Changes: Star Trek: Alien Spotlight

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Star Trek: Alien Spotlight is a blanket title for two miniseries of Star Trek comics from IDW, containing stories focusing on a different alien species each issue.

The first volume of six issues began its release in early October 2007. Three of the stories were set in the Original Series time frame and three during the Next Generation era. An omnibus edition was released 14 May 2008 collecting all six issues.

A second volume was later announced. Originally expected to be released in summer 2008, it eventually saw release beginning in March 2009. The species which received focus in this volume are the Klingons, Cardassians, the Romulans, the Q, and Tribbles. Andrew Steven Harris was originally announced as writing a Ferengi-centric issue, [1] while James Patrick and Mike W. Barr were also announced as initially contributing, although their species assignments were never announced. [2]

The second volume was collected in trade paperback format on 10 March 2010.

Creators

Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry.
Writers:
- Scott and David Tipton (v1 #1, #4; v2 #4)
- James Patrick (v1 #2)
- Paul D. Storrie (v1 #3)
- Andrew Steven Harris (v1 #5; v2)
- John Byrne (v1 #6)
- Stuart Moore (v2 #1)
- Keith R.A. DeCandido (v2 #2)
- Ian Edginton (v2 #3)
- Arne & Andy Schmidt (v2 #5)
Interior Artist:
- David Messina (v1 #1)
- Sara Pichelli (v1 #1, art assist)
- Josep Maria Beroy (v1 #2)
- Leonard O'Grady (v1 #3)
- Elena Casagrande (v1 #4; v2 #4)
- Sean Murphy (v1 #5)
- John Byrne (v1 #6)
- Mike Hawthorne (v2 #1)
- J.K. Woodward (v2 #2)
- Wagner Reis (v2 #3)
- Augustin Padilla (v2 #5)
Colorists:
- Paolo Maddaleni (v1 #1)
- Mario Boon (v1 #2)
- Andrew Elder (v1 #2, color assist)
- Leonard O'Grady (v1 #3, #5-6)
- Mirco Pierfederici (v1 #4)
- Mike Hawthorne (v2 #1)
- James Brown (v2 #1, #5)
- J.K. Woodward (v2 #2)
- Priscila Ribeiro (v2 #3)
- Ilaria Traversi (v2 #4)
- 2B Studio (v2 #4, color assist)
Letterers:
- Chris Mowry (v1 #1-5)
- Neil Uyetake (v1 #6; v2 #3-4)
- Richard Starkings (v2 #1)
- Robbie Robbins (v2 #2, #5)
Editor:
- Dan Taylor (v1 #1)
- Andrew Steven Harris (v1 #2-4)
- Chris Ryall (v1 #5-6)
- Andy Schmidt (v2 #1-2)
- Scott Dunbier (v2 #2-5)

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-| Image             = Gorn alien spotlight 2.jpg
+| image             = Gorn alien spotlight 2.jpg
 | Publisher         = [[IDW Publishing|IDW Comics]]
-| Published         = {{m|October|2007}} - {{m|February|2008}} (volume 1)<br />{{m|March|2009}} - ''{{m|December|2009}}'' (volume 2)
+| Published         = {{m|October|2007}} - {{m|February|2008}} (volume 1)<br />{{m|March|2009}} - {{m|December|2009}} (volume 2)
-| Issues            = 12
+| Issues            = 11
 | Year              = ''Various''
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 The first volume of six issues began its release in early {{m|October|2007}}. Three of the stories were set in the [[Star Trek: The Original Series|''Original Series'']] time frame and three during the [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|''Next Generation'']] era. An [[Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Volume 1|omnibus edition]] was released {{d|14|May|2008}} collecting all six issues.
-A second volume was later announced. Originally expected to be released in summer 2008, it eventually saw release beginning in {{m|March|2009}}. The species which received focus in this volume are the [[Klingon]]s, [[Cardassian]]s, the [[Romulan]]s, the [[Q]], and [[Tribble]]s. [[Andrew Steven Harris]] was to write a Ferengi-centric issue [http://www.trekbbs.com/showpost.php?p=1627354&postcount=19], while [[James Patrick]] and [[Mike W. Barr]] were also announced as initially contributing, although their species assignments were never announced. [http://www.trekbbs.com/showpost.php?p=1557407&postcount=1]
+A second volume was later announced. Originally expected to be released in summer 2008, it eventually saw release beginning in {{m|March|2009}}. The species which received focus in this volume are the [[Klingon]]s, [[Cardassian]]s, the [[Romulan]]s, the [[Q]], and [[Tribble]]s. [[Andrew Steven Harris]] was originally announced as writing a Ferengi-centric issue, [http://www.trekbbs.com/showpost.php?p=1627354&postcount=19] while [[James Patrick]] and [[Mike W. Barr]] were also announced as initially contributing, although their species assignments were never announced. [http://www.trekbbs.com/showpost.php?p=1557407&postcount=1]
-The second volume will be collected in [[Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Volume 2|trade paperback format]] on {{d|29|March|2010}}.
+The second volume was collected in [[Star Trek: Alien Spotlight - Volume 2|trade paperback format]] on {{d|10|March|2010}}.
 == Creators ==
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 ** [[Keith R.A. DeCandido]] (v2 #2)
 ** [[Ian Edginton]] (v2 #3)
-** [[Andy Schmidt]] (v2 #5)
+** [[Arne Schmidt|Arne]] & [[Andy Schmidt]] (v2 #5)
 * Interior Artist:
 ** [[David Messina]] (v1 #1)
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 ** [[Mirco Pierfederici]] (v1 #4)
 ** [[Mike Hawthorne]] (v2 #1)
-** [[James Brown (comic artist)|James Brown]] (v2 #1)
+** [[James Brown (comic artist)|James Brown]] (v2 #1, #5)
 ** [[J.K. Woodward]] (v2 #2)
 ** [[Priscila Ribeiro]] (v2 #3)
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 ** [[Neil Uyetake]] (v1 #6; v2 #3-4)
 ** [[Richard Starkings]] (v2 #1)
-** [[Robbie Robbins]] (v2 #2)
+** [[Robbie Robbins]] (v2 #2, #5)
 * Editor:
 ** [[Dan Taylor]] (v1 #1)
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 ** [[Chris Ryall]] (v1 #5-6)
 ** [[Andy Schmidt]] (v2 #1-2)
-** [[Scott Dunbier]] (v2 #2-4)
+** [[Scott Dunbier]] (v2 #2-5)
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 # "[[Alien Spotlight: Romulans (2009)|Alien Spotlight: Romulans]]"
 # "[[Alien Spotlight: Q]]"
-# "Alien Spotlight: Cardassians" (''{{m|December|2009}}'')
+# "[[Alien Spotlight: Cardassians]]"
 [[Category:Comic series|Alien Spotlight]]
+[[fr:Alien Spotlight (IDW Publishing)]]