A gripping new crime mystery. A stellar celebration of Star Trek. Fresh adventures with animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. A double dose of Sonic the Hedgehog. And so much more is on its way to your Local Comic Shop from American publisher IDW this coming Wednesday, 9th September 2026.
An amazing variety of storytelling awaits, so let’s stop babbling and get to the comics!
Star Trek: 60th Anniversary Special (One-Shot)
Celebrate 60 years of Star Trek with an anthology collecting all-new stories from a star-studded list of creators, including Brian Michael Bendis, Christopher Cantwell, David Walker, Ryan North, Meghan Camarena, Mike McMahan, Derek Charm, Michael Allred, Laura Allred, and more.
On 8th September 1966, Star Trek debuted on US television and changed the landscape of science fiction forever, bringing us not only characters who were inspiring and smart but storytelling that shaped the way people thought about the world. Since then, every Trek show, movie, and comic has endeavored to do the same. In this seven-story collection, IDW thrills, delights, and contextualizes lore with tales from the original series Star Trek, Lower Decks, The Animated Series, Picard, and Starfleet Academy… plus a preview of the all-new Star Trek flagship title launching in 2026. Join IDW as they make history!
Fixation #1 (of 3)
When superfan Taylor Van Owens wins a contest to stay in the legendary Mallard house – the most iconic filming location for the hit vampire book turned movie Blood Mountain – she and her best friend Karrah arrive in Vail expecting to sink their fangs into a weekend straight from a fangirl’s dream. The cast has reunited for a tenth-anniversary celebration, devotees have descended on the small town, and nostalgia hangs thick in the air.
But shortly before their arrival, a young woman is found dead inside the Mallard house. The death is quickly brushed off as an unstable fan taking her fantasies too far, but rumors swirl as the police quietly open a murder investigation. With cameras rolling and ravenous Blood Mountain buffs to appease, production works overtime to keep the story from leaking, insisting the fandom is “one big family,” but unease spreads through the town. Resentful locals, jealous superfans, sensitive actors, and desperate producers overwhelm Taylor as she moves in a haze through meet-and-greets, vigils, and book signings. Every interaction feels loaded. Every corner holds a potential threat. Every vampire has a taste for blood.
And the killer isn’t finished. They’ll stain the town red to ensure they go down in Blood Mountain history. This isn’t just a random act of violence – it’s a crime of passion a decade in the making.
Blending true-crime tension with razor-sharp commentary on fandom and toxic addictions, Fixation is a chilling mystery in which everyone has a motive and the least threatening person in the room may actually be the most dangerous of all.
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coastal Chaos #1 (of 3)
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water… Tales of the TMNT is back! The Turtles once again head down somewhere grimy, smelly, and wet — the Jersey Shore. (Sorry, New Jerseyans!) What starts as a fun family vacation turns into coastal chaos when Mikey almost gets attacked by something with big teeth, a big dorsal fin, and big… arms?! We’re gonna need a bigger shell..
Star Trek: Red Shirts – Ghost of the 21st Century #2 (of 5)
Harry Deubert wasn’t always an “upstanding” member of the Federation. Once upon a time, he was a thief. And a damn good one. Today, he’s a haunted man, spiraling – and all it takes is one good drink and the ripped-open body of his buddy, stuffed with contraband, for him to decide his life as an indentured servant to Section Null is over.
He’s gonna blow whatever this cadaver conspiracy is wide open. Step one? Confronting Chief Officer Miller.
Sonic the Hedgehog X Godzilla #2 (of 5)
The BIGGEST crossover of the year continues!
Mothra and Mechagodzilla did their best to turn Station Square into a parking lot, with Sonic, Amy and Tails teaming up to halt the kaiju onslaught. And now, as a treat, Team Sonic is on a breezy one-way flight to Angel Island. How delightful! I hear the weather there is simply wonderful this ti-
“Cease your prattling!I’ll tell them what’s really happening here. From the files of me, Dr. Eggman!
“I’ve tracked the mechanical monster to a crash site in the woods. My loyal Badniks will join me momentarily to analyze the extra-dimensional marvel. I should have plenty of time prod and probe the metallic beast considering Sonic and his irritating allies are currently on a collision course with the home of that detestable echidna, Knuckles.
“Hopefully they’ll make me the happiest mad scientist in the world by smashing each other into smithereens!”
Event Horizon: Inferno #5 (of 5)
Daniel Durante thought that he was above the laws of Heaven and Hell. That he could come to this awful place and, as he’d done all his life, take from it what he wanted. Daniel Durante was wrong.
Christian Ward and Rob Carey conclude the most satisfying tale of a greedy man getting exactly what he wished for!
Sonic the Hedgehog #89
Something sinister this way comes…
In the chaos of missing Emeralds, Blackwood the Ermine has welcomed Silver the Hedgehog and Blaze the Cat into his mighty castle with an air of grace and civility…but not all is as it seems. Blaze, as the imperial princess of ner own realm, effortlessly navigates the politics of high society, but Silver struggles to keep up. Instead, he discovers some of the stranger details hidden behind the pristine exterior: The ornate hallways are buzzing with the mansion’s cheerful staff… who all seem to operate in perfect unity.
It’s up to our heroes to get to the bottom of this gothic mystery and see how it connects to the mysterious villain haunting our narrative… Don’t miss this creepy tale as the next arc on the road to #100 starts here!
Star Trek: De
Quoth the raven… “Evermore.”
This spooky one-shot features Dr. Joseph M’Benga of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as he encounters various crew members turned characters and creatures from the worlds of Edgar Allan Poe aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise!
Dr. M’Benga’s daughter, Rukiya, has always loved a good bedtime story – especially if that story contains a raven, a beating heart beneath the floorboards, or a deadly plague. But now, on what seems like a night like any other, she’s whisked away by the very fantasies she once delighted in. It’s up to her loving father to beat back the dark and rescue her from a dream within a dream…
TMNT: Journeys #13
Splinter’s death looms large over the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and their allies as they all try to find new purpose in their lives. Donatello is working with the Utroms and runs afoul of a new alien that leads to combat. Raphael is struggling and about to endure the next great change of his life. Casey tries to help April explain the truth behind her identity, who she is, and who her family is. And Michelangelo, acting as an ambassador to Earth for aliens, must help a group of Protoceratons.
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who MagazineandOverkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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