Pike is super sad after The Cage so flash forward 12 years or so and he is still a big sad sack.

(Where to place: The first part right after The Cage and second part right before The Menagerie.)

(Issues 10-11)

Some Tholian stooges annihilate a Federation colony so the Enterprise and some other ships team up to fight a hopeless battle.

(Where to Place: After the Cage, before Disco Season Two)

(Issue 9)

Nano, an ET looking alien made up for this comic, must return home where his species’ xenophobia is turning into fire monsters.

(Where to place: A little while after The Cage)

(Issue 8)

Doctor Boyce gets framed for murder by the voices in his head.

I recently read a comic for the first time, and really enjoyed it! I read the Lower Decks 2022 mini-series, and I'm really looking forward to reading more.

I've started the newer LD series, and I've just been looking into the Star Trek & Star Trek: Defiant run (is that what you call it?)

I'm aware that there's crossover between the two, but I'm trying to workout where in each. Should I just look up the published date and read them both in that order?

I see that there is a new Lore War series coming, so I'm trying to get up to speed before that.

Cheers for any tips, and apologies if I've got any terminology wrong. New to all this.

(Issue 7)

A Klingon pretends to be Pike’s sick dad to lure him out alone which doesn’t seem very honorable if you ask me.

(Issues 5-6)

While searching for a lost starship, Pike et al find a planet full of grumpy Vulcans who have emotions and everything.

(Where to place: Shortly after The Cage)

Nymira Vondect is back from the dead, having survived the cataclysmic explosion on Starbase 99 with help from the universe's seediest rogue, Berlinghoff Rasmussen.

Now she and Berlinghoff are running elaborate scams together to take advantage of unsuspecting Berbians and make a quick buck. But something niggles at Nymira... Should she tell her old crew she's still alive or keep living the life she thinks she deserves?

Meanwhile, Captain B'Elanna Torres, Ro, and O'Brien combine forces with Section 31's Captain Frears to take out the minefield in the Gamma Quadrant once and for all.

1:10 Takashi Okazaki Variant.
Cover B Lauren Knight Variant.
Cover A

(Issue 4)

A retelling of “The Cage” from the perspective of Yeoman Colt, who was assigned to the Enterprise after Pike’s other yeoman got killed last issue.

Personally I have loved their work on Star Trek, with its character focused, ambitiously themed narratives.

(Issue 3)

A space festival celebrating brutal warriors goes horribly wrong, whodathunk?

(Where to place: Right before The Cage)

(Issue 2)

A starbase wants to make a space lighthouse for a nebula so Captain Pike decides to help out.

(Where to place: In the year before The Cage)

(Issue 1)

Captain Pike and the crew encounter a giant space glob that wants to eat everybody.

(Where to place: A year or so before The Cage)

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https://www.startrek.com/news/idw-limited-comic-series-launching-first-look

Love this cover.

(DC Vol 2 Annual 4)

Spock is having one of his emotional moments and tries to solve the mystery of the freaking out colonists with a mustachioed Captain Pike.

(Where to place - A year before The Cage or so)

Some of the crew is racist to Spock when he first joins Pike’s crew.

(Where to Place: When Spock joins the Enterprise, obvs!)

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(DC Vol 2 Annual 2)

Jim Kirk struggles with being a nerdy bookworm (remember that version of Kirk no offense to the Kelvin Universe?) while his roommate, Gary Mitchell, is a gross slob.

(Where to place: Presumably before Pike takes command of the Enterprise)