Time - traveling secret agent Gary Seven made his debut in a Star Trek instalment 40 years ago , along with his aphrodisiacal writing table who can call on herself into a kat at will . The episode was presuppose to be a “ back entrance pilot ” for a raw series , but nothing ever come of it . Now Gary ( and his qat ) will get their day in the Dominicus , good manners of IDW Comics and controversial comic creator John Byrne .
Seven , who first appeared in the 1968 Trek instalment “ Assignment : Earth ” , wasoriginally mean for his own series of the same name , centering around a secret alien invasion premise similar to ABC ’s 1967 series The Invaders , but viewer and web apathy ship him spiraling towards limbo , or worse , periodic appearances in Trek novels and mirthful books .
This twelvemonth , however , all that will change with the first issue of Assignment : Earth , a series found on Roddenberry ’s construct for the unmade TV show . pen and drawn by long - time Trek fan Byrne , who says that the “ Assignment : Earth ” episode is amongst his top 5 episode of the show , the serial is part of IDW ’s Star Trek : Second level publish push , which will also let in a new comic series based on Peter David ’s previously novel - only series New Frontier .
The five part serial , which get ahead the story one year with each newfangled issuance , launches in May . Images fromIDW Chief Chris Ryall ’s blog . Star Trek : assigning Earth[IDW Publishing.com ]
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