Star Trek: Countdown is a 2009 graphic novel in four parts written by Mike Johnson and Tim Jones from a story by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman and illustrated by David Messina. The comic is a prequel to the JJ Abrams Star Trek reboot film of the same year and serves (or tries to anyway) as a bridge between that film and the more established Star Trek universe. The story features characters from The Next Generation and explains how Nero (played by Eric Bana in the film) became a villain and why he hates Spock so much and is bent on revenge against him. The comic is set eight years after the events of the film Star Trek Nemesis and begins deep in Romulan territory. A ...  Read the complete review

With every big movie release there is always the obligatory marketing campaign, the newly released Star Trek film is no exception, in the last few months there has been a series of graphic novels released that takes us into the movie, actually it takes us right up to the opening scene of the film. Now if this isn't a mouth watering prospect then I don't know what is. To give an idea of how epic the story actually is, the effort to include key people from the Next Generation cast has been taken at every opportunity to assist in the story telling. The story centres on Spock and Nero, Nero being the leader of the Romulan mining ship, Narada, whilst Spock is the ...  Read the complete review