I received this book for free from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.I walked into this one not knowing what to expect. I am glad to say that I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this. One of the things that first drew me into this, other than the fact that it was a Star Trek series, is the beauty of the cover. The colors are glorious. All of the illustrations in this are gorgeous and the colors chosen make things pop out at you. I was greatly impressed by

This is hands down my favorite IDW Star Trek (Kelven Timeline) book. Honesty, it is wonderful. On one hand, it is a mystery, on another a Spock/Uhura story, and on a third, a group bond story. The story starts with Uhura picking up a mystery message and her determination to find out about it. We then switch to a group of cadets, including a Vulcan who is thinking of leaving Starfleet, who are in the Academy after Uhura and the others have graduated (so in between Darkness and Beyond). Eventually...

At the start I thought the story was a little juvenile and I didn't love the art. By the end I was on board with the story mostly (even if it still seemed like a kids Star Trek). Decent but no memorable addition to the Star Trek comic world.

Definitely working with the modern new Trek-verse where authority is untrustworthy and concerned more with appearances than morals. But we SHOW THEM WRONG with INGENUITY and MORALS and FRIENDSHIP and PURE SMARTS. Star trek my heart forever, indeed.

Boring story and I couldn't stand the style of art. Boo. It was mostly the art style I just couldn't get into.

I received a free copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!3.5 stars!This was a super-cute beginning to a new Star Trek comic series.We have our favourite characters - Spock, Uhura, Kirk, Chekov etc. - in their current representation from the movies, and follow their adventures at Star Fleet Academy, as Uhura detects a hidden message of distress and attempts to work out who it is and how she can help. We also meet a new set of characters who are studying

I read this book with the help of NetGalley.I loved reading it.The new characters introduced are remarkable.T'Laan and her team is amazing.I liked how Uhura tried her best to intercept the distress call.The rescue of starship Slayton is awesome.This book is amazing.

3.5 stars"We are a family, bound not by birth or blood, but by our ideals. Our mighty house spans millions of light year and is fortified by the belief that the very differences that set other apart bring us together." -- unidentified high-ranking Starfleet Academy instructor, in chapter 1This was a pretty good graphic novel that was marred by one editorial or stylish misstep - it used a dual (dueling?) narrative that wasn't really required for the plot to be interesting. I suppose for a bit of

The Academy is Where All Adventures BeginIn 2258, Cadet Nyota Uhura finds herself facing expulsion from Starfleet Academy when she comes across a distress signal from the U.S.S. 'Slayton'. The destruction of the 'Slayton' led directly to the foundation of the Academy and Admiral Marcus wants some events to remain secret.Three years later, Vulcan cadet T'Laan participates in the Academy's Centennial Games as her last duty before resigning her commission to join her people on the New Vulcan colony...

Nothing beats a good, simple story, and the Starfleet Academy is one of them. It follows T'Laan - a vulcan who wants to quit the Academy to join New Vulcan, but her professor advises her to join the contest between different schools as part of the Starfleet team. In a separate thread, Uhura is trying to solve the mystery of a missing ship, USS Slayton, which is actually the starting point for the Starfleet Academy.The story is simple, predictable, but satisfying, and well told. The characters ar...

'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' by Mike Johnson and Ryan Parrott with art by Derek Charm tells a pretty good story of Starfleet cadets and has really cool art.There is a wrapping story that goes back to when Uhura was in the academy. She finds a strange distress call that may go all the way back to the reason the academy was founded. She tries to investigate, but finds that the information is classified. Spock won't help her, but perhaps rule-breaker Kirk will. The main story follows a group of c...

I enjoyed the main story set after the enterprise crew left the academy. But I felt the story featuring the Enterprise crew at the academy was shoehorned in just as a draw for sales. It didn't at all fit with the timeline of the first movie. The story featuring the new academy students was fun, entertaining and reminded me of an episode of Next Generation. The art in the book was clean and simple and looked great in a Star Trek setting.Received an advance copy from IDW and NetGalley in exchange

I really enjoyed this! This takes place in two different times: one is with Uhura, Spock, Kirk, etc in 2258 when they are all still at Starfleet Academy. Uhura is trying to solve the mystery of a strange faint transmission she catches in the lab - it almost sounds like a distress call. When she investigates, she finds herself in trouble as she starts to uncover something the academy doesn't want publicized. In the other story, which takes place a few years later, we follow a new cast of characte...

The beautiful 47 is here as well. The story, while fairly slow, methodical and sometimes dry, is the perfect Star Trek story with part techo jargon, part camaraderie and all heart. I expect any Star Trek fan will agree and I'm sure plenty of other readers can enjoy it too.Uhura needs help with a distress signal from deep space that originated from a location classified by Starfleet. She will have to break some rules to do it.(view spoiler)[Help comes from Kirk whose intelligence and willingness

There are two separate plotlines in this story that go back and forth. One is from Fans of the Star 2258 when Uhura, Kirk, and McCoy were all at the academy. Uhura discovers a distress call, but has difficulty trying to access information about the system where the call originated. When she investigates, she finds herself in trouble as she starts to uncover something the academy doesn't want publicized. The other is 2261 when they are on the Enterprise and a new group of cadets are making their

This is freakin adorable. I've read the Star Trek books set at Starfleet Academy and didn't think much of them - but this captures everything I love about Start Trek. A good old adventure with races, flirting and time travel - and a happy ending with medals and an award ceremony. I love the mix of old characters and new (T'Laan is such a bae - I hope she's in the new film!), and the different vocal patterns of the different alien races was just done perfectly. I especially enjoyed the little gli...

Starfleet Academy is a YA comic book miniseries set in the Kelvin Timeline (between Star Trek: 2009 and STID) that introduces us to a diverse group of original character cadets. The protagonist, T'Laan, is a Vulcan engineering student who is considering quitting Starfleet Academy to help her people rebuild on New Vulcan. Her Tellarite professor convinces her to join a team competition - basically the Tri-Wizard Tournament in space - celebrating the 100th anniversary of Starfleet Academy. With he...

"Starfleet Academy" is a fun Star Trek story which can be read just fine even if you're not a huge Star Trek movie fan. The story contains two parallel plots, one taking place when Uhura is a student at Starfleet Academy, and the other there years later, when the Vulcan T'Laan wants to quit her studies at the Academy to go to New Vulcan, because she feels she doesn't fit in.Uhura discovers that the S.S. Slayton, one of the pioneer starships, sent an S.O.S. before vanishing forever, never to be f...

More reviews (and no fluff) on the blog http://surrealtalvi.wordpress.com/ Star Fleet Academy does skew a bit young - with a confectionery sweet plot that perhaps feels not only forced but also doesn't come together by the end. Author Johnson tries to tie in a completely separate plot in order to keep it within the new Star Trek movie franchise. But it doesn't really work and feels oddly tacked on. As a middle grade sci fi graphic novel, it is undemanding. Not so much as a Star Trek franchis

HELLO, MY NAME IS TAMARA AND I AM A SLUT FOR STAR TREK TIE IN NOVELS AND COMICS. I'm not joking here by the way. I call them "published fanfiction" and they are the best. Sometimes they're bad but most of the time they are enjoyable enough. And the best part is that with Star Trek, that they have been publishing these stories for DECADES. That also goes for the comics. You will never really run out of material to read.ANYWAY! This comic doesn't really focus on the AOS crew, but rather on some ne...