Emailing "Small Screen to Get Star Trek Prequal Before Big Screen"

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Trekies worldwide are waiting with bated breath for J.J. Abrams' reboot for the Star Trek franchise. The movie is a prequel that covers the early years of the original Star Trek crew -- Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Scotty, Bones, Uhura et al. Now comes word that the creator of the television shows Lost and Alias is partnering with the comic book industry to release a prequel to the prequel, available in print and for the iPhone.

The series of comic books for the small screen is being released as a series of apps called Star Trek Countdown. They star characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation (Piccard, Data and everyone else) and a time traveling Romulan named Nero who is apparently the main villain in the upcoming movie. So it looks like film, which will also feature a cameo by Leonard Nimoy as old Spock, is going to fit nicely into the puzzle that is the Star Trek universe.

Three of the four apps in the series are already available at the App Store for 99 cents each. You can download them here, here and here. You read them on the iPhone using the iVerse Media Comic Reader Software.

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The paper edition of the comic book is available for $3.99.