Digital comics are now available through the PlayStation Store. Initially, five hundred and fifty comics, including some Star Trek titles, will be offered, with more to be added each week.

Comics available include those from Marvel Entertainment (G.I. Joe, Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men and The Fantastic Four), IDW (Transformers and Star Trek) and in partnership with iVerse Media, brands such as Archie Comics and Image Comic’s Proof.

PSP users can purchase the comics from the PlayStation Store using their PSP via WiFi, or they can access and download their choices using their PC with Media Go software and then transfer the digital content to their PSP via USB cable.

Most comics can be purchased for $1.99, with select comics selling for either $0.99 or $2.99. There are also some free comics at the PlayStation Store. One of those is Star Trek Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment, which can be found by going here.

The story, set just after the Dominion War, is written by Andy Schmidt, with artwork by Augustin Padilla.

According to the synopsis, “Set just after the Dominion War, a black-ops band of Cardassian fundamentalists infiltrate a Starfleet prison to assassinate the leader of the Dominion, the Founder responsible for eight hundred million Cardassian deaths.”

“But if justice is done, will the fallout with Starfleet plunge the Cardassians back into war? Guest-starring classic Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters Kira and Garak!”

Alien Spotlight: Cardassians arrives in stores on December 9. Other comics in the five-issue Alien Spotlight series include: Tribbles, Klingons, Romulans and Q.

More details are emerging about the new Deep Space Nine comic courtesy of Scott and David Tipton, such as in which time frame the stories will be set and which characters who will be appearing in the new series .

The new Deep Space Nine stories will be set in familiar territory. “Our mandate from the ‘Powers That Be’ was to tell a classic Deep Space Nine story to reintroduce the series to comics readers,” explained Scott Tipton. “Setting it after the series ended didn’t make a lot of sense, since half the cast would by definition be taken off the table immediately. Our story is set between seasons three and four, before Worf’s arrival to the station and before things start to heat up with the Dominion War. It’s kind of the last point where there’s breathing space before the series got really serialized in its final four seasons.”

The full Deep Space Nine cast will be on board for the story, according to Tipton. “As the face of law and order on the station, Kira and Odo are definitely front and center in terms of trying to keep the situation under control and get to the bottom of the mystery,” said Tipton. “But we’ll be seeing everyone else as well. Sisko plays a big part, as do Chief O’Brien and Jake, and to a lesser degree Jadzia Dax and Dr. Bashir. And of course, it wouldn’t be Deep Space Nine without Quark! We wouldn’t even be surprised to see Cardassian types like Gul Dukat or Garak making an appearance, as it happens…”

The Tiptons are hoping to capture the essence of Deep Space Nine. “We were looking to really focus on what was special about the series, which to us was its frontier nature,” said David Tipton. “Unlike the other Trek series, which were all about exploration, Deep Space Nine was about just the opposite: about staying in one place, making a commitment, and finding a way to make it work, in the face of adversity. And alongside people that you might not necessarily have chosen to work and live with in an ideal situation. With that in mind, we knew our story needed to be focused on the station itself in some way. So, when the station is overrun by mysterious soldiers of fortune from across the galaxy, it creates a powder keg on DS9 with a very short fuse.”

“It’s the larger mystery that needs to be solved: why are they all on the station,” said David Tipton. “What brought them here, and might there be a hidden, larger purpose?”

The final issue of Star Trek: Spock Reflections, which features Spock’s past, will hit the stores on Wednesday, October 14.

Written by Scott and David Tipton, with artwork by David Messina, Star Trek: Spock Reflections #4 explains why Ambassador Spock has returned to earth. According to the synopsis provided by IDW, “The answers may lie in another previously untold tale from Spock’s life, starring Lt. Saavik, of Wrath of Khan fame! The secret behind Spock’s journey is revealed here!”

Star Trek: Spock Reflections #4 is available now for pre-order from Things From Another World – tfaw.com.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine comic fans can pre-order Fool’s Good #1, the first issue in a new Deep Space Nine comic series, written by Scott and David Tipton.

According to IDW, “Captain Sisko and the crew of Deep Space Nine make their triumphant return to comics! When the station begins to be overrun by thieves, treasure-seekers, bounty-hunters and other assorted ne’er-do-wells, Major Kira and Constable Odo must find out why. Can they get to the bottom of it before the station’s new visitors bring things to a boiling point?”

The artwork comes from Fabio Mantovani. Covers were designed by The Sharp Brothers, and variant covers were designed by David Messina.

As reported byTrekMovie.com, fan-favorite Q returns to annoy Picard yet again in the latest of the Star Trek Alien Spotlight comic series published by IDW.“The all-powerful Q has returned once more, with his latest attempt to understand the nature of humanity, and this time, it’s in a manner that Captain Jean-Luc Picard will never forget!” says the synopsis for the forthcoming comic.

“How will Q bedevil Picard this time? Or has Picard finally found a way to turn the tables?”

Star Trek Alien Spotlight: Q goes on sale August 5.

To read more and to see the preview, head to the article located here.

As reported by TrekMovie.com, the six issue Star Trek XI comic series will include scenes cut from the final version of Star Trek XI. Following Star Trek: Countdown, a four-issue prequel series to Star Trek XI, and after the recently announced Nero series, due out in August, which will cover Nero’s “lost years” during Star Trek XI, the Star Trek XI movie adaptation comic book will hit store shelves in January 2010.

Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and J.J. Abrams will oversee the comic series, which will be scripted by Mike Johnson and Tim Jones, with art by David Messina.

Speaking of Johnson and Jones, they will be attending next week’s Comic Con and doing live signings from ten to eleven AM on Saturday, July 25. A limited amount of a special edition of Countdown #1 will be offered for sale, featuring a new cover and signed by Johnson and Jones. In addition to Countdown #1, a preview of the Nero series will also be available at Comic Con.

To read more, head to the article located here.

As reported by Comics Continuum, fans who can’t wait until July 22 to see Spock: Reflections #1 can get a sneak peek of the issue now.IDW’s description of the issue asks, “What could drive a man to abandon all he knows and go to live with the Federation’s sworn enemy? In the follow-up series to the Star Trek: Countdown movie prequel, see for the first time the real motivations behind Spock’s decision to live on Romulus, and follow as he looks back on what brought him to this place in his life.”

Star Trek: Spock: Reflections #1 will be thirty-two pages long and will cost &_#36;3.99.

To read more and see the five-page preview, head to the article located here.

As reported at Andrew Steven Harris’ blog, Spock: Reflections, written by Scott and David Tipton, with artwork by David Messina, will be set in the post-Star Trek XI timeline.

IDW’s Editor-in-Chief, Chris Ryall, has posted a small sample of the artwork that will be in Spock: Reflections, as seen in his blog located here.

To read more, head to the article located here.