IDW Publishing’s “Star Trek: Day of Blood” might need just wrapped up its acclaimed crossover event in “Star Trek #12” this week, but a brand new prequel one-shot also just dropped on Wednesday (Sept. 27).
The prequel exposes exactly what Shaxs’ earlier involvement was within the clash against the power-hungry Emperor Kahless II and his Red Path Klingons before signing aboard the USS Cerritos in “Star Trek: Lower Decks.”
As avid fans know, Shaxs is the previous Bajoran Resistance fighter and current chief of security for the Cerritos in that popular animated “Star Trek” series now airing its hilarious fourth season on Paramount+.
Here we’re offered a taste of the character’s fearsome warrior past because it concerns a conflict of epic proportions and monumental consequences to show the galactic tide of interstellar fascism and its chaos-seeking death cult.
Take a look at the official synopsis:
“You’ve got seen Captains Benjamin Sisko and Worf with their crews of the USS Theseus and USS Defiant stop the fascist, god-killing clone Kahless II from declaring war on non-followers across the galaxy in a brutal battle on Qo’noS. But you have not seen it from the eyes of the person, the parable, the legend, Lieutenant Junior Grade Shaxs!
“From the author behind the best-selling ‘Lower Decks’ comics series, Ryan North, with esteemed artist Derek Charm (‘Jughead,’ Marvel’s ‘The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl’), comes a 30-page standalone tie-in to the ‘Star Trek: Day of Blood’ crossover event (‘Star Trek FCBD 2023,’ ‘Day of Blood #1,’ ‘Star Trek #11-12,’ and ‘Defiant #6-7’) detailing the Bajoran’s beast-mode brawl and showcasing all of the behind-the-scenes Klingon-zealot butt-kicking in full animated glory!”
Because the mad Klingon tyrant ramps up his homicidal campaign to exterminate all of the god-like entities within the “Star Trek” universe, he becomes obsessive about hunting down a sacred Bajoran weapon called the Orb of Destruction. Shaxs is known as upon by Captain Sisko to enlist on the USS Theseus resulting from his expertise in rare Bajoran artifacts and aids the dauntless crew in defeating Kahless.
With a vibrant variant cover courtesy of “Lower Decks” animator Robby Cook, “Star Trek: Day of Blood – Shaxs’ Best Day #1” was released on Sept. 27.