A New Star Trek Miniseries Starts Today; Plus: Starfleet Academy!

Two new comics drop today, including the start of a new miniseries, carrying on from last year's excellent Star Trek: Red Shirts!

Star Trek: Red Shirts
Ghost of the 21st Century #1

A new follow-up to Star Trek: Red Shirts, Ghost of the 21st Century takes place during the film era of the 23rd century and features a new adventure with lots of gore and mayhem!

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

Written by Gerry Duggan

Art by Scott Buoncristiano

Cover A by Chris Shehan

Purchase:

Digital (Kindle): Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Official synopsis:

On the Federation’s farthest frontier, red shirts don’t just die — they’re used. When conscripted security grunt Harry Deubert finds contraband hidden inside a fallen comrade’s body, he uncovers Section Null — a secret Starfleet directorate turning disposable red shirts into assets in a sprawling criminal conspiracy. Teaming with Lyna Taval, an Andorian officer with her own covert agenda, Deubert digs too deep... and becomes a target.

Someone inside Starfleet Security is selling out the Federation. And once Deubert and Taval learn what red shirts are really for, there’s no going back.

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Malachi Ward

Retailer Incentive Cover by Chris Burnham

SDCC 2026 Exclusive Cover by Tristan Jones

Also out today is the penultimate issue of the Starfleet Academy--Lost Contact miniseries:

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Lost Contact #4

With their fellow cadets lost on the planet below, Cadets Darem Reymi and SAM get in on the action in the fourth issue of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact!

Variant covers, publisher's description, and links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon can all be found below.

Written by Layne Morgan

Art and Cover A by Coralí Espuna

Purchase:

Digital (Kindle): Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Official synopsis:

Things are looking bad for the cadets: They’re stranded on a desolate planet with low oxygen reserves, a hostile civilization, and a force field that’s cutting off their comms to the U.S.S. Athena.

After an explosive misunderstanding with the aliens of S’Eekay II, they make a run for it, carrying injured Jay-Den back to their base. His wounds are severe, and he’s the only member of their ragtag crew with medical experience. If he’s to survive the day, he’ll need to talk one of the other cadets through his own life-saving procedure.

Then, through the silence, comes a clang. Pop. The aliens are back to finish what they started.

Meanwhile, Chancellor Nahla forms a plan to reach her stranded students! There has to be some way through the storm…

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B Photo Variant

Retailer Incentive by Giada Belviso

Previous comic release: Star Trek: The Last Starship #9

Next comic release: Star Trek: The Last Starship #10

Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation Trade Paperback Hits Shelves

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
The Seeds of Salvation

When Christine Chapel goes looking for some excitement, she learns to be careful what she wishes for. Out today is the trade paperback collection of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation, a five-part miniseries from IDW.

Check out the cover art, back-cover blurb, and links to purchase from Amazon below!

Publisher's description:

From Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season-four writer Robbie Thompson comes a Lovecraftian horror the likes of which the crew of the Enterprise has never seen before!

After plodding through uneventful mission after uneventful mission, Christine Chapel is itching for a real adventure. So, when an opportunity to reunite with her old scientist friend Jinare for research on the planet Poilant crops up, Chapel is excited to finally do what Starfleet does best: explore strange new worlds. However, when the Enterprise arrives in Poilant’s space, they cannot get into contact with Jinare or any of her researchers. Chapel, Una, Spock, La’An, and Scotty beam down, and they are greeted by…nothing…no one…and no signs of what caused their disappearance, only a robot named D6 who urges them to descend into the planet’s depths in search of his friends. But there’s more than scientists lurking in the watery abyss. Ancient life-forms and behemoths await—and they might mean more adventure than even Chapel can handle.

Perfect for fans of the hit television series hungry for more Strange New Worlds action with a focus on beloved characters Christine Chapel and Spock!

Purchase Star Trek: Strange New Worlds--The Seeds of Salvation:

Paperback: Amazon.com | Amazon.ca

Previous Release: Star Trek: Aliens -- IDW Classic Collections

Next Release: Star Trek: Voyager -- Homecoming

 

Star Trek: The Last Starship #9 - The Mission Continues Today

Star Trek: The Last Starship #9

Sato's fragile alliance is fracturing! The Borg Queen and Kirk make their move, and who will end up in command of the U.S.S. Omega is up in the air. Star Trek: The Last Starship #9 is on sale today.

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 Hernan Gonzalez

Cover A by Francesco Francavilla

Purchase:

Digital (Kindle): Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Official synopsis:

The conclusion to Arc 3! The U.S.S. Omega breaks apart. Captain Sato returns to his bridge to find Kirk—and the Borg—already in command. What follows is a phaser-point standoff over the ship’s future: surrender and survival…or war to save a dying galaxy. As arguments turn into action, Valqis is forced to choose a side—and a captain. In Sickbay, Zed makes an impossible call to save Vi from assimilation, uncovering a terrifying truth about the psychic singularity at Deep Space Hope. It proves hope may still exist… at a devastating cost. The Federation and the crew are divided. Two visions for the future emerge. One will rebuild. One will fight back. The line is drawn. The Galaxy will never be the same.

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Steph C.

1:10 Retailer Incentive: Virgin Variant by Francesco Francavilla

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy--Lost Contact #3

Next comic release: Star Trek: Red Shirts--Ghost of the 21st Century #1 & Star Trek: Starfleet Academy--Lost Contact #4

Star Trek: Aliens Collection Releases Today

Star Trek: Aliens
IDW Classic Collections

Out today is a new paperback collection from IDW: Star Trek: Aliens--IDW Classic Collections features content from Star Trek: Alien Spotlight volumes 1 and 2, as well as the Star Trek: Aliens series. If you missed these issues the first time around, or want a collection of all of them together, now is your chance!

Check out the cover art, back-cover blurb, and links to purchase from Amazon below!

Publisher's description:

The aliens of Star Trek get their due in this collection of comics featuring Orions, Vulcans, Tribbles, Klingons, and more! Presented in a convenient-to-read pocket-sized (6 x 9) format!

In the vast Star Trek universe, many aliens abound! Read issues featuring the Gorn, Vulcans, Andorians, Orions, Borg, Romulans, Cardassians, Klingons, Q, Tribbles, Ferengi, and Tril! These one-off stories give fans an inside look at the many characters that make Star Trek so beloved by a wide array of talent!

Features work from Scott Tipton, David Tipton, David Messina, Elena Casagrande, James Patrick, José Maria Beroy, Andrew Steven Harris, Sean Murphy, Paul D. Storrie, Leonard O’Grady, John Byrne, Arne Schmidt, Andy Schmidt, Agustin Padilla, Ian Edginton, Wagner Reis, Keith R.A. DeCandido, JK Woodward, Stuart Moore, Mike Hawthorne, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Timothy Green II, Christina Rice, Andy Price, Jody Houser, Hendry Prasetya, and Rafael Pérez Granados.

This IDW Classics Collection includes 400 pages of content from Star Trek: Alien Spotlight volumes 1 and 2 as well as from Star Trek: Aliens, featuring fan-favorite characters from throughout the Star Trek universe.

Purchase Star Trek: Aliens--IDW Classic Collections:

Paperback: Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Previous Release: The Art of Star Trek & Defiant

Next Release: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation

 

The Starfleet Academy Miniseries Continues Today

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Lost Contact #3

The training mission to S'Eekay II continues to go awry with a crashed shuttle, alien first contact, and cadets who can't communicate all contributing to the chaos. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy -- Lost Contact #3 is out today!

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

Written by Layne Morgan

Art & Cover A by Coralí Espuna

Purchase:

Digital (Kindle): Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Official synopsis:

Cadets Jay-Den and Kyle have gone missing—and if Genesis, Caleb, and Tarima weren’t battling against the harsh environment of S’Eekay II conducting a search-and-rescue of one of their hastier instructors, and creating a whole new form of communicating with each other in the silencing force field around the planet, they might have noticed sooner.

Now they’ll need to make a choice: Wait for the Academy to come rescue them all…or go save their crewmates and friends from what surely is a hostile alien kidnapping.

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B Photo Variant

1:25 Retailer Incentive Cover by Elizabeth Beals

Previous comic release: Star Trek: The Last Starship #8

Next comic release: Star Trek: The Last Starship #9

Star Trek: The Last Starship Continues with Issue #8, Out Today

Star Trek: The Last Starship #8

One of my favourite Trek comic series continues today, with issue 8 of Star Trek: The Last Starship hitting stands now.

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 Hernan Gonzalez

Purchase:

Digital (Kindle): Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Official synopsis:

Seeing a solution to the tragedy of the Burn within the singularity on Deep Space Hope, Borg Queen Agnes Jurati leaves the crew of the U.S.S. Omega behind and attempts to assimilate its power. But she’s not alone; Kirk has followed her aboard, determined to ferret out why she and the Borg brought him back to life. Was it to be the galaxy’s savior? Or its demise? The standoff that follows is one for the ages—resistance is futile, after all… …unless you’re Captain James T. Kirk.

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Suspiria Vilchez

1:15 Retailer Incentive Cover; Virgin Variant by Francesco Francavilla

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 & Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2

Next comic release: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #3

New Star Trek Comic Art Book Out Today from IDW!

The Art of Star Trek & Defiant

I've been looking forward to seeing this one. Out today is an art book from IDW Comics, featuring art from their flagship comic series from the past few years: The Art of Star Trek & Defiant is now available in hardcover!

Check out the cover art, back-cover blurb, and links to purchase from Amazon below!

Publisher's description:

You’ve read the series, now revel in the art that brought to life the critically acclaimed and award-winning Star Trek and Defiant comic series!

Star Trek and Star Trek: Defiant have woven a story consisting of 65 issues’ worth of comics into one interconnected epic. This art book gives you an in-depth look into what made it all possible. Cover art, concept art, and final interior art are spotlighted with a focus on characters, aliens, and ships. Also included are interviews with a select number of artists talking about their process and what makes Star Trek special for them.

Artists include Ramon Rosanas, Francesco Francavilla, Declan Shalvey, Rachael Stott, Malachi Ward, JK Woodward, Liana Kangas, Ángel Unzueta, Angel Hernandez, Marcus To, Megan Levens, and more. In total, over 65 artists are highlighted for their contributions to the series!

Purchase The Art of Star Trek & Defiant:

Hardcover: Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Previous Release: Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Mirror War: IDW Classic Collections

Next Release: Star Trek: Aliens: IDW Classic Collections