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Star Trek: Picard—Stargazer #1-3
Star Trek: Picard—Stargazer
Following the climactic events of Season Two's finale, Jean-Luc and Seven of Nine launch an unsanctioned mission that sets the stage for the upcoming Season Three!
When the Stargazer, under a new captain, mysteriously disappears, Jean-Luc Picard is once more compelled away from his chateau to confront the shadows of his past. Before his days on the Enterprise, a young Picard violated the Prime Directive for the greater good...and created an enemy that now threatens not only the Stargazer, but an entire system.
For Seven of Nine, agreeing to help Picard means putting her own future at risk--but is it even the future she wants?
Star Trek: Picard creator Kirsten Beyer reteams with veteran Trek comics scribe Mike Johnson and artist non-pareil Angel Hernandez for an adventure that promises to unearth secrets--of the past, present, and future--at every turn!
When the Stargazer, under a new captain, mysteriously disappears, Jean-Luc Picard is once more compelled away from his chateau to confront the shadows of his past. Before his days on the Enterprise, a young Picard violated the Prime Directive for the greater good...and created an enemy that now threatens not only the Stargazer, but an entire system.
For Seven of Nine, agreeing to help Picard means putting her own future at risk--but is it even the future she wants?
Star Trek: Picard creator Kirsten Beyer reteams with veteran Trek comics scribe Mike Johnson and artist non-pareil Angel Hernandez for an adventure that promises to unearth secrets--of the past, present, and future--at every turn!
96 pages, Paperback
First published May 30, 2023
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March 18, 2026
What a joy it is to have such a detailed follow-up to Seven's story as this comic!
I really enjoyed it, set between the second and third seasons of Picard. I love how it manages to present a story of the Federation shedding its isolationism and healing others, while also shedding some light on the decisions that led Seven to accept Picard and Janeway's field commission. Accepting that sometimes immediate action isn't enough was a good way to bring things full circle. Along the same line, I also appreciate that the final message, far from being just action, delves into the conflict between the Jenjorans and Remans, prioritizing dialogue and mutual understanding, especially with the antagonist. I'm not a big fan of Nemesis, but it's great when someone remembers that the Remans exist and uses their potential, hehe.
In the negative side, I can only say I wish the story were a bit longer, and I was not a big fan of the art style, but overall I enjoyed it!
I really enjoyed it, set between the second and third seasons of Picard. I love how it manages to present a story of the Federation shedding its isolationism and healing others, while also shedding some light on the decisions that led Seven to accept Picard and Janeway's field commission. Accepting that sometimes immediate action isn't enough was a good way to bring things full circle. Along the same line, I also appreciate that the final message, far from being just action, delves into the conflict between the Jenjorans and Remans, prioritizing dialogue and mutual understanding, especially with the antagonist. I'm not a big fan of Nemesis, but it's great when someone remembers that the Remans exist and uses their potential, hehe.
In the negative side, I can only say I wish the story were a bit longer, and I was not a big fan of the art style, but overall I enjoyed it!
July 30, 2023
a compelling story that is about the past and how Picard is takin seven under his wing. worth the 18 bucks and will go on my shelf
May 31, 2023
Star Trek: Picard - Stargazer
An old command decision returns to haunt Admiral Picard when he returns to a planet he first visited while the captain of the 'Stargazer'.
This is an interesting interlude to explore as Beyer shows the transition of Seven of Nine from Fenris Ranger to Starfleet Officer, while showing that sometimes, the worst outcomes can come from trusting too much. There are echoes of "Space Seed" here, which is an interesting parallel to contrast Kirk and Picard.
In general, the artwork is good, but there are pages where key character art looks poor. This is a shame, as it detracts slightly from the overall story.
An old command decision returns to haunt Admiral Picard when he returns to a planet he first visited while the captain of the 'Stargazer'.
This is an interesting interlude to explore as Beyer shows the transition of Seven of Nine from Fenris Ranger to Starfleet Officer, while showing that sometimes, the worst outcomes can come from trusting too much. There are echoes of "Space Seed" here, which is an interesting parallel to contrast Kirk and Picard.
In general, the artwork is good, but there are pages where key character art looks poor. This is a shame, as it detracts slightly from the overall story.
March 22, 2023
This was a fun read. A quick adventure for Picard and Seven between seasons. I do wish IDW would do longer mini-series. Three issues goes by so quickly. The art, however, left a lot to be desired. It felt very rushed at times. The lack of an inker hurt a lot, because if the coloring wasn't there, people's faces became distorted looking in smaller panels. There are moments that are really good, though, so it seemed more like the artist was rushed than a lack of skill capturing likenesses.
January 20, 2024
forgot i read this. its a great trek story about getting along. "let me help" is a mantra for trek. this encapsulates that
February 21, 2026
I didn’t realize until the afterwards that this same team is on basically all the modern-era Trek comics. Oof.
I mean, this one is fine, but it’s unfortunate that I can’t really expect anything grander than this from any of the Discovery stuff. Ergo, I can’t really expect a reprieve from the show by escaping to the comics, because I don’t expect to like that show much at all.
Anyway, this particular book, it’s fine. With their previous Picard entry, I found myself disappointed, as it really just felt like an inconsequential deleted chapter of the novel. Nothing of note took place, no character moments, no revelations for the quadrant. Same here. But the difference is, my expectations were far lower here. I was still looking for some amount of saving grace in Countdown; this, it’s set after Season Two (which I skipped) and has practically nothing to do with Season Three (which I loved). I don’t give a crap, so this was inoffensive (a milestone for most modern Trek to fans of the old stuff) and harmless, but feels like just a two-part episode of Season One… that said, if this were part of Season One, it’s probably the best episode by default.
I have a bit of a headcanon with Star Trek, in that one could stop with First Contact and roll right into Season Three of Picard, which catches you up to speed on a nebulous time when Data sacrificed himself and some indeterminate events which might’ve given Picard a robot body, but they’re passing references. In this version of my headcanon, this comic has next to no place. However, there’s a part of me that doesn’t like his time wasted, and that headcanon imagines a better version of Season One that could’ve existed and doesn’t. This fits fine with that. But in that perspective, how highly can I possibly respect something that requires both Nemesis and Picard Season One to make sense? This is Clone Wars for someone who despises the idea of a Jedi Order existing, like fundamentally doesn’t like the trappings of the Prequels — a fine cartoon, but what’s the point for me? That’s where I’m at with this comic, sad to say.
I do think the Remans should’ve come up a lot more in Picard Season One, but having them just suddenly get brought up now is super awkward. I do like the way the Romulan general dude was being written, he read just like a TNG Romulan to me. I still don’t like the premise of the Fenris Rangers, nor do I buy that Seven of Nine got bored with the not-action. That’s preposterous, these people never watched Voyager, nobody making current Star Trek watched Star Trek but especially not Voyager…
It’s fine. I was hoping for a legit bridge comic to lead into Season Three, maybe showing how Seven actually rejoined, or just showing her first mission with Captain Shaw. Idk, anything that mattered? I’m wondering if maybe CBS limited what stories they could tell to an infinitesimal degree, because it’s so odd your two stories you get to tell about Jean-Luc Picard are both so inconsequential and somewhat dull. They’re high-quality flip-through material, this one I just happened to have a better time with. It’s fine, and the more I talk about it, the more I think I’m being generous with that.
I mean, this one is fine, but it’s unfortunate that I can’t really expect anything grander than this from any of the Discovery stuff. Ergo, I can’t really expect a reprieve from the show by escaping to the comics, because I don’t expect to like that show much at all.
Anyway, this particular book, it’s fine. With their previous Picard entry, I found myself disappointed, as it really just felt like an inconsequential deleted chapter of the novel. Nothing of note took place, no character moments, no revelations for the quadrant. Same here. But the difference is, my expectations were far lower here. I was still looking for some amount of saving grace in Countdown; this, it’s set after Season Two (which I skipped) and has practically nothing to do with Season Three (which I loved). I don’t give a crap, so this was inoffensive (a milestone for most modern Trek to fans of the old stuff) and harmless, but feels like just a two-part episode of Season One… that said, if this were part of Season One, it’s probably the best episode by default.
I have a bit of a headcanon with Star Trek, in that one could stop with First Contact and roll right into Season Three of Picard, which catches you up to speed on a nebulous time when Data sacrificed himself and some indeterminate events which might’ve given Picard a robot body, but they’re passing references. In this version of my headcanon, this comic has next to no place. However, there’s a part of me that doesn’t like his time wasted, and that headcanon imagines a better version of Season One that could’ve existed and doesn’t. This fits fine with that. But in that perspective, how highly can I possibly respect something that requires both Nemesis and Picard Season One to make sense? This is Clone Wars for someone who despises the idea of a Jedi Order existing, like fundamentally doesn’t like the trappings of the Prequels — a fine cartoon, but what’s the point for me? That’s where I’m at with this comic, sad to say.
I do think the Remans should’ve come up a lot more in Picard Season One, but having them just suddenly get brought up now is super awkward. I do like the way the Romulan general dude was being written, he read just like a TNG Romulan to me. I still don’t like the premise of the Fenris Rangers, nor do I buy that Seven of Nine got bored with the not-action. That’s preposterous, these people never watched Voyager, nobody making current Star Trek watched Star Trek but especially not Voyager…
It’s fine. I was hoping for a legit bridge comic to lead into Season Three, maybe showing how Seven actually rejoined, or just showing her first mission with Captain Shaw. Idk, anything that mattered? I’m wondering if maybe CBS limited what stories they could tell to an infinitesimal degree, because it’s so odd your two stories you get to tell about Jean-Luc Picard are both so inconsequential and somewhat dull. They’re high-quality flip-through material, this one I just happened to have a better time with. It’s fine, and the more I talk about it, the more I think I’m being generous with that.
April 4, 2023
Continued adventures of Picard and Seven
I read this story as individual issues, and I believe the middle issue was the best of the three. It’s good to see Picard and Seven together again, and I enjoyed the quick flashback to the old Stargazer. Overall, this wasn’t anything particularly special and the art didn’t exactly wow me. It is a nice little add-on to the series, however.
The Romulan/Reman subplot added some intrigue, and I was curious to see how Seven ends up back in Starfleet.
This issue concludes this short storyline relatively quietly, and perhaps too simply for my taste, though it does have a bit of action and a (somewhat) surprise cameo at the end. I know a tie-in can’t add anything major to a television show, but I was still hoping for a bit more substance or something of more consequence than this.
I read this story as individual issues, and I believe the middle issue was the best of the three. It’s good to see Picard and Seven together again, and I enjoyed the quick flashback to the old Stargazer. Overall, this wasn’t anything particularly special and the art didn’t exactly wow me. It is a nice little add-on to the series, however.
The Romulan/Reman subplot added some intrigue, and I was curious to see how Seven ends up back in Starfleet.
This issue concludes this short storyline relatively quietly, and perhaps too simply for my taste, though it does have a bit of action and a (somewhat) surprise cameo at the end. I know a tie-in can’t add anything major to a television show, but I was still hoping for a bit more substance or something of more consequence than this.
August 30, 2023
“Star Trek: Picard: Stargazer” Trade Paperback (IDW, 2023). Writers: Kirsten Beyer and Mike Johnson. Artist: Angel Hernandez. Color art by J.D. Mettler. Reprints: Star Trek: Picard: Stargazer #1-3 (August 2022 to November 2022). Read: 08/16/23 to 08/18/23. Opinion: Okay/average. Story takes place (and came out between) seasons two and three of the Paramount+ “Star Trek: Picard” series which this is obviously a tie-in to. Story is basically supposed to be about Seven of Nine, carrying her from where we see her at the end of season two to her being back in Starfleet already at the start of season three. Here, she still has her doubts about joining Starfleet and sticks with being a Fenris Ranger despite Picard’s attempts to lead her likewise. But then a mission to check up on a planet that Picard once visited decades earlier while Captain of *his* U.S.S. Stargazer (traveling there aboard the new version we saw in season two of the show) unexpectedly brings him and Seven back together again in a life or death situation, one that Picard is at least partially responsible for due to his actions the last time he was there (and involving Romulans). I thought it was an okay enough little story but pretty forgettable in the end. I don’t know if I would have thought differently if I read it back when it first came out, in between the two tv seasons, or not. I think I still would have felt it was a mostly irrelevant “filler” story. Everything was “okay” but not exceptional, including the art by Hernandez. (I felt his depictions of Seven were very inconsistent, though.) And my main “gripe” with this series is, why did they name this story “Stargazer”? Yes, the two versions of the Starfleet ship and their crews both appear, but not nearly enough to make the story about them. Again, while a fun little side adventure for Jean-Luc Picard, this is clearly a Seven of Nine story. I ended up giving it three out of five stars on GoodReads.
October 18, 2024
The combined storytelling prowess of ST: Picard co-creator Kirsten Beyer and easily the best Trek comics writer Mike Johnson craft a stand-alone adventure starring Picard and Seven that loosely connects the very disparate Seasons 2 and 3 of the show.
Angel Hernandez does an excellent job of capturing likenesses, though such talents are under-utilised in a book that doesn’t feature other familiar faces.
Ultimately the story suffers through no fault of its own, instead having the thankless task of trying to bridge the ending of the very uneven Season 2 with what was essentially a hard reset/soft relaunch in Season 3. As a result the story is both a little too long and also wrapped up too easily.
Angel Hernandez does an excellent job of capturing likenesses, though such talents are under-utilised in a book that doesn’t feature other familiar faces.
Ultimately the story suffers through no fault of its own, instead having the thankless task of trying to bridge the ending of the very uneven Season 2 with what was essentially a hard reset/soft relaunch in Season 3. As a result the story is both a little too long and also wrapped up too easily.
May 22, 2023
Picard heads across the universe to fix something he broke years ago. Seven Of Nine is there. Yeah, I got nothin'.
Ostensibly set between seasons 2 and 3 of the show, this one really doesn't do very much to light the galaxy on fire. The conflict is fine, the resolution is okay, and the characters aren't bad, but it definitely feels very 'safe'. I don't mind these tie-in comics being hog-tied by their own continuity if they tell a worthwhile story, but this is kind of just...there.
Not bad, but definitely not going to be near the top of any Best Star Trek Comics lists.
Ostensibly set between seasons 2 and 3 of the show, this one really doesn't do very much to light the galaxy on fire. The conflict is fine, the resolution is okay, and the characters aren't bad, but it definitely feels very 'safe'. I don't mind these tie-in comics being hog-tied by their own continuity if they tell a worthwhile story, but this is kind of just...there.
Not bad, but definitely not going to be near the top of any Best Star Trek Comics lists.
July 3, 2023
This was a decently fun little side-story that probably merits a 3.5 but still can't quite earn a full 4 stars. It's a nice supplementary story that helps to further build on the relationship we see between Picard and Seven and explain how they ended up the way they did on the show.
The story is one of patterns and repetition, which I suppose is a bit of a Star Trek staple in itself but I do wish things hadn't been sooo on the nose here. And for the price, I kind of hoped for a longer story, but what can you do?
The story is one of patterns and repetition, which I suppose is a bit of a Star Trek staple in itself but I do wish things hadn't been sooo on the nose here. And for the price, I kind of hoped for a longer story, but what can you do?
July 17, 2023
Rather generic story. I'd like to see Star Trek directly address the fact that Federation diplomacy contributes to imperialism. Much like America, they paper over genocide committed by others. It's very cynical and contradicts the utopian values that make Star Trek so inspiring. The Klingons, Romulans, Ferengi and Cardassians need to address the harm they've committed instead of getting a wink wink that everything will be ignored as long as they play nice with the Federation.
January 2, 2024
Star Trek is giving authors so many different places and times to set their stories. This one is set during the time of the Picard series. The characters are well written (and well drawn for that matter). I like how the authors added depth to characters we know and introduce us to new characters who are just as interesting. Good story. Good mix of thoughtfulness and action.
September 30, 2024
It's a quick adventure between seasons 2 and 3 of Picard. I wish the character arcs and plot had more room to breathe. The art is solid, though there were a couple of panels that looked like they were taken straight out of scenes of Seven and Jean-Luc speaking to each other in Picard.
I want more Picard-era comic adventures, especially anything with Seven!
I want more Picard-era comic adventures, especially anything with Seven!
April 4, 2023
I enjoyed the story in this and the artwork, but pales in comparison to the series. If you want a little more, it can't hurt to indulge in a bit more Picard and crew.
May 31, 2023
Short, but good. I loved the scenes between Seven and Picard, they show just how much they care about each other. I loved seeing young Picard, and the surprise cameo in the epilogue made me scream!
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November 17, 2023
A great book set between season 2 and 3 of Picard. Great fun and some great fan service moments. IDW can do no wrong.
November 22, 2023
Certainly one of the better Trek graphic novels I've read. Reflects the Picard of the new TV series very well.
February 18, 2024
A thoughtful story set between seasons 2 and 3 of Picard that lines up both Jean-Luc and Seven for their roles in the final season.
March 17, 2024
This would have been better than any season 2 episode
April 22, 2024
Great story and artwork :)
January 14, 2025
Not half bad for a short graphic novel.
November 30, 2025
An interesting story that was based on the series of Picard
September 21, 2023
Solid story with Seven and Picard. I enjoyed this more than the show. Plus I’m a sucker for any Voyager callbacks.
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December 30, 2022
Decent, if stock, story. But the art is not very impressive. It all looks done very quickly. Layouts are fine but it looks like colored sketches with almost no inks.
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