Data’s evil brother conquers reality in Star Trek: Lore War

Star Trek has its share of dangerous and dastardly villains, but it’s rare that any of them manage to triumph over Starfleet and its allies. Nonetheless, that’s what happened in September 4’s Star Trek #500, in which Lore, the android brother of the Enterprise’s Commander Data, used the omnipotent weapon known as the Orb of Destruction to remake all of reality in his image, with himself as its all-powerful god.

But there’s hope yet, as heroes and villains alike from all over the galaxy will band together to bring him down in Lore War, a Star Trek crossover event that ties in IDW Publishing’s flagship Star Trek title along with Star Trek: Defiant, and a series of special one-shots, all kicking off in 2025 with Star Trek: Lore War #1 by writers Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Christopher Cantwell, and artist Davide Tinto.

“This is it. The moment we’ve been building to since the Theseus left spacedock and the Defiant was stolen,” says Lanzing in a statement. “The ultimate STAR TREK comics crossover event – as the heroes and villains of the galaxy must band together to defend its very existence.”