This Star Trek: Zero Point #1 comic review looks at the launch of IDW’s new Star Trek series from writer Charlie Jane Anders and artist Isaac Sánchez González. Raffi Musiker takes command of the U.S.S. Endeavour only to find that her first assignment involves a classified Starfleet project, mysterious technology recovered from the Epsilon Corridor, and an experimental artificial intelligence capable of predicting threats before they happen. Midtown Comics
This copy features the Cover D Jose Jaro IDW Goes Dark Variant, giving the new science-fiction series a dramatically darker, horror-inspired presentation.
Comic Book Details
- Title: Star Trek: Zero Point
- Issue: #1
- Volume: 1
- Publisher: IDW Publishing
- Release Date: October 14, 2026
- Cover Date: October 2026
- Written By: Charlie Jane Anders
- Art: Isaac Sánchez González
- Cover Variant: Cover D IDW Goes Dark Variant
- Cover Artist: Jose Jaro
- Cover Price: $4.99
- Pages: 32
- UPC: 82771403599500141
The exact Cover D credits Jose Jaro for pencils, inks, and colors. Grand Comics Database
Jose Jaro’s IDW Goes Dark cover immediately separates this edition from the brighter science-fiction imagery normally associated with Star Trek. A terrified Starfleet officer recoils from a blood-covered, unidentified figure while harsh reds, purples, and shadows turn the normally clean Starfleet environment into something closer to a horror scene.
The artwork fits IDW’s Goes Dark theme particularly well because it takes the optimism and order associated with Starfleet and replaces it with uncertainty, violence, and fear.
Star Trek: Zero Point #1 Comic Review: Story Analysis
Star Trek: Zero Point #1 begins with Raffi Musiker taking command of the U.S.S. Endeavour.
Her first assignment is anything but routine.
Starfleet gives Raffi a highly classified directive centered on a powerful experimental artificial intelligence constructed from mysterious technology recovered in the Epsilon Corridor. The system can supposedly predict threats before they occur. Midtown Comics
That sounds like an incredible advantage for Starfleet, but it also creates the central question of the series: how much authority should anyone give to a machine nobody completely understands?
Raffi is instructed to follow its guidance while systems fail, pressure builds, and missions become increasingly dangerous. Her responsibility is no longer simply to investigate strange phenomena. She has to decide whether the intelligence directing the Endeavour is actually protecting the Federation—or steering the crew toward something worse. Midtown Comics
The setup is particularly well suited to Star Trek because it turns a technological breakthrough into an ethical and command problem.
An artificial intelligence capable of predicting the future could prevent disasters and save millions of lives. It could also manipulate decisions, eliminate uncertainty, and place enormous power in the hands of whoever controls it.
The discovery of a starship graveyard on the moon only makes the mission more unsettling. Midtown Comics
Art and Visual Design
Isaac Sánchez González handles the interior artwork for the series. Penguin Random House Comics Retail
A new Star Trek title has to accomplish several visual tasks at once. The ships, uniforms, technology, and Starfleet environments need to feel recognizable while the new crew and mission still need their own identity.
Zero Point’s classified technology provides an opportunity to introduce something that does not fit comfortably within normal Federation expectations.
That is especially important for a story in which the characters themselves do not fully understand the technology they are being ordered to trust.
For this edition, however, Jose Jaro’s cover gives the book a completely different first impression.
Instead of emphasizing starships or heroic exploration, Jaro focuses on fear.
The frightened Starfleet officer, blood-spattered imagery, and threatening foreground figure turn Zero Point into something that looks almost like a space-horror book.
That tension actually complements the story. Raffi may technically be beginning a Starfleet mission, but the cover suggests immediately that something about this assignment is badly wrong.
Character Development
Raffi Musiker is an especially interesting character to place in command of a mission involving secrecy and questionable technology.
Raffi has never been someone who blindly accepts what institutions tell her.
Now she is responsible for an entire crew while Starfleet itself is asking her to trust an artificial intelligence whose capabilities and origins are not completely understood.
That changes the nature of her skepticism.
Questioning an order when you are working alone is one thing. Questioning the information guiding an entire starship is something else entirely.
Every decision now affects the officers serving under her.
The situation also creates an interesting conflict between instinct and data.
If the AI predicts a threat but Raffi’s judgment says something different, which one should a captain trust?
That question gives Zero Point a strong foundation for exploring Raffi as a commanding officer rather than simply returning her to another supporting role.
Collectibility and Market Significance
Star Trek: Zero Point #1 launches a new IDW Star Trek series and gives Raffi Musiker command of the U.S.S. Endeavour.
The first issue was released with multiple covers, including the standard Valeria Favoccia Cover A, a photo variant, Viktor Farro foil, the Jose Jaro IDW Goes Dark Cover D, and a Blank Sketch Cover E. Penguin Random House Comics Retail
The Jose Jaro version is an open-order $4.99 variant, not a ratio incentive, so collectors should not automatically treat it as scarce. Grand Comics Database
Its appeal comes primarily from the artwork and the Goes Dark theme.
This cover presents Star Trek in a visual style very different from the franchise’s normal promotional imagery. That gives it crossover appeal for collectors who follow horror-themed variants as well as traditional Star Trek collectors.
Jose Jaro’s complete cover credit—pencils, inks, and colors—also makes this a clearly identifiable artist variant rather than simply an alternate trade-dress edition. Grand Comics Database
Final Verdict
Star Trek: Zero Point #1 starts with a premise that feels appropriately Star Trek while still giving the new series its own mystery.
Raffi Musiker receives command of the U.S.S. Endeavour and immediately finds herself responsible for missions dictated by an experimental artificial intelligence built from technology Starfleet does not completely understand.
That creates questions about command, trust, artificial intelligence, and the risks involved when technology begins making decisions faster than the people responsible for using it.
Charlie Jane Anders provides the science-fiction mystery while Isaac Sánchez González establishes the visual world of the new series.
For collectors, the Jose Jaro IDW Goes Dark Variant is particularly interesting because it takes the normally optimistic visual language of Star Trek and pushes it directly into horror.
Recommended for Star Trek readers, Raffi Musiker fans, Jose Jaro collectors, IDW Goes Dark collectors, and readers who enjoy science-fiction stories about artificial intelligence and questionable technology.
Star Trek: Zero Point #1 Jose Jaro IDW Goes Dark Variant is available from Razmataz Comics & Hobbies at razmatazcomics.com while supplies last.