written by
art by
Mike Johnson
Tony Shasteen
colors by
story consultant
Davide Mastrolonardo
Roberto Orci
Letters by
Edits by
Neil Uyetake
Sarah Gaydos
Regular Cover Art by Tony Shasteen
The enigmatic entity known as Q transported the USS Enterprise several decades into its future, into the middle of a brutal war between the K l i n g o n s a n d t h e D o m i n i o n t h a t h a s a l r e a d y r e s u l t e d i n t h e fa l l o f t h e Fe d e r a t i o n . E s c a p i n g f r o m t h e i n s a n e C a r d a s s i a n D u k a t , K i r k a n d S p o c k j o i n fo r c e s w i t h r e s i s t a n c e l e a d e r B e n j a m i n S i s k o a n d f i n a l l y d i s c o v e r t h e m o t i va t i o n b e h i n d Q ' s m e d d l i n g : h e n e e d s t h e i r h e l p t o s t o p a t h r e a t that could bring about the end of the Q Continuum itself…
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