Q has given the god-like characters in Star Trek a new name

Star Trek’s IDW comic series continues to add some unique information to the mythos.

Star Trek’s IDW comic series has taken a bold step in 2022 and 2023 by making everything that happens in the comics canon into the overall story of Star Trek. Well, until someone else decides it’s not canon. That said, whether they’re canon or not is irrelevant. They’re good stories and fans should check them out.

Especially the latest series titled simply “Star Trek”. The Trek line of comics has been renumbered with Star Trek #1 in which Benjamin Sisko returns from the Bajoran wormhole after three years. The series now features him, and a select few other iconic characters saving the world and whatnot.

One of those characters popping along to help, or not, is Q. Q arrives on Sisko’s new ship, the USS Theuses to give him a hard time, and in typical Q fashion, help him learn a valuable lesson. During his little monologue, he dismisses the Wormhole Aliens that Sisko was the emissary of, and referred to them as Godheads. Specifically, as “one of the more responsible Godheads”, implying that all of the god-like beings in Star Trek have an official designation.

Star Trek should be wise to not introduce items in comics that don’t make it to television

When you look at the things that the IDW comics are doing, like bringing Sisko back, it’s important to wonder how it’ll affect the actual canon of the television series. I don’t think IDW should be introducing new elements to the story that don’t eventually make its way to the new series on Paramount+

Not everyone reads the comics, or even knows they exist, so they’re not going to go out and hunt down every issue of the new Trek line by IDW, just to keep up with Picard or Strange New Worlds. So while it’s cool to see certain groups get names, or to see characters return in canon, unless those elements make it to the series, they’ll largely go unremembered.