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This bold and beautiful era of Star Trek comics from IDW is expanding with a new 5-issue limited series called Star Trek: Red Shirts - Ghost of the 21st Century. Written by Gerry Duggan with art by Scott Buoncristiano, Ghost of the 21st Century is helping ring in the 60th anniversary of Star Trek with a bloodbath and criminal conspiracy!

"Revenge is a dish best served on time delay. From Gerry Duggan (Deadpool, X-Men: Fall of the House of X) comes the next Red Shirts bloodbath…," reads IDW's description of the book. "On the Federation’s farthest frontier, red shirts don’t just die—they’re used. When conscripted security grunt Harry Deubert finds contraband hidden inside a fallen comrade’s body, he uncovers Section Null—a secret Starfleet directorate turning disposable red shirts into assets in a sprawling criminal conspiracy. Teaming with Lyna Taval, an Andorian officer with her own covert agenda, Deubert digs too deep…and becomes a target.
Someone inside Starfleet Security is selling out the Federation. And once Deubert and Taval learn what red shirts are really for, there’s no going back."

If you haven't read the first Star Trek: Red Shirts series by Christopher Cantwell and Megan Levens, fear not, Ghost of the 21st Century works as a standalone story that newbies and seasoned fans alike can jump into. 

Take a look at the main cover for issue #1 by artist Chris Shehan below, along with the espionage homage cover B by Malachi Ward. The entire series will have espionage-themed covers by Ward, which is fun! 

Writer Gerry Duggan expressed his enthusiasm for joining the world of Star Trek, saying, "It's my pleasure to reunite both with Heather Antos from our Deadpool days, and with Scott Buoncristiano from our collaboration on The Dark Room series. I've not been able to enlist in Starfleet until now, but I can promise this new volume of Red Shirts is going to leave a very big bruise on Star Trek. The Romulans have an insidious plot to destabilize the Federation and it's my privilege to help them and drop as many bodies as we can along the way. Set your phasers for fun, and see you in space."

This excitement was shared by Buoncristiano.

"I was over a month into a Star Trek rewatch when I was asked to do RED SHIRTS. It’s one thing to watch this universe, but it’s another to be able to draw and create within it. Collaborating with Gerry Duggan and the crew at IDW is a blast, and I can’t wait for readers to see what we do to these poor, doomed Red Shirts."

The carnage of Star Trek: Red Shirts - Ghost of the 21st Century will begin when issue #1 hits shops on July 22, 2026. 

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