by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief
LOWER DECKS! LOWER DECKS!
Are you caught up on Lower Decks Season Five? Have you bought and read the mind @%&$ that is Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way? Well, the good news is you don’t have to consume these in any particular order. The better news is that they all exist for your reading or watching pleasure. The best news is that IDW is extending the life of Lower Decks by starting a brand new ongoing series! Ready? Warp me!
Official Description:
Hot off their Eisner nomination for Lower Decks tie-in Shax’s Best Day, stellar duo Ryan North and Derek Charm are kicking off a brand-new ongoing series that’s a big fun adventure on a big fun ship… wherein Dr. T’Ana saves the crew from a virulent, purple-boiled disease that is sure to- Wait, no, everyone’s cured pretty quickly, actually. Okay… wherein Deep Space 2’s distress call is mysteriously cut off and the crew has to- Wait, nope, they just needed some help resetting their comms systems. All right, wherein Mariner gets so totally frustrated with the lack of thrills aboard the Cerritos that she drags her friends into a holodeck adventure that would definitely kill them in reality! Should totally provide them all with a sense of purpose and well-being, right? Right. Or at least it would have. If the U.S.S. Bonaventure hadn’t shown back up from the Delta Triangle to provide them with a real challenge. It’s time to explore a ghost ship, baby!
Do you remember those little editorial comments at the bottom of each page of Unbeatable Squirrel Girl? Ryan North has employed those to hilarious effect in this new book and I couldn’t be happier about it. I love every bit of this first issue. Derek Charm’s art sticks to the show bible for not only Lower Decks, but also another Star Trek show. Which one? You’ll fanboy like you have purple hair when you find out.
Look, we’re all disappointed in the upcoming end of this show (possibly also society and humanity, but this review is about comic books, not real life) but now we have a new ongoing Star Trek: Lower Decks that will keep the spirit of the show alive, staying true to the characters and world that we’ve come to love, and the fandom that we’ve embraced as hard as Boimler.
Speaking of Boims, that final panel tho. I can’t wait for the next issue!
Rating: 
ComicsOnline gives Star Trek: Lower Decks #1 a perfect 5 out of 5 ideal restarts to our beloved self-referential Star Trek fandom.
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