Star Trek Explorer

Providing in-depth coverage of all aspects of Star Trek, from the classic years of Kirk and Spock, through Jean Luc Picard, Captains Sisko, Janeway and Archer to the new JJ Abrams movies, Star Trek Magazine is your indispensable guide to the Star Trek universe. Every issue contains star-name interviews, great analytical features and exclusive photography from the CBS archives.

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Engage! • EXPLORING THE STAR TREK UNIVERSE

TERRY MATALAS

A STATE OF FLUX

A WOMAN'S TREK

QUARK, RETURNED! • Armin Shimerman turned down repeated offers to slip back into Quark’s makeup and costume for convention appearances. A few years ago, however, he made an exception in order to support longtime friend and colleague, Karen Westerfield, who spent seven years on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine getting Shimerman camera-ready. They reunited at an official convention in Britain, with Westerfield prepping Shimerman as a select few fans watched in awe. Shimerman then appeared on stage in costume, alongside Max Grodenchik as Rom and the late Aron Eisenberg as Nog, and posed for photos with fans. The experience triggered no déjà vu in Shimerman about his time on DS9, but he noted during a recent conversation, something did catch him totally off-guard…

LARRY NEMECEK’S A FISTFUL OF DATA • MAKING SENSE OF THE FUTURE

CANON FODDER • PUTTING CONTINUITY IN THE FIRING LINE

LOST & FOUND ARCHIVE IMAGES RETRIEVED • Let’s continue the close up on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine this issue with something different here for Lost & Found archival backstage images: a visit off the lot to a location filming site, away from the usual soundstages.

TOP 10 DS9 MOMENTS

LIFE AND LEGACY OF BENJAMIN SISKO • A survivor of the infamous Battle of Wolf 359, Benjamin Lafayette Sisko originally felt displeased regarding his posting to Deep Space 9, but the presence of the Bajoran wormhole and a connection to the local population soon quelled those concerns. Within seven years, Sisko faced down the Dominion and went from being Bajor’s reluctant hero.

The Mission

Bases Amongst the Stars • WARPING THE LAWS OF PHYSICS

FINAL FRONTIER CREATURES • We go behind the scenes at Legacy Effects, to find discover some of the secrets to creating aliens for Star Trek Strange New Worlds…

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO… STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE …AT 30 • - THE 30 ELEMENTS THAT MAKE DS9 GREAT

'Things Can Only Get Better'

Beyond the Wormhole: A New Era of Star Trek Comics Begins • IDW recently passed its 400th Star Trek issue since 2007. Its Star Trek efforts have evolved from miniseries focused on the original series and The Next Generation to an exploration of the Kelvin timeline, crossovers with other franchises, and a sprawling mirror universe saga. The latest trend? Ongoing titles offering a larger tapestry.

Comics at the Edge of the Final Frontier • Looking for more Deep Space Nine comics? Here’s a list of tales to tide you over while you wait for the next issue of IDW’s Star Trek ongoing series.

William Marsano • Star Trek has been inspiring fans to embark on their own continuing missions of creativity for decades, be that as artists, engineers, writers, or rock stars. "Talented Trekkers" talks to prominent figures whose lives have been energized by the final frontier…

TREK THROUGH LIFE • FANDOM AT THE FINAL FRONTIER!

THE COLLECTORS GUILD • LISA HERRERA EXPLORES RARE STAR TREK MERCHANDISE AND RELICS…

PRODIGY WORDSEARCH • OUR PRODIGY-THEMED WORDSEARCH WILL HAVE YOU AT WARP IN NO TIME!

THE WARPED FACTOR • The Lovelorn Gorn! (or How the Big Green Meanies Have Been Misunderstood)

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