Ryan North

The lower decks crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos consists of the crew you usually don’t see in the normal Star Trek universe. These are the ones that keep everything going in the background, and are usually not on the main missions or the ones that get any of the real credit.

This volume contains a story where a ghost ship appears, it just so happens to show up with Mariner ( a lower deck red shirt crew member ) is lamenting about the lack of action and fun going on lately. Then for even more fun the lower deck team gets beamed onto a mysterious world , that has way more action than the crew was hoping for. We get to see some of our favorite past captains like Picard and Janeway. The mysteries keep getting odder and more frequent as they go to get supplies and notice a whole star system is missing. The antics and chaos continues.
Volume 1 collects issues #1–6 of Lower Decks new and ongoing series.

As a long time Star Trek fan and someone who has also watched Lower Decks, I absolutely loved this. The art work is true to the TV series as is the writing style, pace and overall atmosphere. If you haven’t seen the show you can jump into the comics / graphic novels with no issue. The comedy is on point and shows the more awkward and clumsy sides of the missions we haven’t seen before, while staying within directive….mostly…kindda…well they try-ish.

I recommend this for any existing fans of the series as well as anyone looking to dip their toes in to Star Trek, this is a great place to start. I hope that these volumes will create new Trekkies, that will want to explore the Star Trek Universe.

Thank you NetGalley and IDW Publishing.
Live long & Prosper ( couldn’t help myself )