Happy 2026 Birthday to Carlos Garzón!

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Happy birthday to Carlos Garzón!

Carlos Garzónis a Colombian comic book artist, working with both pencils and inks. He began his career in the late 1960s with his character “El Dago”. By the mid-1970s, he had begun working for Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse Comics. He is best known for his work with both the Star Wars and Star Trek lines, doing covers, inks, and pencils across their various runs.

Check out the Carlos Garzón credit page to view more updates and a full list of credits!

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DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of May 21, 2026

Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.

DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of May 21, 2026

Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.

Out Today: “Star Trek: The Last Starship #7”

Out today: “Star Trek: The Last Starship #7“, by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.

A brand-new arc starts now!

The crew of the U.S.S. Omega are desperately trying to hold the Federation’s vision of a united Galaxy together, but they’re failing. The spirit of cooperation is dead, but Starfleet’s mission might not be, thanks to a research station on the aptly named Deep Space Hope. There, one last shining ray of possibility remains in an ever-darkening universe. A way to put everything back in its rightful place…if only Sato and his crew are bold enough to seize it.

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“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #1” Review by Positivelytrek.com

Positivelytrek.com has added a new review for Layne Morgan‘s “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #1”:

It’s that time again! This month’s round-up of Star Trek comics includes the finale to the 18-issue run of Star Trek: Lower Decks, and the premiere issue of a new miniseries: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact! Join hosts Dan and Brandi as they discuss what they liked, what they didn’t like, and everything in between about the Star Trek comics that came out in April 2026!

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“Star Trek: The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko” Review by Treknews.net

Treknews.net has added a new review for Derek Tyler Attico‘s “Star Trek: The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko”:

Benjamin Sisko, the legendary captain of Deep Space Nine played by Avery Brooks, has enjoyed a bit of a resurgence in recent Trek. Sisko’s life and subsequent disappearance proved to be a major influence for one of Starfleet Academy’s characters, and fans were treated to a whopper of a DS9 tribute when they least expected it. The most recent novel to come out of the franchise, the exceptional To Defy Fate, also touches on Sisko’s life and the profound effect it had on the galaxy. No surprise, then, that we were in the mood to delve into Sisko’s life with The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko, published first in 2023 in hardcover and then more recently in paperback.

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Preview of “Star Trek: The Last Starship #7”

Here’s a preview of Star Trek: The Last Starship #7 by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing which is due to be released this Wednesday on May 20, 2026 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:

A brand-new arc starts now!

The crew of the U.S.S. Omega are desperately trying to hold the Federation’s vision of a united Galaxy together, but they’re failing. The spirit of cooperation is dead, but Starfleet’s mission might not be, thanks to a research station on the aptly named Deep Space Hope. There, one last shining ray of possibility remains in an ever-darkening universe. A way to put everything back in its rightful place…if only Sato and his crew are bold enough to seize it.

Happy 2026 Birthday to Diane Duane!

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Happy birthday to Diane Duane!

Diane Elizabeth Duane is the author of numerous Star Trek novels, including The Wounded Sky, Doctor’s Orders and Spock’s World (Pocket TOS), Dark Mirror and Intellivore (Pocket TNG), and the Rihannsu series – My Enemy, My Ally, The Romulan Way, Swordhunt, Honor Blade, and The Empty Chair. She also created a Romulan language for the Rihannsu novels.

Duane is the co-writer of TNG: “Where No One Has Gone Before”, which was loosely based on The Wounded Sky.

Trek comics she has written include “Double Blind, Part One” and “Double Blind, Part II”, “The Last Word”, and the Star Trek: The Next Generation – Ill Wind mini-series.

Diane Duane has worked with Star Trek in perhaps the most forms of anyone alive. Besides comics, novels and TV, she has adapted her own work for audio, has written for the Star Trek manga series by Tokyopop, has written short Trek fiction for anthologies, and plotted and wrote the first Star Trek computer game, Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative.

Duane has also written more than thirty non-Trek books; among these she is probably best known for the Young Wizards series, which is currently in its eighth volume. Other books include the “Feline Wizardry Sequence” and the Door… series. She makes a habit of including Star Trek references in her non-Trek books.

Born in New York City, Duane now lives in County Wicklow, Ireland with her husband Peter Morwood, who has collaborated with her on several books and also on some film and television projects.

A character in “Debt of Honor”, a comic from DC, was named for Diane Duane – a Diane Morwood was the third-in-command of the engineering section of the USS Farragut, and a colleague of Lieutenant James T. Kirk, in 2254.

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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of May 18, 2026

Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.

2 New Star Trek Series Announced, And They’re Taking The Franchise In A Bold Direction

Star Trek has two brand-new canon adventures building on classic worlds across The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager.

My wife has long read webtoons content and it was surprising to me that it’s taken Paramount this long to get Trek going over there. The first series that J.R. Waugh mentions in his article is a “Boys’ Love” series that will make for an interesting time for those in the “this isn’t real Trek” circles that have been hate blogging or making excessive video blogs about how a trans Trill destroys Trek and everything it stood for.

I for one will be excited to explore how exactly they’re going to roll out the Webtoons versions of Star Trek. I know that a few Webtoons were later printed to actual paper, so if that happens who’s going to get to publish it, IDW, Titan, or a new entrant to the messy arena of publishing?

Spock Must Die!

Spockly Superfluity and Ensoulment: Over on Bluesky recently there was a discussion, familiar to Trekkies, regarding the concept that the transporter operates by making a perfect copy of a person in the desired location and then annihilating the original person.1 In such a circumstance, would you sir, or you madam, step into the device? Blueskier Stephen Bush says: no.

IDW PUBLISHING EARNS 11 NOMINATIONS IN THE 2026 EISNER AWARDS

DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of May 14, 2026

Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.

Out Today: “Star Trek: Red Shirts TPB”

Out today: “Star Trek: Red Shirts TPB“, by Christopher Cantwell.

The doomed Starfleet crew members, the red shirts, must track down spies on an isolated planet in this graphic novel.

Stranded on the snow-ridden planet Arkonia 89, the crew of the U.S.S. Warren has a small window in which to pin down spies seeking to steal classified secrets and keep Starfleet data out of their nefarious hands.

They face threats not only from their faceless enemies but from the brutalizing elements and wildlife of a planet far from home. In this complicated story of betrayal, loss, and redemption, the red shirts’ lives and Starfleet’s sanctity are on the line…and no one is safe.

This heartrending story by writer Christopher Cantwell (Star Trek: Defiant) and artist Megan Levens (Star Trek) marks a new beginning for the Star Trek universe, featuring Starfleet’s most intrepid and doomed crew members: red shirts. Now, finally, they get their own story.

Collects the complete miniseries Star Trek: Red Shirts #1–5.

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Happy 2026 Birthday to David Mack!

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Happy birthday to David Mack!

David Mack is the award-winning and The New York Times bestselling author of 38 novels and numerous short works of science-fiction, fantasy, and adventure, including the Star Trek Destiny and Cold Equations trilogies.

Mack’s writing credits span television (for episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), film, and comic books. He also has worked as a consultant on the animated television series Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy. In June 2022, the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers honored him as a Grandmaster with its Faust Award.

His most recent publications include Harm’s Way, a Star Trek: Vanguard / Star Trek: The Original Series crossover novel, several new works of original short fiction, and a new Star Trek: Picard novel titled Firewall.

Mack resides in New York City with his wife, Kara.

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Happy 2026 Birthday to Edward Gross!

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Happy birthday to Edward Gross!

Edward Gross is an author and journalist. Gross is the (co-)author of several unauthorized Star Trek reference books. His first Trek work was as a contributing free-lance writer for Starlog Press, the former O’Quinn Studios, for whom he started working from 1986 onward, submitting numerous articles. His articles were published in their Starlog magazine as well as the 1986-1988 publications Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – The Official Movie Magazine and several issues of The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine.

For Starlog, Gross specialized in tracking down and interviewing the more peripheral contributors to the franchise, such as guest actors, directors, and writers, as well as lesser known production staffers, that were rarely, if at all referred to in other, later publications covering the franchise. Building upon the knowledge and experience garnered there he started writing his unlicensed reference books, most of them in cooperation with Mark A. Altman. In them he expanded upon the interviews he had done with said contributors, resulting in point of view works that were somewhat outside the more “political correct” ones utilized in the officially licensed works of, for example, Pocket Books. Interviewees, long outside the purview of official studio policies, often felt free to proffer a more critical view on the production of Star Trek and the studio policies surrounding them.

Check out the Edward Gross credit page to view more updates and a full list of credits!

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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of May 11, 2026

Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.

DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of May 7, 2026

Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.

Writing for the Comics Letters Pages by T.J. McLean

In 1990, having a few journalism classes under my belt, I decided to write a letter good enough to get published in a comic book.

John J. Ordover on Davidagranoff.blogspot.com discussing “Star Trek”

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John J. Ordover was recently featured on Davidagranoff.blogspot.com to discuss Star Trek:

This episode of Star Trek Story, Myth, and Arcs I present to you my first interview episode or the First Writer’s Room Episode. From 1992 to 2003 John J Ordover oversaw the print-end of Trek CU. We go deep on the creation of several Star Trek mini-series, the frustration of working with the Deep Space Nine twists and turns, consulting with Ron Moore on the Eugenics Wars, and writing two episodes of Deep Space Nine.

Check out the John J. Ordover author page to view other sightings and a full list of books!

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“Marvel Super Special #15 – Star Trek: The Motion Picture” Review by Tjmcleanwrites.com

Tjmcleanwrites.com has added a new review for Alan Dean Foster and Gene Roddenberry and Harold Livingston and Marv Wolfman‘s “Marvel Super Special #15 – Star Trek: The Motion Picture”:

Stan Lee wrote in one of his Stan’s Soapbox columns in the 1970s that Marvel had been very interested in getting the rights to do a Star Trek comic book, but that they were all tied up. Western Publishing and its Gold Key Comics line started publishing Star Trek comics in 1967 and retained the license throughout the 1970s as the show’s popularity soared in syndication and its fandom was in full blossom.

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Book(s) Review: Star Trek: New Frontier by Peter David (Concept co-created w/ John J Ordover)

We need to get back into the wayback machine to talk about these books and why I wanted to re-read them. I didn’t live through the golden age of science fiction, but I did experience the golden age of Star Trek fiction. On TV, we can look back at the 90s as a great era of ST, but in print, it was truly under the editorship of John J Ordover. I am a fan of John, whom I interviewed a couple of times on podcasts, and, best of all, he showed up in his robe to do a panel about Picard Season 3 -> Watch it here…

Out Today: “The Art of Star Trek: Lower Decks”

Out today: “The Art of Star Trek: Lower Decks“, by Megan Treviño.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the art of this fan-favorite series!

Climb aboard the U.S.S. Cerritos with its crew in this special look at the art of the critically acclaimed animated series. With special sections focusing on characters, ships, backgrounds, and scenery, you’ll know the lower decks better than the crew!

Also included will be interviews with members of the art team, who provide special insights into the making of the series and the art process.

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Star Trek Book Deals For May 2026

 
This month’s ebook deals have landed with 18 books on sale for 1.99 each, books that have never been on sale are in bold:
 
 

Star Trek: A Choice of Catastrophes
Star Trek: Crucible: Kirk: The Star to Every Wandering
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: These Haunted Seas
Star Trek: Discovery: Die Standing
Star Trek: Discovery: Die Standing
Star Trek: Discovery: Drastic Measures
Star Trek: Discovery: Drastic Measures
Star Trek: Discovery: Drastic Measures
Star Trek: Discovery: Fear Itself
Star Trek: Discovery: The Way To The Stars
Star Trek: New Frontier: After The Fall
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers 12: Some Assembly Required
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers 43: Paradise Interrupted
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers 48: Creative Couplings Book 2
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers 59: Blackout
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 10
Star Trek: Unspoken Truth
Star Trek: Voyager: String Theory: 1 Cohesion

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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of May 4, 2026

Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.

Happy 2026 Birthday to John J. Ordover!

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Happy birthday to John J. Ordover!

John J. Ordover is a former editor at Pocket Books, and for many years he was responsible for overseeing the company’s line of Star Trek books. He is partially responsible for the “rebirth” of Star Trek fiction in the 1990s, being the driving force behind series-bending concepts such as the Invasion! miniseries, the Eugenics Wars novels, and Star Trek: New Frontier, Trek’s first novel-only series. He also edited the first seven volumes of the Strange New Worlds anthologies.

In August of 2003, Ordover left Pocket books to start up a book packager (though he did continue to work on a few projects he had left at Pocket), but ended up a part-owner of Phobos Books where he holds the title of editor-in-chief. There, he was responsible for the development of the new Phobos Impact Science Fiction and Fantasy lines, presenting the forthcoming novels All Eve’s Hallows by Dean Wesley Smith (September, 2005) Dragon America by Mike Resnick (also September, 2005), Sword of Orion by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (October, 2005), Blood and Roses by Ann Tonsor Zeddies (November, 2005), The Genesis Project by Dayton Ward (January, 2006) Luna City Special Investigations: Dead Man on the Moon by Stephen Harper (February, 2006) and Phobos Rising by L.A. Graf (March, 2006).

In 2000, Ordover won the Psi Phi Award for Lifetime Achievement. It was subsequently nicknamed “the Ordie” in his honor.

He runs the SoHo Gallery for Digital Art in Manhattan.

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Out Today: “Star Trek: Picard: Recreating The Bridge”

Out today: “Star Trek: Picard: Recreating The Bridge“, by .

One of the most detailed Star Trek production books ever published is arriving in May.

Recreating the D Bridge tells the inside story of the rebirth of one of Star Trek’s most beloved sets: the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701 D, which made an emotional return in Star Trek: Picard.

Art director Liz Kloczkowski documents how the art department tracked down every available reference and, working with an army of skilled craftspeople and Star Trek veterans, rebuilt the bridge in immaculate detail.

The book features:

• Hundreds of rare behind the scenes photographs
• Original concept art and blueprints
• Detailed insight into layout, materials, lighting, and construction

With forewords by Terry Matalas and Dave Blass, and an afterword by original The Next Generation production designer Herman Zimmerman, this is a definitive archival release.

“Easily among the top ten Star Trek books since the beginning of time. Unprecedented. Astonishing. Granular. A case study in masterpiece Star Trek stagecraft.”

— Doug Drexler
(Star Trek ship and graphic designer and makeup artist)

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“Star Trek: Picard: To Defy Fate” Review by Warpfactortrek.com

Warpfactortrek.com has added a new review for Dayton Ward‘s “Star Trek: Picard: To Defy Fate”:

Events in the novel To Defy Fate by Dayton Ward take place shortly after events in the season finale of Star Trek: Picard – “The Last Generation” – and depict the immediate aftermath of Frontier Day, in which many Starfleet officers were killed after a joint attack by the Borg and a group of rogue Changelings. The novel also continues a long-standing tradition, in non-canon literature, of referring to Gary Seven and his fellow time-travelling agents from the Star Trek: The Original Series episode “Assignment: Earth” as the “Aegis”. The book brings them back, together with the Travelers from Star Trek: The Next Generation. How does the fallout of what happened on Frontier Day connect these two groups?

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The Live Show | Star Trek Timelines — Meet the Writers

The writers behind the just announced, Star Trek Timelines join the SyFy Sistas. Learn about the book that spans every timeline, every universe and every era…

DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of April 30, 2026

Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.

Positively Trek 335: Both Kirk & Mariner are One-Man Armies! – March 2026’s Star Trek Comics

Mirroring Our World: How Science Fiction Illuminates Reality with Dr. Una McCormack

Happy 2026 Birthday to Kate Mulgrew!

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Happy birthday to Kate Mulgrew!

Kate Mulgrew is an actress who is best known for playing Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager. Before stepping into the role of a Starfleet captain, her claim to fame was playing Mary Ryan on the ABC soap opera Ryan’s Hope. Since then, she has been part of the main cast in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, for which she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

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My Top 5 Star Trek Novels (So Far)

New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek Complete Original Series Guide”

Star Trek Complete Original Series Guide by Adrian Sherlock has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!

Three seasons. One of the most consequential TV shows of the twentieth century.

This guide offers a sustained critical examination of Star Trek: The Original Series as serious television that used the displacement of science fiction to ask hard questions about war, race, technology, power, and what it means to be human.

Drawing on production history, cultural context, and close textual analysis, the book moves through the series on two tracks: thematic chapters examining the Cold War allegory, the Prime Directive, dystopian technology, religion, and the psychological dimensions of the Kirk–Spock–McCoy triumvirate; and historical chapters tracing the show’s turbulent creation, network battles, extraordinary fan letter campaign, and unlikely transformation from cancelled also-ran to global franchise.

Every episode across all three seasons receives critical assessment — honestly, and without apology. The best are shown to be remarkable acts of dramatic and philosophical craft. The weakest are examined with equal candour. The aim throughout is the kind of rigorous, contextualised criticism that literature and film have long received, and that Star Trek — ambitious, flawed, and enduringly vital — has always deserved.

For the viewer who already loves the series and wants to think more carefully about why.

STAR TREK: COMPLETE ORIGINAL SERIES GUIDE

This book is a work of journalism and critical reference. It contains no fiction and makes no claim to ownership of any Star Trek intellectual property. All series titles, character names, and episode titles referenced herein are the property of their respective rights holders and are discussed solely for purposes of critical analysis, commentary, and journalistic record.

The book is currently scheduled to be published on March 1, 2026

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New Star Trek Comic Books Announced To Preorder! April 2026 Edition

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IDW May 2026 Catalog

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

​​Revenge is a dish best served on time delay. From Gerry Duggan (Deadpool, X-Men: Fall of the House of X) comes the next Red Shirts bloodbath…
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.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #4

​​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…

Star Trek: The Last Starship #9

​​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.

Dayton Ward Interview! #startrek #picard

SPOTLIGHT – Dayton Ward, Trek Author

Star Trek TOS: Identity Theft (NEW book recommendation)

Star Trek Lower Decks Writer on turning Comedy Into A Book

New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek: Picard: Recreating The Bridge”

Star Trek: Picard: Recreating The Bridge by has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!

One of the most detailed Star Trek production books ever published is arriving in May.

Recreating the D Bridge tells the inside story of the rebirth of one of Star Trek’s most beloved sets: the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701 D, which made an emotional return in Star Trek: Picard.

Art director Liz Kloczkowski documents how the art department tracked down every available reference and, working with an army of skilled craftspeople and Star Trek veterans, rebuilt the bridge in immaculate detail.

The book features:

• Hundreds of rare behind the scenes photographs
• Original concept art and blueprints
• Detailed insight into layout, materials, lighting, and construction

With forewords by Terry Matalas and Dave Blass, and an afterword by original The Next Generation production designer Herman Zimmerman, this is a definitive archival release.

“Easily among the top ten Star Trek books since the beginning of time. Unprecedented. Astonishing. Granular. A case study in masterpiece Star Trek stagecraft.”

— Doug Drexler
(Star Trek ship and graphic designer and makeup artist)

The book is currently scheduled to be published on May 1, 2026

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Out Today: “The Star Trek Guide to Gender: What We Can Learn About Sex, Society and Ourselves from the Iconic Sci-Fi Series”

Out today: “The Star Trek Guide to Gender: What We Can Learn About Sex, Society and Ourselves from the Iconic Sci-Fi Series“, by Jessie Earl.

Star Trek was one of the first televised shows to explore issues of gender and sexuality, earning an audience of devoted queer fans alongside its core base of science-fiction enthusiasts.

Jessie Earl, known as Jessie Gender on YouTube, is known for her deep dives into topics of gender and sexuality―but she also interrogates Star Trek and its impact on gender and sexuality as we know it.

Queer readers and science fiction fans alike will love this deep dive into Deep Space Nine―as well as other aspects of Star Trek, such as its older iterations, fandom responses, show controversies and more―as they learn about gender and sex through one of the most prescient shows of its time.

This book explores Star Trek as a cultural zeitgeist: not just a TV Guide, this book explores the history and sociology of Star Trek from its inception to modern iterations, helping readers to understand not just the show, but themselves as well. This book would make a great gift for anyone interested in gender and Star Trek.

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Comics legend Gerry Conway passes away at 73

Gerry Conway, co-creator of the Punisher and writer of the death of Gwen Stacy, has passed away.

Star Trek: Identity Theft BOOK REVIEW

Star Trek The Next Generation Foreign Foes

Did Starfleet Academy Use AI Art? | GENRE FRICTION

1 oz Silver Collectible Coins of 1 real book and two dream books

Agoro.com has a fun and expensive celebration of Star Trek books with a series of three silver collectible coins. One of them is of the great U.S.S. Enterprise Haynes Manual, the other two are of technical manuals that I would love to see actually get created: a Starfleet Communicator Owner Manual and U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 Bridge Owner Manual. At $162.62 each, they’re somewhat out of my price range, but I’d love to hear from the more financial endowed fans out there how these look in person.

Red Shirts Finally Get Their Due

Star Trek The Next Generation Death In Winter

DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of April 27, 2026

Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.

New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek Timelines”

Star Trek Timelines by Derek Tyler Attico and Jim Johnson and Kelli Fitzpatrick and Michael Dismuke has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!

Chart the history of Star Trek from the big bang to the end of the universe.

Explore hundreds of Star Trek events in the Prime universe and many alternate realities. This title spans the entire breadth of the iconic Star Trek franchise from The Original Series through to its latest series, including Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

Discover fascinating alternate timelines from the infamous Mirror Universe to the Kelvin timeline and Star Trek: Voyager’s Year of Hell. From Michael Burnham to Jean-Luc Picard, feature spreads cover iconic characters’ evolutions through space and time.

Written by four authors steeped in Star Trek lore, this official book has been meticulously researched and will be an indispensable gift for fans as Star Trek celebrates its 60th anniversary.

The book is currently scheduled to be published on November 3, 2026

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Star Trek The Next Generation Vendetta

Star Trek: The Motion Picture art book

New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek: Discovering the TV Series: Voyager and Enterprise 1996-2005”

Star Trek: Discovering the TV Series: Voyager and Enterprise 1996-2005 by Tom Salinsky has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!

How well do you know Star Trek?

Lifelong science fiction fan, podcaster and author Tom Salinsky decided that the answer was “not well enough”, and so at the beginning of 2022, he embarked on a two-year mission to watch everything from the start of The Original Series to the end of Enterprise, at the rate of one episode per day. This book is the third and final part of that odyssey, covering the last five seasons of Voyager and the whole run of Enterprise plus the last two Next Generation movies.

As well as having fun saluting the show’s triumphs, cringing at its lapses in taste, and admiring its willingness to swing for the fences, there’s lots of fascinating behind-the-scenes information here. Did Jeri Ryan and Kate Mulgrew really hate each other? Was the Temporal Cold War always part of the plan? How did Brannon Braga and Rick Berman write so many scripts, and was that wise? And whatever happened to Stuart Baird after Star Trek: Nemesis?

You’ll also get the benefit of a complete overview of these properties, which spurned the successful syndication model of Next Generation and Deep Space Nine and instead propped up the UPN channel which made them vulnerable to boardroom pressures and shareholder jitters.

Whether you’re a die-hard fan, a casual viewer, or just someone interested in the history of television, you’ll adore coming on this daily journey though the highs and lows of one of the most significant and much-loved media properties in the world.

The book is currently scheduled to be published on June 30, 2026

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USS Protostar from Star Trek: Prodigy

Happy 2026 Birthday to Greg Brodeur!

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Happy birthday to Greg Brodeur!

Gregory “Greg” Brodeur has several Star Trek novels with his writing partner Dave Galanter, including the two books in the Maximum Warp series. Brodeur also collaborates with his wife, Diane Carey, and under her name has published many Star Trek novels and novelizations.

Check out the Greg Brodeur credit page to view more updates and a full list of credits!

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Positively Trek 331: The Federation’s Delicates – Star Trek Comics: February 2026

Last Chance: Star Trek Book Deals For April 2026

Here’s your last chance to grab this month’s ebook deals: 14 books on sale for $1.99 each, books that have never been on sale are in bold:

Star Trek: 54 A Flag Full Of Stars
Star Trek: Crucible: McCoy: Provenance of Shadows
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Hollow Men
Star Trek: Discovery: Wonderlands
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers 58: Honor
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers 60: The Cleanup
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers 7: Invincible Book One
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Omnibus 8: Aftermath
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1
Star Trek: The Lost Era: The Art Of The Impossible
Star Trek: The Next Generation: First Contact
Star Trek: Voyager: Distant Shores
Star Trek: Voyager: String Theory: 2 Fusion
Worlds Of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Volume 2: Trill and Bajor

Star Trek The Next Generation Q In Law

Star Trek Firestorm (TOS)

“Guest Jim Johnson of #StarTrek Adventures #RPG” | #441 #Trekland Tuesdays LIVE w Dr. Trek

Star Trek’s Second Life | Why the 90s Mattered Most

DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of April 23, 2026

Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.

King Arthur and Caligula – Interview with Kirsten Beyer & David Mack, writers of Star Trek: Khan!

Does “Ring of Fire” Redeem Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 3? REVIEW

70’s Star Trek Convention History through Comic Books with Joe Sikoryak

“Guest Author Adam Kotsko: ‘Starfleet Academy’ Fate Fits” | #442 #Trekland Tuesdays LIVE w Dr. Trek

“Star Trek #2” Review by Themindreels.com

Themindreels.com has added a new review for Mike W. Barr‘s “Star Trek #2”:

Issue 2 of DC’s Star Trek comic was out for March 1984. Titled … The Only Good Klingon… it featured a cover by George Perez, and featured art by Tom Sutton as penciler and Ricardo Villagran delivered the inks. Mike W. Barr delivers the second part of the story begun in issue 1.

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Let’s Talk About Star Trek Titan “Fallen Gods”

Robert Petkoff on Creators.spotify.com discussing “Star Trek Narration”

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Robert Petkoff was recently featured on Creators.spotify.com to discuss Star Trek Narration:

Robert Petkoff has narrated over 350 audiobooks, won 25+ Audiofile Earphones Awards, and is currently on stage in Moulin Rouge! The Musical. But ask him what he’s most proud of, and he’ll tell you about narrating Star Trek audiobooks—because he’s a total Trek geek, and it shows.We sat down with Robert to talk about his journey from theatre to television to the recording booth, and how he became the voice of the Star Trek: Legacies trilogy and beyond. We dig into his legendary prep process—yes, the highlighters are real—and how he captures the essence of Kirk, Spock, and Pike without slipping into caricature. We also ask him the question every narrator dreads: What Treknobabble has actually defeated you?Robert talks about the difference between live Broadway energy and the focused intensity of the recording booth, working with Judi Dench in the West End, and why audiobooks deserve the same respect as stage and screen. And of course, we ask if he’s ever been tempted to change a line because “Kirk wouldn’t say that.”If you want to know what it takes to become one of Trek’s most trusted voices, this is the episode.Welcome aboard the Clonestar Podcast, where we explore the Star Trek universe through interviews, deep dives, and thoughtful conversation with the people behind the stories.

Check out the Robert Petkoff author page to view other sightings and a full list of books!

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“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2” Review by Aiptcomics.com

Aiptcomics.com has added a new review for Layne Morgan‘s “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2”:

Certainly one of the most controversial Star Trek shows in some time, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is getting a new lease on life thanks to IDW. The show may be canceled, with one more season yet to be released, but the characters live on thanks to Layne Morgan and artist Coralí Espuña, with the first issue out now. With the second issue in hand (and only until April 20th for folks to place preorders), I needed to reflect on how it captured the show and where it might fall off.

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“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum” Review by Atboundarysedge.com

Atboundarysedge.com has added a new review for Una McCormack‘s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum”:

I’ve read hundred of Star Trek novels at this point, but there’s one variety I’ve tended to avoid: the ones written while the series is airing, and set between episodes.

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STAR TREK at 60: To Boldly Go… Where? The Final Frontier in Comics

Over the past few weeks I’ve been taking a deep dive into the potential future of the Star Trek franchise. As fans across the world celebrate 60 years since Captain James T. Kirk first set o…

Happy 2026 Birthday to George Takei!

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Happy birthday to George Takei!

George Takei is an actor who is most famous for portraying Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series and its spin-off movies. He reprised the role in a guest appearance for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Flashback”.

In the 1990s, he performed the narration for two audiobooks based on the adventures of the USS Excelsior, Cacophony and Transformations. Additionally, he co-wrote the DC Comics title So Near the Touch with Peter David.

Check out the George Takei credit page to view more updates and a full list of credits!

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“Marvel Super Special #15 – Star Trek: The Motion Picture” Review by Themindreels.com

Themindreels.com has added a new review for Alan Dean Foster and Gene Roddenberry and Harold Livingston and Marv Wolfman‘s “Marvel Super Special #15 – Star Trek: The Motion Picture”:

I leave the Gold Key Treks behind… I know there are more issues to get through, but I don’t have them all yet. So it’s time to boldly go forward with Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

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“Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1” Review by Getyourcomicon.co.uk

Getyourcomicon.co.uk has added a new review for Ashley Cooper and Ben Khan and Jamila Rowser and Jarrett Melendez and Karim Diané and Meghan Fitzmartin‘s “Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1”:

The beginning of summer heralds a swathe of incredible comic books released to celebrate Pride Month in June. This year IDW Publishing releases its second Pride-themed Star Trek book, Star Trek: Celebrations, honouring the infinite diversity of the franchise as it turns 60 years old in 2026. This year’s anthology features six stories from an all-star roster of LGBTQIA+ creators and no corner of the Star Trek universe is left untouched.

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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of April 20, 2026

Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.

Happy 2026 Birthday to Keith R.A. DeCandido!

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Happy birthday to Keith R.A. DeCandido!

Keith R.A. Decandido is a top genre author whose tie-in novels for Pocket include several Star Trek titles across all series as well as Buffy the Vampire Slayer novelizations. He is also known for his Star Trek: The Next Generation comic book miniseries Perchance to Dream, and is the editor of several science-fiction and fantasy anthologies.

Check out the Keith R.A. DeCandido credit page to view more updates and a full list of credits!

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“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #1” Review by Getyourcomicon.co.uk

Getyourcomicon.co.uk has added a new review for Layne Morgan‘s “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #1”:

The five-issue series makes its debut in comic book stores today.

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“Star Trek #1” Review by Themindreels.com

Themindreels.com has added a new review for Mike W. Barr‘s “Star Trek #1”:

DC’s take on Star Trek hit comic racks with its ‘1st star-spanning collector’s issue!’ in time for February of 1984. Set after the events of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, I know we’ll get a few issues before Star Trek III comes along.

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Star Trek Invasion #1: First Strike Book Review

Trek Comic Collective – Shaxs Best & Worst Day.

Star Trek Books Coming In The Next 30 Days, as of April 16, 2026

Fiction

Star Trek: Picard: To Defy Fate
By: Dayton Ward
April 28, 2026

A thrilling new adventure based on the acclaimed TV series Star Trek: Picard! 2401: Just weeks after defeating a devastating joint attack by rogue Changelings and remnants of the Borg Collective, Starfleet and the Federation face a long period of recovery that requires replacing lost personnel and ships. While touring the U.S.S. Titan-A, which is […]

Non-Fiction

The Star Trek Guide to Gender: What We Can Learn About Sex, Society and Ourselves from the Iconic Sci-Fi Series
By: Jessie Earl
April 28, 2026

Star Trek was one of the first televised shows to explore issues of gender and sexuality, earning an audience of devoted queer fans alongside its core base of science-fiction enthusiasts. Jessie Earl, known as Jessie Gender on YouTube, is known for her deep dives into topics of gender and sexuality―but she also interrogates Star Trek […]

The Art of Star Trek: Lower Decks
By: Megan Treviño
May 5, 2026

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the art of this fan-favorite series! Climb aboard the U.S.S. Cerritos with its crew in this special look at the art of the critically acclaimed animated series. With special sections focusing on characters, ships, backgrounds, and scenery, you’ll know the lower decks better than the crew! Also included will be […]

Comics

Star Trek: Red Shirts TPB
By: Christopher Cantwell
May 12, 2026

The doomed Starfleet crew members, the red shirts, must track down spies on an isolated planet in this graphic novel. Stranded on the snow-ridden planet Arkonia 89, the crew of the U.S.S. Warren has a small window in which to pin down spies seeking to steal classified secrets and keep Starfleet data out of their […]

DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of April 16, 2026

Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.

Out Today: “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #1”

Out today: “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #1“, by Layne Morgan.

Caleb, Genesis, Jay-Den, Kyle, and Tarima are all students of Starfleet Academy, the illustrious school responsible for the Federation’s best. One day, they dream to serve as great leaders on board ships of their own, to study the cultural intricacies of sentient life amongst the Galaxy, or to go where no person has explored before. But today, their mission is simply to execute a survey simulation on a lifeless, low-oxygen planet. Or at least, it seems simple…until a huge storm cuts off their contact with their teachers aboard the Athena…and something impossible appears: an alien. Now, they’ll have to work together and use everything they’ve learned in class about first contact to make it off the planet alive!

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Out Today: “Star Trek: Lower Decks, Vol. 2: Mixed Signals”

Out today: “Star Trek: Lower Decks, Vol. 2: Mixed Signals“, by Ryan North and Tim Sheridan.

In this hilarious comic book series, the Lower Deckers of the U.S.S. Cerritos face intergalactic hijinks, infighting, and even morality!

Everything is topsy-turvy on the Lower Decks. Intergalactic bungles, gambling, horrifying hijinks, and even good behavior?

Out of the blue, the now-perfect Stepford Crew takes charge and saves the ship. Freeman knows something is off and begins the hunt for the real (awful) Lower Deckers! To get her crew back, Freeman will have to travel dimensions, put on a show, and even cause a massacre!

In an equally horrible tragedy, Boimler is up for promotion to full lieutenant! The only thing standing in his way is a personality test—his greatest challenge yet. Follow everyone’s favorite chaotic Lower Decks crew as they fight deranged, inept creatures, and we’re not talking about them!

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DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of April 14, 2026

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New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek: The Official Coloring Book”

Star Trek: The Official Coloring Book has been added to the Star Trek Book Club! There’s no official cover yet, so keep an eye on the book page for updates!

Explore the final frontier at warp speed as you bring your favorite characters and scenes from sixty years of Star Trek to vivid life in this official, high-quality coloring book for fans of all ages.

Pick up your pens, markers, or pencils and transport yourself across the Galaxy as you color in familiar moments filled with Starfleet officers, Federation allies, alien species, and memorable scenes from sixty years of Star Trek. Whether your favorite ship’s crew includes Kirk, Spock, and Bones, or Picard, Data, and Worf—or doesn’t hail from the U.S.S. Enterprise at all—Trek fans from every era will delight in coloring in these iconic strange new worlds.

A celebration of Star Trek’s search for new life and civilizations, this coloring book allows you to relax, live long, and prosper as you fill in 40 illustrations from every Star Trek film and television series. With stunning official artwork on thick, bleed-resistant paper that is perforated so that finished pages can be easily extracted, it would be highly illogical to leave this coloring book blank.

The book is currently scheduled to be published on August 11, 2026

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Preview of “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #1”

Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #1 by Layne Morgan which is due to be released this Wednesday on April 15, 2026 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:

Caleb, Genesis, Jay-Den, Kyle, and Tarima are all students of Starfleet Academy, the illustrious school responsible for the Federation’s best. One day, they dream to serve as great leaders on board ships of their own, to study the cultural intricacies of sentient life amongst the Galaxy, or to go where no person has explored before. But today, their mission is simply to execute a survey simulation on a lifeless, low-oxygen planet. Or at least, it seems simple…until a huge storm cuts off their contact with their teachers aboard the Athena…and something impossible appears: an alien. Now, they’ll have to work together and use everything they’ve learned in class about first contact to make it off the planet alive!

Happy 2026 Birthday to John Eaves!

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Happy birthday to John Eaves!

John Michael Eaves is a concept illustrator and designer who worked as production illustrator on the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine for its last four seasons and on Star Trek: Enterprise in its entirety, as well as on no less than eight Star Trek films.

Check out the John Eaves credit page to view more updates and a full list of credits!

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“Star Trek: Lower Decks #18” Review by Bottalk.com

Bottalk.com has added a new review for Tim Sheridan‘s “Star Trek: Lower Decks #18”:

Okay first off let’s talk about this issue’s cover. This is the image for a season six we SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN. So IDW did it for this issue and good on them. This was something we needed and I like that they homaged the Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) movie poster.

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New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek: The Original Voyages: A Visual History”

Star Trek: The Original Voyages: A Visual History by Jeff Bond and Kyle Newman and William Shatner has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!

Boldly celebrate 60 years of Star Trek with this official visual history of the original series, documenting how its iconic characters and storylines reshaped the science fiction genre.

It began as a “five-year mission,” but for nearly sixty years Star Trek has captivated the world. When the original Star Trek series burst onto the screen in 1966, few could have anticipated the enduring legacy it would create. Although it lasted just three seasons and 79 episodes, Star Trek left an indelible mark on popular culture, and it soon spawned an animated television series, a blockbuster major motion picture franchise, and for its most dedicated fans, a way of life.

The story of the U.S.S. Enterprise and her crew—Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Montgomery Scott (James Doohan), Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig), and Hikaru Sulu (George Takei)—as well as the behind-the-scenes story of its creators, The Great Bird of the Galaxy Gene Roddenberry and his many collaborators, is extraordinary.

The story of the brand itself is every bit as remarkable and, in many ways, even stranger than the fiction. Featuring hundreds of quintessential and rarely seen images, Star Trek: The Original Voyages: A Visual History is a cultural history of and tribute to the brand’s sixty-year journey through television, film, novels, comic books, video games, merchandise, and more.

Timed for Star Trek’s 60-year anniversary, Star Trek: The Original Voyages: A Visual History will be a must-have for every fan: a document of its impact on pop culture and commemoration of how Star Trek’s original cast have touched our lives and changed our culture. New fans will discover Star Trek’s comprehensive history, and longtime fans will cherish fresh insights from original interviews and previously unpublished images.

The book is currently scheduled to be published on November 10, 2026

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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of April 9, 2026

Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.

Star Trek: The Kobayashi Maru by Julia Ecklar – Ladies Trek Library

Out Today: “Star Trek: Lower Decks #18”

Out today: “Star Trek: Lower Decks #18“, by Tim Sheridan.

The thrilling conclusion to the mystery of the vanished Laapeerians!
The Enterprise has joined the tumultuous space battle between Captain Freeman and her crew against their dangerous alien assailants. Starfleet might not know who these invaders are, but they’re certain they have something to do with the missing population of Laapeeria…

It’s up to the Lower Deckers to not only defeat the superpowered ship but recover a whole planet’s worth of people and reunite with Boimler and his away crew while doing it.

And then they’ll all hug and stuff, $&#@!*.

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Happy 2026 Birthday to Michael A. Martin!

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Happy birthday to Michael A. Martin!

Michael A. Martin’s solo short fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. He has also coauthored (with Andy Mangels) several Star Trek comics for Marvel and Wildstorm and numerous Star Trek novels and eBooks, including the USA Today bestseller Titan: Book One: Taking Wing; Titan: Book Two: The Red King; the Sy Fy Genre Award-winning Star Trek: Worlds of Deep Space 9 Book Two: Trill — Unjoined; Star Trek: The Lost Era 2298 — The Sundered; Star Trek: Deep Space 9 Mission: Gamma: Vol. Three: Cathedral; Star Trek: The Next Generation: Section 31 — Rogue; Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers #30 and #31 (“Ishtar Rising” Books 1 and 2); stories in the Prophecy and Change, Tales of the Dominion War, and Tales from the Captain’s Table anthologies; and three novels based on the Roswell television series. His work has also been published by Atlas Editions (in their Star Trek Universe subscription card series), Star Trek Monthly, Dreamwatch, Grolier Books, Visible Ink Press, The Oregonian, and Gareth Stevens, Inc., for whom he has penned several World Almanac Library of the States nonfiction books for young readers. He lives with his wife, Jenny, and their two sons in Portland, Oregon.

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DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of April 7, 2026

Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.

Preview of “Star Trek: Lower Decks #18”

Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Lower Decks #18 by Tim Sheridan which is due to be released this Wednesday on April 8, 2026 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:

The thrilling conclusion to the mystery of the vanished Laapeerians!
The Enterprise has joined the tumultuous space battle between Captain Freeman and her crew against their dangerous alien assailants. Starfleet might not know who these invaders are, but they’re certain they have something to do with the missing population of Laapeeria…

It’s up to the Lower Deckers to not only defeat the superpowered ship but recover a whole planet’s worth of people and reunite with Boimler and his away crew while doing it.

And then they’ll all hug and stuff, $&#@!*.

Cover release for “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Peacemakers”

It’s five years since the end of the Dominion War. Jake Sisko is back on Earth after a long journey round the Gamma Quadrant, finishing up his book about what life is like out there after the collapse of the Dominion. It looks like Jake has a great life—travel, success, and a writing career that’s going from strength to strength.

The only problem is—everyone wants a piece of Jake Sisko. Whether it’s Starfleet Intelligence, full of questions about his trip through the wormhole, or the Bajoran people, anxious to be close to the son of their departed Emissary, Jake is struggling to carve out space for himself.

Then there are the rumors Jake heard out in the Gamma Quadrant. Rumors about Starfleet, and his father, and their conduct during the war. Rumors which—if they turned out to be true—would rock the very foundations of Jake Sisko’s world…

Jake accepts an invitation to an arts festival on Cardassia Prime, hoping to get some distance between himself and his worries. But even here, the past won’t leave him alone. Starfleet Intelligence are still interested, and there are people on Cardassia, too, for whom Jake Sisko seems to offer unique opportunities to advance their agendas. Jake flees into the Cardassian desert, joining a tour of ancient archeological sites.

And then, when the party is isolated from the rest of the world, the murders begin…

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Happy 2026 Birthday to William Leisner!

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Happy birthday to William Leisner!

William “Bill” Leisner currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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