Collections
Explore the final frontier in these three graphic novels set in the world of the original series. Join Captain Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the crew in this pocket-sized (6 x 9) edition!
Fans of Star Trek will revel in The City on the Edge of Forever and Earth, stories that tie in directly with the TV. series, while the third story centers on the fan-favorite Klingons!
The City on the Edge of Forever presents an unrevised version of the episode of the same name penned by writer Harlan Ellison, as he originally intended it, with painted art by JK Woodward!
The 1968 TV episode “ Earth” was the season 2 finale for the original Star Trek series and was intended by Gene Roddenberry as the pilot for a spin-off series that never came to pass. Now, John Byrne delivers the series decades after it would have debuted, recounting the adventures of interstellar agent Gary Seven and his Earth-born assistant as they covertly confront threats to the past so that they can save Star Trek’s future.
In Blood Will Tell, dive deep into some of the most famous encounters between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire—from the Klingon perspective! By Scott Tipton, David Tipton, and David Messina.
IDW Classic Collections give readers the best stories from IDW’s archives, all collected into portable 6 x 9 editions!
Fans of Star Trek will revel in The City on the Edge of Forever and Earth, stories that tie in directly with the TV. series, while the third story centers on the fan-favorite Klingons!
The City on the Edge of Forever presents an unrevised version of the episode of the same name penned by writer Harlan Ellison, as he originally intended it, with painted art by JK Woodward!
The 1968 TV episode “ Earth” was the season 2 finale for the original Star Trek series and was intended by Gene Roddenberry as the pilot for a spin-off series that never came to pass. Now, John Byrne delivers the series decades after it would have debuted, recounting the adventures of interstellar agent Gary Seven and his Earth-born assistant as they covertly confront threats to the past so that they can save Star Trek’s future.
In Blood Will Tell, dive deep into some of the most famous encounters between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire—from the Klingon perspective! By Scott Tipton, David Tipton, and David Messina.
IDW Classic Collections give readers the best stories from IDW’s archives, all collected into portable 6 x 9 editions!
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360 pages, Paperback
Published October 13, 2026
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John Byrne
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John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero.
Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero.
Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.
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November 7, 2026
To me, the most frustrating thing about the original Star Trek TV series featuring Captain Kirk and his crew was the TV show only lasted three years, when it should have lasted five years as told in the opening monologue.
There were a lot of Star Trek stories that needed to be told as they were originally written, an episode that should have had a sequel and the history of the conflict between The Klingons and The Federation.
In Star Trek The Edges Of The Universe, published by IDW, these are all addressed from a bevy of writers and artists.
Discover what the classic TV episode, The City On The Edge Of Forever, was originally was supposed to be like as written by Harlan Ellison.
Whatever happened to Gary Seven of Assignment: Earth? This collection answers that question.
And in several tales the history of The Federation’s and The Klingon Empire’s hostility began, escalated and eventually resulted in working together evolved is also covered.
If you are a fan of the original Star Trek TV series and have wanted answers of what may have happened had its original mission continued this is the book for you.
Matthew 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
There were a lot of Star Trek stories that needed to be told as they were originally written, an episode that should have had a sequel and the history of the conflict between The Klingons and The Federation.
In Star Trek The Edges Of The Universe, published by IDW, these are all addressed from a bevy of writers and artists.
Discover what the classic TV episode, The City On The Edge Of Forever, was originally was supposed to be like as written by Harlan Ellison.
Whatever happened to Gary Seven of Assignment: Earth? This collection answers that question.
And in several tales the history of The Federation’s and The Klingon Empire’s hostility began, escalated and eventually resulted in working together evolved is also covered.
If you are a fan of the original Star Trek TV series and have wanted answers of what may have happened had its original mission continued this is the book for you.
Matthew 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
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