IDW Publishing

IDW Publishing (also known as IDW Comics and Idea & Design Works) is an American comic book company founded in 1999 by Robbie Robbins and Ted Adams, specializing in comics based on TV and movie franchises, such as CSI, Angel, Galaxy Quest, and 24. The company currently holds the licenses for Original Series, Next Generation, and Deep Space Nine comics, as well as comics set in the alternate reality of, and began releasing issues in. Following a successful run of miniseries, four releases in 2008 were announced under the umbrella title Star Trek: Second Stage (although this title only appeared on issues of Turnaround).

Sales charts

 * Due to the nature of comic sales, diminishing returns with each succeeding issue are a general trend, and do not necessarily denote a series is failing.


 * These figures denote sales to comic specialty stores in the United States via Diamond Comics Distributors. IDW also distribute through other retail channels (including its website) and these are not reflected in the numbers provided in this article. Numbers provided by ICv2.com and CBR. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.

iTunes
In, it was announced that IDW would begin publishing comics in digital format, via Apple's iTunes Store, beginning with the first issue in the Best of Peter David reprint collection, "A Rude Awakening!". The remaining issues that make up that collection are to follow.  The individual issues of Star Trek: Countdown were also released via iTunes, with "Countdown, Number Three" and "Countdown, Number Four" being released on the same day as their physical counterparts - a first for the digital format.