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Star Trek #400
Celebrate IDW’s 400th issue of Star Trek comics with this monumental issue highlighting fan-favorite eras of the acclaimed series. This collection of minis brings together Star Trek comics veterans in an equal celebration of IDW’s Star Trek comics past and future. Join little Keyla Detmer—as seen in Star Discovery—Adventures in the 32nd Century #3—on a new expedition, visit the Kelvin Universe, witness a heartfelt tale by TNG’s very own Wil Wheaton, and more by Chris Eliopoulos, Declan Shalvey, Rich Handley, and Mike Johnson, with art by Luke Sparrow, Seth Damoose, Megan Levens, Angel Hernandez, and Joe Eisma!
54 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 7, 2022
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Wil Wheaton
105 books238k followersWil Wheaton loves to tell stories. He’s been doing it his whole life.
By age ten, he had already been acting for three years. In 1986, at age 12, he earned critical acclaim as Gordie Lachance in Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me; at 14, he began his four-year turn as Wesley Crusher on the hit TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Since then, Wil has appeared in dozens of films and TV series, with recurring roles on TNT’s Leverage, SyFy’s Eureka, and the hit webseries The Guild. He is the creator, producer, and host of the wildly successful webseries Tabletop, credited with reigniting national interest in tabletop gaming. Most recently, he played a fictionalized version of himself on CBS’s The Big Bang Theory, one of the most highly rated and watched sitcoms of the last decade.
An accomplished voice actor, Wil has lent his talents to animated series including Family Guy, Teen Titans, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. His video game credits include four installments each of the Grand Theft Auto and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon series, as well as Fallout: New Vegas, DC Universe Online, and Broken Age.
His audiobook narration of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list, and was one of Goodreads’ 10 Best Narrator and Audiobook Pairings of All Time. He has also lent his voice to titles by John Scalzi, Randall Monroe, and Joe Hill.
When he isn’t acting, narrating, or podcasting, Wil Wheaton is writing.
A lot.
He is the author of Just A Geek, Dancing Barefoot, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, Hunter, and Dead Trees Give No Shelter, plus a forthcoming novel, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything. He has contributed columns to Salon.com, The A.V. Club, LA Weekly, Playboy, The Washington Post, and the Suicide Girls Newswire.
In recent years, Wil has earned recognition as an outspoken mental health advocate, chronicling his own journey in his blog and as a public speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. His powerful, candid essay about his struggle with chronic depression and anxiety garnered national attention.
Wil lives in Los Angeles with his badass, irrepressible wife Anne, two rescued dogs, one cat, and two vintage arcade cabinets. If you’re not a robot, you can reach him at: wil at wilwheaton dot net.
By age ten, he had already been acting for three years. In 1986, at age 12, he earned critical acclaim as Gordie Lachance in Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me; at 14, he began his four-year turn as Wesley Crusher on the hit TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Since then, Wil has appeared in dozens of films and TV series, with recurring roles on TNT’s Leverage, SyFy’s Eureka, and the hit webseries The Guild. He is the creator, producer, and host of the wildly successful webseries Tabletop, credited with reigniting national interest in tabletop gaming. Most recently, he played a fictionalized version of himself on CBS’s The Big Bang Theory, one of the most highly rated and watched sitcoms of the last decade.
An accomplished voice actor, Wil has lent his talents to animated series including Family Guy, Teen Titans, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. His video game credits include four installments each of the Grand Theft Auto and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon series, as well as Fallout: New Vegas, DC Universe Online, and Broken Age.
His audiobook narration of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list, and was one of Goodreads’ 10 Best Narrator and Audiobook Pairings of All Time. He has also lent his voice to titles by John Scalzi, Randall Monroe, and Joe Hill.
When he isn’t acting, narrating, or podcasting, Wil Wheaton is writing.
A lot.
He is the author of Just A Geek, Dancing Barefoot, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, Hunter, and Dead Trees Give No Shelter, plus a forthcoming novel, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything. He has contributed columns to Salon.com, The A.V. Club, LA Weekly, Playboy, The Washington Post, and the Suicide Girls Newswire.
In recent years, Wil has earned recognition as an outspoken mental health advocate, chronicling his own journey in his blog and as a public speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. His powerful, candid essay about his struggle with chronic depression and anxiety garnered national attention.
Wil lives in Los Angeles with his badass, irrepressible wife Anne, two rescued dogs, one cat, and two vintage arcade cabinets. If you’re not a robot, you can reach him at: wil at wilwheaton dot net.
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May 23, 2025
Wonderful tribute to the ST universe
This anthology pays tribute to the 400 issues of the continuing IDW titles but to the various incarnations of the ST universe in films and television.
This anthology pays tribute to the 400 issues of the continuing IDW titles but to the various incarnations of the ST universe in films and television.
November 6, 2022
So, the Will Wheaton story "A Matter of Choice" is really the centerpiece of the issue and I have to say it reminds me that I always wished Will Wheaton had done more books (still waiting on "Memories of the Future" volume 2--George RR Martin is getting a run for his money). He really has a lot of talent and this story shows a very interesting perspective on the nearly-immortal Wesley Crusher about to die of old age.
It's kind of interesting to compare it to the 2nd Season plotline of Q being about to die. Wesley has lived eons outside of time thanks to the Traveler's powers and has been using that time to protect reality from unraveling. So rather than just recruiting Kore to be an agent of the Aegis, she's his full-on replacement as he only has 150 years left back to live.
We get Wesley reflecting a lot on his choices and I really give it four stars.
It's kind of interesting to compare it to the 2nd Season plotline of Q being about to die. Wesley has lived eons outside of time thanks to the Traveler's powers and has been using that time to protect reality from unraveling. So rather than just recruiting Kore to be an agent of the Aegis, she's his full-on replacement as he only has 150 years left back to live.
We get Wesley reflecting a lot on his choices and I really give it four stars.
August 16, 2023
Nominated for best single issue. So far, I’ve read the winning story Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler, which was exceptional, as well as A Vicious Circle book 1–also exceptional. This… was fine. It is interesting because it is a number of short stories with different artists, but really the main story is the Whil Wheaton one. That did feel like the best and with the most meat on the bone. But it also felt pandering to ST fans, assuming you knew stuff I did not. Plus, it’s overly sentimental. As such, this is a super fans wet dream and didn’t mean much more to me than a passable concept and a good execution of one story, with the others being shrug worthy efforts.
August 11, 2025
1,5 estrelas
January 3, 2023
There’s not much to this collection of stories. In most of them I have no idea who these characters are. Like the one with the little kids. Clueless. I’d much rather they gave that real estate to some of the other tales so they could have things like “character development” or “an ending”.
It’s like a sitcom clip show without the connecting bits, so there’s no theme. Or like watching all the MCU stingers setting up other movies without having seen the movie they’re attached to, so you don’t know what they’re referencing.
There’s one story featuring Gary Mitchell from the Star Trek: TOS pilot where he’s inexplicably alive, having been killed in the show. Maybe go a little more into that? And then what is the thing that’s happening to him? Are we supposed to know? Dude comes back from the dead after 55 years, claims to create solar systems, and then - nothing? Is he dead again? Will he come back? Was there a point to any of that?
It leaves one feeling, to coin a phrase, lost in space.
It’s like a sitcom clip show without the connecting bits, so there’s no theme. Or like watching all the MCU stingers setting up other movies without having seen the movie they’re attached to, so you don’t know what they’re referencing.
There’s one story featuring Gary Mitchell from the Star Trek: TOS pilot where he’s inexplicably alive, having been killed in the show. Maybe go a little more into that? And then what is the thing that’s happening to him? Are we supposed to know? Dude comes back from the dead after 55 years, claims to create solar systems, and then - nothing? Is he dead again? Will he come back? Was there a point to any of that?
It leaves one feeling, to coin a phrase, lost in space.
September 9, 2022
A celebratory issue of IDW's 'Star Trek' series.
The true highlight of this issue is Wil Wheaton's Wesley Crusher storyline, well paced, well drawn and nostalgic, but the other stories capture the scope of the wider 'Star Trek' universe.
The true highlight of this issue is Wil Wheaton's Wesley Crusher storyline, well paced, well drawn and nostalgic, but the other stories capture the scope of the wider 'Star Trek' universe.
September 7, 2022
IDW’s 400th comic under the Star Trek license. Sucker for this type of celebratory issue or not, this is an outstanding example of the form.
September 18, 2022
Had some great stories in it, in particular Wil Wheaton's story about Wesley. However, as a Kelvin fan, I am angered/impressed by the epic trolling.
January 21, 2023
IDW's Star Trek Comics Continue To Boldly Go To New Frontiers With This 400th Issue Celebration
I absolutely loved this comic! I highly recommend this for any Trekkie who loves to read the Star Trek comics. This is an anthology one shot comic book that has 6 different stories in it. All of them are good but the two stories that really stand out from the rest are the story about Wesley Crusher and a story about Miles O'Brien.
The Miles O'Brien story is fantastic! It's focused on his past and set in the era where the Federation was at war with the Cardassians. It's way before TNG and it's set in what is called "The Lost Era" by Trekkies. "The Lost Era" is that period of time between TOS and TNG that's been left unexplored by the TV shows and movies to date.
I don't want to give away any spoilers about the Miles O'Brien story. But what makes it fantastic is the idea that, when he was very young and early in his career, his path crossed that of another character's from DS9. It's also very interesting to consider the possibility that these two characters may have come across each other numerous times prior to meeting on Deep Space Nine and neither one knew it. I don't want to reveal the identity of the character because it would be a massive spoiler.
The second story that really stands out to me is the one about Wesley Crusher that's written by Wil Wheaton. Co-written, actually. It's a heart-warming story. And, once again, I'm not going to reveal spoilers.
Suffice it to say, the story is about rediscovery. I get a feeling when reading the story that Wil Wheaton isn't just talking about Wesley having to rediscover himself. He's also talking about himself and how he had to rediscover the character of Wesley Crusher inside himself after not having played him on screen for almost 30 years. That's why Wil Wheaton's story is the best story in this comic overall.
Hopefully, Wil shows up in season 3 of Picard. It wouldn't be a TNG sendoff without him 🙂. If for some reason he's not in Picard season 3, then this story does give Wesley some closure and it also serves as a prelude to Picard season 2. The other 4 stories in this comic aren't bad.
There's a Sulu story, a young Kayla Detmer story, a Kelvinverse Scotty story, and a prelude to the new Star Trek ongoing series that stars Captain Sisko in it. I enjoyed them all and that's why I gave the comic five stars. This is a one shot that's definitely worth checking out 🙂🖖.
I absolutely loved this comic! I highly recommend this for any Trekkie who loves to read the Star Trek comics. This is an anthology one shot comic book that has 6 different stories in it. All of them are good but the two stories that really stand out from the rest are the story about Wesley Crusher and a story about Miles O'Brien.
The Miles O'Brien story is fantastic! It's focused on his past and set in the era where the Federation was at war with the Cardassians. It's way before TNG and it's set in what is called "The Lost Era" by Trekkies. "The Lost Era" is that period of time between TOS and TNG that's been left unexplored by the TV shows and movies to date.
I don't want to give away any spoilers about the Miles O'Brien story. But what makes it fantastic is the idea that, when he was very young and early in his career, his path crossed that of another character's from DS9. It's also very interesting to consider the possibility that these two characters may have come across each other numerous times prior to meeting on Deep Space Nine and neither one knew it. I don't want to reveal the identity of the character because it would be a massive spoiler.
The second story that really stands out to me is the one about Wesley Crusher that's written by Wil Wheaton. Co-written, actually. It's a heart-warming story. And, once again, I'm not going to reveal spoilers.
Suffice it to say, the story is about rediscovery. I get a feeling when reading the story that Wil Wheaton isn't just talking about Wesley having to rediscover himself. He's also talking about himself and how he had to rediscover the character of Wesley Crusher inside himself after not having played him on screen for almost 30 years. That's why Wil Wheaton's story is the best story in this comic overall.
Hopefully, Wil shows up in season 3 of Picard. It wouldn't be a TNG sendoff without him 🙂. If for some reason he's not in Picard season 3, then this story does give Wesley some closure and it also serves as a prelude to Picard season 2. The other 4 stories in this comic aren't bad.
There's a Sulu story, a young Kayla Detmer story, a Kelvinverse Scotty story, and a prelude to the new Star Trek ongoing series that stars Captain Sisko in it. I enjoyed them all and that's why I gave the comic five stars. This is a one shot that's definitely worth checking out 🙂🖖.
May 3, 2023
An odd collection of stories make up this landmark issue
I'm glad that this 400th issue is longer than most single comics. It's the stories themselves that I'm still not sure about.
The first is a neat recounting of TOS adventures with a little twist at the end that made me read it a second time.
The next is a Chief O'Brien story from his days fighting the Cardassians that has a few cameos in it. It felt like it had some serious subtext to it, but even after reading it twice, I'm still not exactly sure what happened in it. Maybe the art is part of my issue, that I can't tell one Cardassian from the next? Not sure. It is neat to see O'Brien's former posting, the New Orleans class USS Rutledge.
The next story is written by Wil Wheaton and is basically a prequel to his appearance in season 2 of Picard. It adds some weight to that cameo without actually explaining it.
The next is a story with Detmer and L'Rell from Discovery, but they're... kids? I don't get this one at all.
The last is a prequel for the Godshock storyline where I presume Gary Mitchell is killed?
I'm just not sure what to make of most of this issue, to be honest.
I'm glad that this 400th issue is longer than most single comics. It's the stories themselves that I'm still not sure about.
The first is a neat recounting of TOS adventures with a little twist at the end that made me read it a second time.
The next is a Chief O'Brien story from his days fighting the Cardassians that has a few cameos in it. It felt like it had some serious subtext to it, but even after reading it twice, I'm still not exactly sure what happened in it. Maybe the art is part of my issue, that I can't tell one Cardassian from the next? Not sure. It is neat to see O'Brien's former posting, the New Orleans class USS Rutledge.
The next story is written by Wil Wheaton and is basically a prequel to his appearance in season 2 of Picard. It adds some weight to that cameo without actually explaining it.
The next is a story with Detmer and L'Rell from Discovery, but they're... kids? I don't get this one at all.
The last is a prequel for the Godshock storyline where I presume Gary Mitchell is killed?
I'm just not sure what to make of most of this issue, to be honest.
October 1, 2022
IDW has been publishing Star Trek comics for the last 15 years. While I once was pretty diligent in following Trek comics, I haven't regularly kept up with the IDW line, so it was a surprise to learn that, through their various series, mini-series, one-shots and graphic novels, they've put out 400 Star Trek comics, culminating in this extra-sized celebration.
Rather than creating some grand, forced crossover, IDW has used this issue to tell shorter tales of characters from various eras of the series, some filling in missing moments, some telling new, done-in-one tales, others setting the stage for future Trek comic adventures.
While I enjoyed all the stories, I found myself enchanted by the Keyla Detmer story, which, while written and drawn for a younger audience, also exemplifies the qualities that make Star Trek special. There's also a Wil Wheaton-written tale which serves as a fine companion to a recent return he made to the series.
Rather than creating some grand, forced crossover, IDW has used this issue to tell shorter tales of characters from various eras of the series, some filling in missing moments, some telling new, done-in-one tales, others setting the stage for future Trek comic adventures.
While I enjoyed all the stories, I found myself enchanted by the Keyla Detmer story, which, while written and drawn for a younger audience, also exemplifies the qualities that make Star Trek special. There's also a Wil Wheaton-written tale which serves as a fine companion to a recent return he made to the series.
September 9, 2023
The first few stories are kind of just there. But then the Wil Wheaton story shows what some of us have really wanted when it comes to Wesley and Picard, bringing more closure. There’s a nice little Detmer story as well. And Garry Mitchell himself is featured in a story acting as a prelude to Godshock.
November 1, 2023
I might review single issues on the occasion if they’re special.
Mixed bag, I think the strongest story was “captains log” for me. I’m excited to start reading the Star Trek series finally!
Star off for not having Archer on the cover with all of the others. I don’t care if IDW didn’t make a comic series with him, he should be included.
Mixed bag, I think the strongest story was “captains log” for me. I’m excited to start reading the Star Trek series finally!
Star off for not having Archer on the cover with all of the others. I don’t care if IDW didn’t make a comic series with him, he should be included.
September 20, 2022
Fantastic anthology
Great collection of stories covering many genres of Trek. The stories ranging from serious, to just silly fun, as well as the multiple art styles in this book make it a genuine treat to read. Highly recommend.
Great collection of stories covering many genres of Trek. The stories ranging from serious, to just silly fun, as well as the multiple art styles in this book make it a genuine treat to read. Highly recommend.
October 15, 2022
The artwork in this is fantastic, I just wasn't too impressed with the stories. I was looking forward to Wheaton's story but I feel like I've read it before on his blog so it didn't feel special to me.
September 8, 2022
A nice celebration of Star trek. This is a true love letter to Star Tek as a whole and has some great moments that fill in the pages of some interesting scenes.
September 19, 2022
I actually enjoyed each story. Usually there are one or two that are well done. Each story was very interesting. Thank you
October 25, 2022
Thank you Wesley
Bought the book to read Wild Wheaton's story and it did not disappoint! The rest of the book was pretty good too.
Bought the book to read Wild Wheaton's story and it did not disappoint! The rest of the book was pretty good too.
October 28, 2022
Excellent!
Excellent graphic novel! Many dif kinds of stories, characters, etc. This graphic novel gets five *****'s!!!!!! - it is only logical.........
Excellent graphic novel! Many dif kinds of stories, characters, etc. This graphic novel gets five *****'s!!!!!! - it is only logical.........
November 14, 2022
Meh.
Completely uneven as all collections are.
However the Wesley Crusher story written by Wil Wheaton was very wonderful.
I’m giving it an extra star. Just for that.
Completely uneven as all collections are.
However the Wesley Crusher story written by Wil Wheaton was very wonderful.
I’m giving it an extra star. Just for that.
December 9, 2025
The Wesley story was really moving to me despite the fact that I haven't seen star trek Picard.
The O'brien story was awesome! I adored the art style and would love to see more of it!
The O'brien story was awesome! I adored the art style and would love to see more of it!
May 28, 2023
Some of these “stories” are too short to be much of anything at all. A couple are the sort of equivalent to Shades of Gray’s clip show approach, for crying out loud. Something that used to be given away as #0 with an issue of Wizard. The best was “Soldier On,” an O’Brien story set during the war with the “spoonheads”—the art was a bit cartoonish and un-Trek-like but it worked. And the more I look at it, the more I like it. (Too bad the animated shows don’t have nice art.) The Wesley Crusher story is one Galaxy class eye roll and the ending is a complete joke. Apparently Wesley Crusher thinks the hatred and violence of present-day-ish Los Angeles would even shock the Cardassians. You’d think a character who hangs out in the M’Kraan Crystal would be more enlightened. (Although Wheaton was a child actor so I can believe he’s seen some wild evil shite.) And except for one weird Nickelodeon-esque story for the kids, that’s pretty much it.
Now, IDW seems very chuffed with their Trek output. Wish I could say the same. Except for a couple miniseries, DS9 and VOY have largely been ignored, and except for the Mirror War stories so has TNG for a while now. If you don’t like Abrams’ Trek or Discovery, there’s not much to write home about.
Star Trek #400 costs 8 friggin’ bucks! That’s insane, considering for just 31 dollars more you can buy a hardcover copy of Star Trek TNG: The Missions Continue, which definitely contains the best of IDW Trek. It’s annoying that they haven’t put out more comics at that same level of quality and you have to assume it has something to do with licensing. Of course most creators would want to play with their favorite toys, but cross-promotion/corporate-BS handcuffs them to Star Trek: Inferior.
There’s no other explanation. Because it’s a no-brainer to publish an ongoing comic set after VOY Endgame. They could use all of the characters from the 90s era. And unless it was molten hot garbage, it would sell. Especially if the writers learned from the mistakes made in the Relaunch books by Christie Golden (all those did was look backwards and make the heroes into perpetual losers) and the Picard series (‘nuff said.) For IDW, quantity trumps quality. But thanks for some pretty good comics over the years!
(Seriously though: what the heck happened at IDW? They suck nowadays but they used to put out good stuff pretty consistently. Now it’s the lame company again.)
(And I do like the Mirror stuff, I’ll buy the eventual omnibus, but I’d like non-Mirror 90s era Trek, too.)
Now, IDW seems very chuffed with their Trek output. Wish I could say the same. Except for a couple miniseries, DS9 and VOY have largely been ignored, and except for the Mirror War stories so has TNG for a while now. If you don’t like Abrams’ Trek or Discovery, there’s not much to write home about.
Star Trek #400 costs 8 friggin’ bucks! That’s insane, considering for just 31 dollars more you can buy a hardcover copy of Star Trek TNG: The Missions Continue, which definitely contains the best of IDW Trek. It’s annoying that they haven’t put out more comics at that same level of quality and you have to assume it has something to do with licensing. Of course most creators would want to play with their favorite toys, but cross-promotion/corporate-BS handcuffs them to Star Trek: Inferior.
There’s no other explanation. Because it’s a no-brainer to publish an ongoing comic set after VOY Endgame. They could use all of the characters from the 90s era. And unless it was molten hot garbage, it would sell. Especially if the writers learned from the mistakes made in the Relaunch books by Christie Golden (all those did was look backwards and make the heroes into perpetual losers) and the Picard series (‘nuff said.) For IDW, quantity trumps quality. But thanks for some pretty good comics over the years!
(Seriously though: what the heck happened at IDW? They suck nowadays but they used to put out good stuff pretty consistently. Now it’s the lame company again.)
(And I do like the Mirror stuff, I’ll buy the eventual omnibus, but I’d like non-Mirror 90s era Trek, too.)
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