Blood Will Tell title.

I put off posting this a few days in the hopes we might get some more information, but nothing. So...

Klingons: Blood Will Tell, issue 1, was out just a few days ago, but oddly the comic did not have an individual title. I asked about it IDW's message boards and the writer Scott Tipton revealed the title is:

"Against Their Nature"

It didn't make it into the comic, no one has said why yet.

I also asked about the fleet composition, which on page 19 of the comic is a whole hoard of Constitution and D7 class ships facing off against each other. Personally I'd have liked to mix the fleet up but Tipton explained "we tend to think of the book in terms of the original show, and whenever they talked about Starfleet in TOS, they would mention the 12 Constitution-class starships, so that's what we wanted".

Taylor and Tischman interview

Newsarama have themselves another IDW interview, this time with Dan Taylor and David Tischman on the TNG series The Space Between, and specifically the third issue which was out last week.

As is a common theme in IDW gang interviews they strongly reiterate how they are very much trekkies themselves before looking at some of the creative decisions behind the episodic style of The Space Between.

Interestingly on issue four they apparently considered making the guest character Kommandant Ghud a Tiburon (as featured in the TOS episode "The Way to Eden") but decided on a new species in the end.

The full article can be found here.

Title for Amy Sisson short story

Amy Sisson, a two times Strange New Worlds winner and author of a short story in "The Sky's The Limit" the Star Trek: The Next Generation anniversary anthology coming out in October has announced the title of said story at the TrekBBS. It is:

"Twould Ring the Bells of Heaven"

Sisson's first two Star Trek stories can be found in Strange New Worlds VII and Strange New Worlds 8.

Johnney Lightning strikes again!

A few online shops are starting to list a new wave of Star Trek ships from Johnny Lightning, makers of little die cast ships.

This, the forth set of Star Trek ships from the company will apparently consist of:
-USS Enterprise-A With photon
-USS Majestic With explosions
-USS Defiant With phasers
-Borg Cube With Sphere
-USS Enterprise-D With extras
-USS Voyager With landing Gear

All coming in September.

DST "Where No Man Has Gone Before" Enterprise confirmed

After some speculation Rick Whitelock of New Force Comics has confirmed there will be a "Where No Man Has Gone Before" variant of Diamond Select Toys' USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) model. This variant will be the third variation of the model after the standard configuration and the "The Cage" version. It will also apparently be rather limited in availability.

Another IDW Klingon preview!

IDW seem to really be pushing the boat out for Klingons: Blood Will Tell, another art preview on their Art du Jour page, this time from the Klingon language edition. See it here.

New from Corgi

Art Asylum forum user "Mirror Mirror" has obtained the latest Forbidden Planet catalogue and scanned in a page confirming that Corgi will be expanding it's die cast ships lines with three new ships later this year. The ships as previously rumoured will be the USS Defiant, USS Voyager and a Romulan warbird.

The new ships will join Corgi's existing Star Trek fleet which consists of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), a Klingon Bird of Prey and the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D). If the catalogue date is accurate they should be out in September.

See Mirror Mirror's original scan here, and join the discussion at Art Asylum's forums here.

Kirk Busted

Diamond Select Toys have updated their site with a listing of the first in a line of busts, starting with James T. Kirk, DST description:

The debut piece of the Star Trek: Icons bust line is none other than the illustrious Captain James T. Kirk! Whether commanding the U.S.S. Enterprise or romancing multi-colored alien women, now Kirk can be an interstellar addition to any collection. Sculpted by Bill Mancuso and limited to 1,701 pieces, look for more Star Trek Icons to follow! Features hand-numbered base with matching box and Certificate of Authenticity. Window Box Packaging.
Kirk is due in July with Picard and Sisko due to follow later in the year and plans for Janeway and Archer in 2008.

More Mirror Universe

In response to inquiries at Psi Phi's message boards author Kieth R.A. DeCandido has confirmed there plans for more Mirror Universe prose following up on established themes from the two mirror universe anthologies "Glass Empires" and "Obsidian Alliances" realised earlier this year.

IDW preview art

IDW have updated their site with lots of new art for Klingons: Blood Will Tell issue 1 and The Space Between issue 4, both out this week.

On the new releases page they have five pages preview for Blood Will Tell in English and Klingon!:
English: covers 1, 2, 3 & 4, pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Klingon: cover, pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

And on the same page a five page preview for The Space Between: covers 1, 2 & 3, pages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5. Which includes this newly released Zach Howard cover:

And as if that wasn't enough on there Art du Jour page they have more pages from Blood Will Tell, the same page, either in pencils, or full colour!