Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson is a  author, and a former employee of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

Before being tapped to write the  prequel comic Star Trek: Countdown for IDW Publishing with fellow Orci/Kurtzman employee , his comic resume was limited to work for DC Comics on their Titans and Superman/Batman comics and a story in their 2008 Halloween special. Johnson and Jones subsequently wrote Star Trek: Nero and the Star Trek: The Official Motion Picture Adaptation. Continuing this trend, Johnson wrote comic book tie-ins to  and , as well as episodes of the latter.

In 2011, Johnson went into writing comics full time, writing Supergirl for DC. He wrote the Star Trek: Ongoing series for IDW, tying into the films set in the alternate reality, as well as:
 Wrote the  prequel comic Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness 
 Wrote its companion comic Star Trek: Khan
 Consulted on the 2013 video game 
 Wrote the crossover mini-series Star Trek - Green Lantern: The Spectrum War, which was also co-published by DC Comics 
 Co-wrote the mini-series  with writer Ryan Parrott, set in the alternate reality
 Wrote the mini-series Star Trek: Manifest Destiny, also set in the alternate reality
 Wrote the crossover mini-series Star Trek - Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds, which was a sequel to The Spectrum War
 Wrote the Star Trek: Boldly Go series, which is set in between the events of the first appearance of the Enterprise-A in  to its final completion in the closing shot of the film after the presumed time jump
 Wrote the Star Trek: Discovery - The Light of Kahless comic miniseries, which focuses on the backstory of T'Kuvma and which was co-written with novelist and  staff writer Kirsten Beyer
 Wrote the "Star Trek: Discovery Annual 2018", which he also co-wrote with Kirsten Beyer
 Wrote the Star Trek: Discovery - Succession comic miniseries, also co-written with Kirsten Beyer
 Wrote the story for Star Trek: Fleet Command, the mobile game set during Star Trek Beyonds timeframe 
 Co-wrote Star Trek: Picard - Countdown, along with Kirsten Beyer, a three-issue miniseries tie-in for 
 Co-wrote Star Trek: Picard - Stargazer, again with Kirsten Beyer, another three-issue miniseries tie-in for 

Johnson personally considers the current films not set in a split timeline, but in a very similar reality, which allows him to ignore elements of canon that should hold true for both realities.

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Star Trek comic authors
Star Trek game authors