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Star Trek clues in comic book prequel

February 21st, 2013 by Marc Comments

The second issue of IDW’s comic book prequel to J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek Into Darkness has been released – with possible clues about what to expect from the big screen sequel.

Similar to 2009’s “Countdown” miniseries, the four issue “Countdown to Darkness” is designed to serve as a direct prequel to the May 17 release

It follows the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise on a mission to the planet Phaedus IV where, hoping to learn how an alien race acquired advanced technology, Kirk comes face to face with a man familiar to Trekkies: Captain Robert April!

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….