Lower Decks & Strange New Worlds Comics Out Today!

Another double-dose of Star Trek comics this week as both Lower Decks #14 and the penultimate issue of the Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation miniseries are released today!

Star Trek: Lower Decks #14

Second contact with the Laapeerians has gone awry when the crew of the USS Cerritos finds the entire planet deserted. Where have the Laapeerians gone, and can the Cerritos crew get to the bottom of the emergency?

Check out the variant cover, publisher's description, and links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon below!

Written by Tim Sheridan

Art and Cover A by Vernon Smith

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Official synopsis:

The Cerritos away team begin their investigation on Laapoonia to find out what happened to the Laapeerians. (Don’t get Laapeeria and Laapoonia twisted — it’s not that hard.) Despite their best efforts, and much to Tendi’s chagrin, everyone on the crew except T’Lyn manages to offend the Laapoonians before they can get any answers... How will the Cerritos ever make second contact with the Laapeerians if they can’t even get their first contact with the Laapoonians right?

Variant Cover (click to embiggen):

Also out this week is issue 4 of the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Seeds of Salvation miniseries:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
The Seeds of Salvation #4

The Enterprise is under attack by drones dispatched from the planet Poilant. Meanwhile, Chapel contends with "The Seed," which has taken control of Una Chin-Riley and La'an Noonien-Singh. At the same time, Spock and the shuttle crew descend into the depths of Poilant's ocean, confronted by a tentacled horror...

Variant covers, publisher's description, and links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon are, as always, below.

Written by Robbie Thompson

Art by Serg Acuña

Cover A by Travis Mercer

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Official synopsis:

The Seed has taken hold — body, mind, and soul. Now under its control, Una and Jinare have become relentless drones, driven by vengeance. As Chapel struggles to untangle the lies binding them together, La’An, Spock, Scotty, and D6 fight to reconnect with the Enterprise... but first, they must survive the crushing abyss — and a colossal sentient squid guarding the way to the surface.

Aboard the Enterprise, Uhura intercepts a strange signal pulsing from Poilant’s surface — faint, fragmented, and impossible to trace. But Ortegas spots something else: a glowing red light spreading across the terrain, its shape disturbingly familiar. Is it... a ship? Or something far more dangerous?

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Miasmatik Trahan

Cover C Photo Variant

Variant by Travis Mercer

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Red Shirts #5

Next comic release: Star Trek: The Last Starship #3

Star Trek: Red Shirts Concludes Today!

Star Trek: Red Shirts #5

The Star Trek: Red Shirts miniseries concludes with issue 5, with most of our characters having met grisly ends at the hands of giant bugs, torpedoes, the vacuum of space, exploding warp cores, and more! Will Raad and Miller somehow get out alive? 

Check out the variant covers, publisher's description, and links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon below!

Written by Christopher Cantwell

Art by Megan Levens
Cover A by Chris Shehan

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Official synopsis:

Only two red shirts remain. The other ten crewmembers on Mission Squawkbox have plummeted hundreds of feet to the ground, been eaten alive by giant alien insects, or been exploded into a million tiny bits by falling torpedoes. Each death has dealt a blow to Ensigns Raad’s and Miller’s morale... Is Starfleet really the paragon of cooperation it claims to be? Or is it willing to expend its members’ lives for the sake of peace? With both Klingons and Romulans breathing down their necks, Raad’s and Miller’s loyalty will be tested. Are they for Starfleet? Or themselves?

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Joe Corroney

Retailer Incentive cover by James Biggie

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Voyager: Homecoming #3

Next comic release: Star Trek: Lower Decks #14 & Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation #4

A New Original Series Novel Hits Shelves Today!

Star Trek: The Original Series
Identity Theft
by Greg Cox

Out today is a brand-new Star Trek: The Original Series novel from veteran Trek author Greg Cox: Identity Theft!

Check out the back-cover blurb and links to purchase from Amazon below.

Publisher's description:

This all-new Star Trek novel celebrates the 60th anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series—continuing the legacy of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise.

2269: The prospect of peace had seemed unattainable until the assistance of the Federation. Finally, countless ancient enemies have stopped their conflicts simply by listening to one another. On the planet Voyzr, Captain James T. Kirk and his crew aided the planet to realize peace.

2289: Invited to celebrate twenty years of peace, the crew of the USS Enterprise-A is returning to Voyzr as honored guests. Security Chief Pavel Chekov remembers his visit to the planet as a green ensign. He has always believed the negotiations were too easy, and he wondered if there are people on the planet who still long for war—and have been waiting for just the right moment to upend the peace. Unfortunately, Chekov discovers he is right when he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous ploy.

Purchase Star Trek: The Original Series: Identity Theft:

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Previous Release: Star Trek: Defiant, Vol. 5: No Old Warriors

Next Release: Star Trek: Lore War

 

Part 3 of Voyager: Homecoming is Out Now

Star Trek: Voyager: Homecoming #3

Voyager has been captured by Species 8472 just shy of their reunions with their loved ones on Earth. Now, trapped in fluidic space, Captain Janeway and her crew must find a way to save themselves without endangering Earth, all while Tuvok's life hangs in the balance.

Check out the variant covers, publisher's description, and links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon below!

Written by Susan Bridges & Tilly Bridges

Art by Ángel Hernández
Cover A by Ángel Hernández

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Official synopsis:

To save the Federation — and the entire Alpha Quadrant — Captain Janeway made the ultimate sacrifice: deleting Species 8472’s data on opening a singularity into normal space. Now, Voyager is stranded in fluidic space... and 8472 wants them dead.

Hunted by a relentless alien fleet, Janeway and her crew go on the run, weaving through planets and asteroid fields in a desperate bid to survive. But just as hope begins to fade, Voyager’s sensors detect something unexpected: the wreckage of a Borg cube.

Is it a lifeline back to the galaxy they call home... or the beginning of an even greater threat?

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Elizabeth Beals

Retailer Incentive: Virgin Variant by Elizabeth Beals

Previous comic release: Star Trek: The Last Starship #2

Next comic release: Star Trek: Red Shirts #5

The Last Starship Continues!

Star Trek: The Last Starship #2

The Last Starship continues with issue two, out today! The newly-resurrected James T. Kirk finds himself facing a universe in shambles. The Burn has nearly wiped out Starfleet, and the people around him are suspicious of his nature, having been brought to life by Anges Juratti's Borg Collective.

Check out the variant covers, publisher's description, and links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon below!

Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing

Art by Adrián Bonilla
Cover A by Francesco Francavilla

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Official synopsis:

In the wake of the cataclysm known as the Burn, the dream of a united Federation stands on the brink of extinction. The only thing holding the Galaxy back from chaos is Captain Sato and the crew of the Borg-enhanced Omega — a ship fueled by transwarp technology and fraught with distrust.

No one on board trusts the Borg... and Captain Sato trusts their mysterious new passenger, bearing the face and name of James T. Kirk, even less. This so-called Kirk speaks of a dark future, but Sato refuses to be guided by fear or prophecy.

When a distress call from the Klingon Empire pierces the silence — urgent, cryptic, and unexpected — Sato doesn’t hesitate. Whatever the risk, he will answer. Because if Starfleet’s legacy is to survive, it won’t be through retreat. It’ll be through action.

Variant Cover (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Joëlle Jones

Retailer Incentive: Francesco Francavilla Virgin Variant

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Lower Decks #13 & Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation #3

Next comic release: Star Trek: Voyager: Homecoming #3

Two Trek Comics Out Today!

Hey folks! We have two new Star Trek comics releases today! You get your pick: 24th-century comedy aboard the USS Cerritos, or Lovecraftian underwater horror in the 23rd century! Or, why not both?

Star Trek: Lower Decks #13

A new story arc starts in this issue as the Cerritos finally makes it to the planet Laap to commence second contact with the Laapeerians. However, the Laapeerians seem to have... disappeared?

Check out the variant covers, publisher's description, and links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon below!

Written by Tim Sheridan

Art and Cover A by Vernon Smith

Purchase:

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Official synopsis:

It’s time for a long-overdue second contact with the species with whom the U.S.S. Cerritos made its first first contact: the Laapeerians. But when the crew arrives on Laapeeria bearing gifts, Freeman and company are shocked to discover the entire planet has been abandoned! While all the dwellings and infrastructure remain, there isn’t a soul to be found... Where have all the Laapeerians gone? And do the Laapoonians on the planet next door know anything about it?

Variant Cover (click to embiggen):

Connecting Variant cover by Chris Fenoglio

Also out this week is issue 3 of the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Seeds of Salvation miniseries:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
The Seeds of Salvation #3

The landing party continues to explore the depths of planet Poilant, where a mysterious force calling itself "The Seed" has taken control of Chapel's friend, Jinare, and her team. Meanwhile, the Enterprise contends with a swarm of drones dispatched from the planet's surface.

Variant covers, publisher's description, and links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon are, as always, below.

Written by Robbie Thompson
Art by Serg Acuña

Cover A by Travis Mercer

Purchase:

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Official synopsis:

Aboard the Enterprise, chaos erupts as Poilant drones attack without warning. With the ship under fire, Ortegas must push her piloting skills to the limit to buy Uhura a narrow window — one last chance to reconnect with their stranded crew and unlock the deadly mystery hidden within Poilant’s strange, ancient symbols.

Meanwhile, on a desperate mission to locate a missing Starfleet research team — and their friend Jinare — Chapel, La’An, Una, Spock, Scotty, and their unlikely robotic ally D6 stumble into the clutches of a terrifying parasitic hive-mind known as the Seed. As the alien collective tightens its grip, one question looms: Is this the force behind Jinare’s vanishing... or just the beginning of something far worse?

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Andy Price

Cover C photo variant

Black and White variant by Travis Mercer

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Red Shirts #4

Next comic release: Star Trek: The Last Starship #2

Star Trek: Red Shirts #4 Out Today

Star Trek: Red Shirts #4

The penultimate issue of Christopher Cantwell's Star Trek: Red Shirts miniseries is out today! The remaining members of the security force on Arkonia 89 must face numerous dangers, including the newly-arrived Klingons! Who, if anyone, will survive?

Check out the variant covers, publisher's description, and links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon below!

Written by Christopher Cantwell

Art by Megan Levens

Cover A by Chris Shehan

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Official synopsis:

Ensigns Raad and Miller find themselves on a dark ship and face to face with... Klingons. The two red shirts are accused of being spies, and their captors brutalize and torture them for any information they can get on how the Romulans were able to access a Starfleet subspace antenna feed. Meanwhile, DeMatrio, Amiga, and Lanier engage in a tense starship battle with a Romulan Bird-of-Prey.

If all six remaining red shirts are going to make it off Arkonia 89 alive, someone is going to have to make a sacrifice — but for what? How many red shirts have died to ferret out the Romulans? There must be more to the story than Starfleet is letting on...

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Andy Price

Retailer incentive cover by Skylar Patridge

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Voyager: Homecoming #2

Next comic release: Star Trek: Lower Decks #13 & Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation #3