STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Prequel Comic Offers A New Look At J.J. Abrams' Klingons

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Prequel Comic Offers A New Look At J.J. Abrams' Klingons

They were cut from 2009's Star Trek and have been rumoured to make an appearance in this May's Star Trek Into Darkness, but the cover of Countdown To Darkness offers up our best look at the villains yet and may just confirm their role in the sequel.

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By JoshWilding - Jan 17, 2013 04:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Trek
Source: Comic Book Resources

There have been rumblings that we'll see the Klingons return in Star Trek Into Darkness after they were cut from the first instalment of J.J. Abrams' rebooted franchise, and the cover of IDW's Countdown To Darkness offers up our best look at the villains yet. While this isn't confirmation that they will indeed make an appearance in the highly anticipated sequel, this certainly seems like a good indication that they will indeed play some sort of role in Into Darkness. The prequel comic book series is written by Mike Johnson and includes a story by Roberto Orci and art by David Messina. The fourth and final issue goes on sale in April. [via Comic Book Resources]




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OptimusPrime114
OptimusPrime114 - 1/17/2013, 4:55 PM
Not true:

Dark Horse has Star Wars, Aliens and Predator.
TheJokerMask
TheJokerMask - 1/17/2013, 4:57 PM

LP4
LP4 - 1/17/2013, 4:59 PM
"While this isn't confirmation that they will indeed make an appearance in the highly anticipated sequel"

Weren't the Klingons AND even their homeworld Kronos all shown in the official trailer?

They even showed the Klingons battling Cumberbatch's character

;P
CCB1984
CCB1984 - 1/17/2013, 5:06 PM
Abrams' Klingons are pretty sweet!
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/17/2013, 5:08 PM
Huh! Where did those pics come from?
CCB1984
CCB1984 - 1/17/2013, 5:09 PM
apparently, people say that they look pretty much like the ones we're used to from the original films.. and aren't as odd looking as the concept makeup from the first film..
CCB1984
CCB1984 - 1/17/2013, 5:10 PM
@RorMachine posted on my blog Celluloid and Cigarette Burns a while back
CCB1984
CCB1984 - 1/17/2013, 5:11 PM
@RorMachine they are carrying the same guns used by Harrison (Cumberbatch) in the trailer..so it indeed is an image from Into Darkness..
SmellofDuty
SmellofDuty - 1/17/2013, 5:12 PM
Looks alot like Steel...
CCB1984
CCB1984 - 1/17/2013, 5:13 PM
compare from the klingons cut from the original movie..

CCB1984
CCB1984 - 1/17/2013, 5:21 PM
here's another sneaky one
Tomontherun99
Tomontherun99 - 1/17/2013, 5:25 PM
I always thought the Klingons from the deleted scene of the first Abrams were pretty cool
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/17/2013, 5:26 PM
don't you see a klingon bird of prey in the trailer,i believe we do.

@ ccb1984

awesome pictures mate got any thor dark world photo's we might not of seen. :D
CCB1984
CCB1984 - 1/17/2013, 5:28 PM
@tomontherun99 only thing from the first image in the comments.. you can tell the makeup people had overhauled their faces..which is likely why they were cut out of the film.. from what I hear they look like what we're used to klingons looking like..
Maximus101
Maximus101 - 1/17/2013, 5:30 PM
I was thinking the same thing, I never noticed those pictures yet.
CCB1984
CCB1984 - 1/17/2013, 5:30 PM
@marvel72 do you speak of this image of klingon warbird in the trailer?
CCB1984
CCB1984 - 1/17/2013, 5:32 PM
I haven't seen his scenes but I wouldn't be shocked if Noel Clarke was a klingon..

CCB1984
CCB1984 - 1/17/2013, 5:36 PM
check out these cryotubes.. if Harrison isn't really Khan he must be his brother or something..lol

Optimus1983
Optimus1983 - 1/17/2013, 5:39 PM
Looks alot like Cylons to me
LP4
LP4 - 1/17/2013, 5:40 PM
@CCB1984- The image of the klingons you posted weren't from Into Darkness. That was from the 2009 film.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/17/2013, 5:40 PM
@ CCB1984

yeah mate thats the one.
IIIAdamantiumIII
IIIAdamantiumIII - 1/17/2013, 5:59 PM
they look like shedder
Vadakin
Vadakin - 1/17/2013, 6:39 PM
Well given that Enterprise is in continuity, there's really three looks the Klingons can have...eh...if Abrams hasn't abandoned continuity that is.

Look 1: Proper, full ridged Klingons.
Look 2: Human-looking eugenic mutants as seen in the original series.
Look 3: A hybrid of the two, from cross breeding between the two groups.
SuperJoe
SuperJoe - 1/17/2013, 7:31 PM
there are klingons around uranus
Brady1138
Brady1138 - 1/17/2013, 8:34 PM
Does anyone else think of orcs from LOTR when they see these?
Gr8Frappe
Gr8Frappe - 1/17/2013, 10:14 PM
Let me get this straight. He made the Klingons into The Shredder?!?
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 1/18/2013, 12:08 AM
They look good. The masks make the Klingons look more menacing IMO.
gaikinger
gaikinger - 1/18/2013, 12:19 AM
I really dug the depiction of Klingons in the first 10 minutes of Star Trek the Motion Picture battling the VGER cloud and just seeming like total berzerkers.....its been downhill from there.
datNAMEtho
datNAMEtho - 1/18/2013, 1:48 AM
We already saw benedict shoot a Klingon in the trailer.
LordCole
LordCole - 1/18/2013, 3:59 AM
@CCB1984 Warbird is Romulan, Bird of Prey was also a smaller Klingon vessel which would fit this image except this is way to small. Unless this is some smaller combat type shuttle they came up with for the movie; Which, if this is the case, I am slightly bothered by the use of "fighters" in Star Trek even though they used them in TNG while Crusher was in the Academy.
VinzClortho
VinzClortho - 1/18/2013, 4:14 AM
Shredder is bad, Klingons REALLY bad. My poop... BAAAAAAAD!
HRDWYR
HRDWYR - 1/18/2013, 7:34 AM
All of these changes in this alternate timeline because of one ship of romulan miners? They must of really got around in the 25 years they were stranded to affect so much of the galaxy, heh heh.
JackBauer
JackBauer - 1/18/2013, 7:45 AM
@LordCole - Fighters were also used by Starfleet during the Dominion War on DS9.
Rothwilder
Rothwilder - 1/18/2013, 9:35 AM
@CCB1984

I think Ror is planning to have you killed for outscooping the scoop
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