Out Today: “Star Trek: Aliens”
Out today: “Star Trek: Aliens“, by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing and John Byrne and Scott Tipton.
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 over 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.
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Happy 2026 Birthday to Susan Wright!
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Happy birthday to Susan Wright!
Susan Wright is an author who has written many Star Trek books, all published by Pocket Books.
Wright founded the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom in 1997, which promotes BDSM and sex positivism, and continues to serve as the organization’s spokesperson. She currently resides in New York.
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Happy 2026 Birthday to Rick Sternbach!
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Happy birthday to Rick Sternbach!
Richard “Rick” Michael Sternbach was the (senior) production illustrator/designer for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek: The Next Generation, the first two seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager. He was also the scenic artist for Star Trek Nemesis, providing designs for everything from the Argo shuttle to a Romulan Valdore-type sculpture. Sternbach’s most recognized work by far has been the designs of the PADD, Deep Space 9 and USS Voyager.
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Happy 2026 Birthday to John Byrne!
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Happy birthday to John Byrne!
John Lindley Byrne is a British-born American comic book artist and writer. Since breaking into the industry in the early 1970s, he has worked on almost every major comic superhero. His most famous works were on Marvel Comics’ X-Men (with Chris Claremont) and Fantastic Four titles and on the DC Comics Superman relaunch in the mid-1980s. In 1992, he teamed up with Larry Niven to produce the graphic novel Green Lantern: Ganthet’s Tale.
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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of July 6, 2026
Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.
New Star Trek Comic Books Announced To Preorder! July 2026 Edition
IDW July 2026 Catalog
Their mission is new. Their legacy is not.
From the pen of fan-favorite writer Christopher Cantwell (Star Trek: Defiant, Star Trek: Red Shirts) and the brush of psychedelic standout Dennis Menheere (Etheres, Little Nightmares) comes the launch of an all-new flagship…and this time, we’re busting out of the four quadrants.
The Enterprise-G is on a desperate mission beyond the known Galaxy to relocate the dying Avuran people when its crew finds a perfect new home in a region of unknown space called the Epsilon Corridor. Three pristine Class-M worlds—the Trinity—await the refugees. No signs of civilization. No detectable threats. A colonist’s dream. But the dream fractures fast.
When Captain Seven of Nine and her divided, fast-tracked crew begin exploring the Trinity, they uncover disturbing contradictions: vanished structures, inexplicable artifacts, time skips, and evidence of a presence Starfleet’s century-old probes never detected. Each world houses a different ecosystem, different physics problems, and different secrets—as if they’ve been curated…or quarantined. But from who? Or what?
The first arc of Star Trek delivers a prestige, mystery-driven, high-stakes psychological thriller of an opening salvo—new worlds, new species, new existential threats—anchored by Seven, Jack, and Crash La Forge fighting to keep the mission together as the Galaxy’s oldest ghosts awaken.
Star Trek: Deviations: Evermore
Quoth the raven…“Evermore.”
This spooky one-shot features Dr. Joseph M’Benga of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as he encounters various crew members turned characters and creatures from the worlds of Edgar Allan Poe aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise!
Dr. M’Benga’s daughter, Rukiya, has always loved a good bedtime story—especially if that story contains a raven, a beating heart beneath the floorboards, or a deadly plague. But now, on what seems like a night like any other, she’s whisked away by the very fantasies she once delighted in. It’s up to her loving father to beat back the dark and rescue her from a dream within a dream…
A Halloween mystery unfolds on Deep Space 9!
On the eve of a high-stakes diplomatic summit, Deep Space 9 is thrown into chaos by a sudden communications blackout and a string of deeply unsettling incidents. With senior leadership called away, Worf, Dax, Odo, and Bashir must hold the station together as tensions rise among visiting dignitaries.
Then, a distressed starship arrives with explosive claims—and one member of the DS9 crew stands accused of murder. As suspicion spreads and paranoia takes hold, a creeping sense of dread settles over the Promenade. And somewhere inside the station’s holosuites, something has gone terrifyingly wrong…
A locked-station thriller begins here.
The Halloween event continues—and the danger deepens.
Deep Space 9 remains on edge as unexplained incidents multiply and trust continues to fracture. With conflicting testimonies, missing personnel, and diplomatic tensions nearing a boiling point, station security faces a mystery that refuses to add up.
While suspicions mount and the clock ticks toward disaster, a growing sense of unease suggests the truth may be far stranger—and far closer—than anyone suspects.
Part three of our Halloween event!
A dire, garbled warning breaks through from Benjamin Sisko—he’s identified the suspects, and they’re extremely dangerous. Then the signal dies.
With communications severed and panic spreading, Worf and Odo move fast to protect the civilians and visiting dignitaries, sealing off the station and turning Deep Space 9 into a high-stakes locked-room mystery. But just as order seems within reach, a chilling realization hits: Bashir and Dax are missing…and no one knows where they’ve gone.
The terrifying finale of the Halloween event!
Time has run out. Lives hang in the balance. And the nightmare consuming Deep Space 9 is finally ready to show its face.
Cut off, outmatched, and pushed to their limits, the crew must confront the true force behind the chaos before the station—and everyone on it—pays the ultimate price. Shattering revelations ignite desperate gambits, fragile alliances strain to breaking, and survival demands impossible choices.
Enter a final confrontation where horror meets heroism, morality is put on trial, and the fate of countless lives turns on a single perilous moment.
Star Trek: Red Shirts: Ghost of the 21st Century #2
Harry Deubert wasn’t always an “upstanding” member of the Federation. Once upon a time, he was a thief. And a damn good one. Today, he’s a haunted man, spiraling—and all it takes is one good drink and the ripped-open body of his buddy, stuffed with contraband, for him to decide his life as an indentured servant to Section Null is over.
He’s gonna blow whatever this cadaver conspiracy is wide open. Step one? Confronting Chief Officer Miller.
Star Trek: The Last Starship #11
After decades of struggle, Sato, Kirk, Agnes, Zed, and Valqis have come back together—united to save the Federation from the trap that is the Emerald Chain closing in around them. The tension is high; trust is at an all-time low and has been broken before. They’ve been through hell, and not always on the same side. But Dr. Zed sees a path toward healing.
They’ve all been wrong. They’ve all made mistakes. Now, and only now, does the crew of the U.S.S. Omega have the chance to make it all worth it.
Despite Solara and her demented protégé Osyraa circling ever closer aboard the Emerald Chain flagship, the crew of the Omega are going to build T’Galatheon Gate—and save what little is left of Starfleet..for those who will follow in their footsteps.
Happy 2026 Birthday to Ronald D. Moore!
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Happy birthday to Ronald D. Moore!
Ronald “Ron” Dowl Moore is a writer and producer of several Star Trek series and films, as well as several other science fiction and genre programs. Moore was recognized for his writing work on the Star Trek franchise with seven award nominations, winning two of them. In his post-Star Trek years, he greatly added to this list of laurels.
While residing in Los Angeles as a struggling and budding writer, Ron Moore started to date a woman who worked on the set of Star Trek: The Next Generation. In 1989, Moore, an avid fan of the original Star Trek, convinced her to take him on a tour of the lot. He had written a script for the show, which the producers liked enough to actually film. It became “The Bonding”, and Moore was soon hired as a staff writer.
He remained at that position until the end of the series. He co-wrote 27 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation including the series finale, “All Good Things…” for which he won the Hugo Award for excellence in science fiction writing along with Brannon Braga. Moore and Braga also co-wrote two films featuring the Next Generation cast, Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact. As producer of TNG in 1994, Moore shared an Emmy Award nomination when the series was nominated as Outstanding Drama Series that year.
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Happy 2026 Birthday to Marc Okrand!
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Happy birthday to Marc Okrand!
Marc Okrand is the inventor of the Klingon language. He initially created the Vulcan dialogue in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He was hired by Paramount Pictures to invent the language and coach the actors on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Okrand’s basis for the Klingon language came from the few samples spoken in Star Trek: The Motion Picture which were made up by James Doohan. He is also famous as the author of The Klingon Dictionary and all its addenda.
On Disc 2 of the Star Trek III: The Search for Spock DVD, Okrand said he was asked to create Klingonese for scenes that had already been shot in English. During post-production, he turned off the sound and observed the actors’ lip movements as they spoke their lines. From these movements, he developed new vocal “sounds” for the actors to dub over their original English. He was asked to do the same for Spock and Saavik in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, during their brief discussion about Kirk in the Torpedo Bay. Okrand was also interviewed on 21 August 1991 for the TNG Season 5 DVD special feature “Alien Speak” (“The Klingon Linguist”).
Okrand previously worked with Native American languages, from which he borrowed the unusual Klingon tlh [IPA: /t͡ɬ/] sound (common in North and Central American indigenous languages, in which it is usually transcribed as tl; this is the sound at the end of the word “Nahuatl” as the Aztecs pronounced it themselves).
Recent work includes the Atlantean language which he was hired to do for Disney’s film Atlantis: The Lost Empire, which featured the voice of Leonard Nimoy. He also contributed Klingon and Vulcan dialogue for several episodes of the fourth season of Star Trek: Enterprise. He was a consultant for the Klingon, Romulan and Vulcan languages on 2009’s Star Trek and served as an uncredited consultant on Star Trek Into Darkness.
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Happy 2026 Birthday to Mel Gilden!
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Happy birthday to Mel Gilden!
Mel Gilden has written over forty books for adult and children, and over a hundred original TV scripts. He earned his BA at the California State University and currently lives in California.
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Star Trek Book Deals For July 2026
This month’s ebook deals have landed with 15 books on sale for $1.99 each, books that have never been on sale are in bold:
I’m Working on That : A Trek From Science Fiction to Science Fact
Star Trek: Coda, Book 2 – The Ashes of Tomorrow
Star Trek: New Frontier: The Returned Part 2
Star Trek: New Frontier: The Returned Part 3
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Omnibus 2: Miracle Workers
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 7
Star Trek: The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms
Star Trek: The Last Roundup
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations: Book 1 The Persistence of Memory
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Dominion War: Book 1: Behind Enemy Lines
Star Trek: The Original Series: Elusive Salvation
Star Trek: The Original Series: From History’s Shadow
Star Trek: Titan: Taking Wing
Star Trek: Voyager: Full Circle
Star Trek: Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion
Happy 2026 Birthday to Rich Handley!
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Happy birthday to Rich Handley!
Rich Handley has written, edited, and contributed to numerous books and magazines for multiple publishers, including DC Comics, IDW, BOOM! Studios, Topps, Dark Horse, Titan Books, Eaglemoss, West End Games, and more. He edited 100 volumes of the Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection; has penned licensed Star Trek, Star Wars, and Planet of the Apes fiction; and currently writes articles for Star Trek Explorer magazine, as well as books for Magnetic Press’s Planet of the Apes Role-Playing Game.
Rich has written about many pop-culture franchises, including the above, as well as Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Watchmen, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, Dark Shadows, Red Dwarf, Batman, Godzilla, classic monsters, and more. He has 25 years’ experience as a B2B magazine editor in the tech sector, and he now works with the IEEE as a publications administrator of academic peer-review manuscripts. View Rich’s publications, blog and résumé.
–Used with permission from richhandley.com
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DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of July 2, 2026
Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.
“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #3” Review by Bottalk.com
Bottalk.com has added a new review for Layne Morgan‘s “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #3”:
Three issues in and you want this to start wrapping up. Once again this is the issue I have with modern comics: truncated story to make room for ads, especially when it’s one story spread through multiple issues.
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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of June 29, 2026
Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.
DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of June 25, 2026
Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.
Out Today: “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #3”
Out today: “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #3“, by Layne Morgan.
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.
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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of June 22, 2026
Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.
DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of June 18, 2026
Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.
Out Today: “Star Trek: The Last Starship #8”
Out today: “Star Trek: The Last Starship #8“, by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.
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.
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Out Today: “The Art of Star Trek & Defiant”
Out today: “The Art of Star Trek & Defiant“, by .
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!
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Preview of “Star Trek: The Last Starship #8”
Here’s a preview of Star Trek: The Last Starship #8 by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing which is due to be released this Wednesday on June 17, 2026 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:
…unless you’re Captain James T. Kirk.
Star Trek Books Coming In The Next 30 Days, as of June 15th, 2026
Fiction
July 21, 2026
Transport yourself across the galaxy with this collection of illustrated Star Trek adventures, adapted from classic fairy tales and narrated by Lieutenant Commander Data. Once Upon a Stardate collects beloved fairy tales from around our world, retold within the Star Trek universe. Familiar stories such as “Pinocchio,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” and “Hansel and Gretel” take on new meaning as […]
Non-Fiction
June 16, 2026
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 […]
By: Ben Robinson
July 14, 2026
Experience Star Trek like never before through 100 of the objects and stories that have made the franchise so well-loved. From Spock’s ears to the captain’s chair or the Enterprise itself, high-quality images and behind-the-scenes details explore the importance of each iconic artifact. Through fascinating photographs and insider facts that span the entire sixty-year history […]
Comics
By: Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
June 17, 2026
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 […]
By: Layne Morgan
June 24, 2026
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 […]
By: Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, John Byrne, Scott Tipton
July 7, 2026
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! […]
By: Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
July 15, 2026
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 […]
Happy 2026 Birthday to Sondra Marshak!
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Happy birthday to Sondra Marshak!
Sondra Marshak is the author and editor of several early Star Trek novels, and also one of the biographers of William Shatner. She often collaborates with Myrna Culbreath.
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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of June 15, 2026
Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.
Happy 2026 Birthday to Ben Robinson!
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Happy birthday to Ben Robinson!
Ben Robinson is the English writer and editor of several Star Trek-related reference works and projects.
Robinson is the grandson of Bernard Robinson, most notably known as the production designer of most Hammer films made from 1957 until 1968. A 1991 University of York graduate holding a Masters degree in English and Related Literature, Robinson was an Original Series fan from an early age.
In 1996, Robinson’s first two years of working for GE Fabbri saw him serve as one of the initiators, editors, and writers of the comprehensive Star Trek Fact Files partwork magazine. He worked alongside Marcus Riley, Penny L. Juday, Larry Nemecek, Guy Vardaman, Tim Gaskill, and Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens on this project.
Following the tremendous success of the Fact Files which sold over 50 million units, he was reassigned to edit its US counterpart called Star Trek: The Magazine in 1998. A noted contribution that he made for the latter publication was the extensive interview he conducted with legendary Original Series Art Director Matt Jefferies which was published over five issues during the 2000-2002 run of the magazine. Later, Robinson followed this up with an interview featuring Andrew Probert, one of Jefferies’ successors. Over this period, he conducted interviews with many of the actors, designers, directors, writers, and effects artists involved with the franchise. Nicholas Meyer, Leonard Nimoy, and Robert Wise were among his favorite interviewees. Along the way, Robinson also compiled a massive archive of Trek materials outside of Paramount’s vaults.
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Happy 2026 Birthday to Paul Kupperberg!
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Happy birthday to Paul Kupperberg!
Paul Kupperberg is a former editor for DC Comics, and a prolific writer of comic books and newspaper strips. While with DC, he wrote in excess of 600 individual issues in a wide variety of titles, including two in the first Star Trek line, #18: “Rest and Recreation!” and #30: “Uhura’s Story”. Other titles he wrote for include Action Comics, Aquaman, Batman, Captain America, The Flash, and Wonder Woman.
In July 2004, he revisited the Star Trek universe with the eBook Sargasso Sector which was published as #42 in the Pocket SCE series.
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Happy 2026 Birthday to Kevin Dilmore!
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Happy birthday to Kevin Dilmore!
Kevin Dilmore is a Kansas-based writer of many Star Trek novels and short stories, specifically in the Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers series. He often collaborates with Dayton Ward.
In 1997, he began writing for the Star Trek: Communicator. Before working there, he was a newspaper reporter and editor for almost fifteen years on a community newspaper in Kansas.
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“Star Trek: Red Shirts: Ghost of the 21st Century #1” Review by Aiptcomics.com
Aiptcomics.com has added a new review for Gerry Duggan‘s “Star Trek: Red Shirts: Ghost of the 21st Century #1”:
A compelling mystery, brutal moments and a cast of red shirts worth caring about make this one of the strongest Star Trek comics in recent memory.
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DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of June 11, 2026
Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.
Thanks to July 2026’s Patreons!
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Out Today: “Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Mirror War TPB”
Out today: “Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Mirror War TPB“, by David Tipton and Scott Tipton.
Explore the fan-favorite Mirror Universe of The Next Generation in this epic struggle showcasing Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the I.S.S. Enterprise-D in a convenient-to-read pocket-sized (6 x 9) edition!
There is the reality you know. And on another dimensional plane, there exists a dark, twisted reflection of that universe. So familiar, and yet so different. An Empire in place of a Federation, where profit and power take precedence over peace and exploration.
As the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance rules—having overrun the Empire, destroying its fleet and driving it back to Earth—rumors and propaganda spread throughout the Alpha Quadrant about the Empire’s final demise. Those rumors are, however, untrue. A handful of Imperial ships remain, intent on protecting Earth and what’s left of the Empire. And commanding the newest and most powerful of those ships is a man equally intent on seeing it rise again—Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
Plus, expand upon the world of The Mirror War in four short stories focusing on some of your favorite characters: Data, Geordi La Forge, Benjamin Sisko, and Deanna Troi!
Collects Star Trek: The Mirror War issues #1–8 and Star Trek: Warriors of the Mirror War issues #1–4 together in one volume for the first time!
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“Star Trek: Picard: To Defy Fate” Review by Shastrix.com
Shastrix.com has added a new review for Dayton Ward‘s “Star Trek: Picard: To Defy Fate”:
In this new Star Trek Picard novel, set somewhere between the many epilogues to the series, we get to visit Seven, Raffi, Crusher, Guinan, and Picard and a host of other familiar characters as they’re drawn into a mysterious plot to change time.
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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of June 8, 2026
Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.
Happy 2026 Birthday to Dayton Ward!
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Happy birthday to Dayton Ward!
Dayton Ward is a writer and software developer based out of Kansas City, Missouri. He has written a large number of Star Trek novels and short stories, specifically Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers. He often collaborates with Kevin Dilmore.
Ward was born in Tampa, Florida. After leaving high school, he joined the US Marine Corps, where he served for almost eleven years. He is married and has two daughters.
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New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek: Starfleet (Tiny Book): Inspirational Quotes and Wisdom from the Final Frontier”
Star Trek: Starfleet (Tiny Book): Inspirational Quotes and Wisdom from the Final Frontier by Edward Gross has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!
Explore sixty years of Star Trek history in an all-new tiny format!
Ever since its TV debut in 1966, Star Trek has been at the forefront of science fiction as one of the most instantly recognizable space odysseys of them all. Now, for the first time, the complete history of the final frontier can fit into the palm of your hand! The Starfleet Tiny Book puts the compact history of one of the most recognizable and versatile science fiction cornerstones into a pocket-sized package. Full of inspiring and thought-provoking quotes from all the main characters, the book is packed with wisdom from across six decades of Star Trek.
The book is currently scheduled to be published on August 18, 2026
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Dayton Ward on Strangenewpod.com discussing “To Defy Fate”
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Dayton Ward was recently featured on Strangenewpod.com to discuss To Defy Fate:
In this episode, Dayton dives deep into the inspiration behind his latest book and shares his love for time travel stories. They look back at the classic Original Series episode “Assignment: Earth,” exploring how those classic sci-fi concepts influence his writing today, and so much more.
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The Unofficial Guide That Star Trek Fans Still Can’t Stop Talking About
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Happy 2026 Birthday to Kristine Kathryn Rusch!
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Happy birthday to Kristine Kathryn Rusch!
Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an American writer and editor. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and mainstream.
Rusch won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2001 for her story “Millennium Babies” and the 2003 Endeavour Award for The Disappeared 2002. Her story “Recovering Apollo 8” won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History (short form) in 2008. Her novel The Enemy Within won the Sidewise (long form) in 2015. She is married to fellow writer Dean Wesley Smith; they have collaborated on several works.
She edited The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction for six years, from mid-1991 through mid-1997, winning one Hugo Award as Best Professional Editor. Rusch and Smith operated Pulphouse Publishing for many years and edited the original (hardback) incarnation of Pulphouse Magazine; they won a World Fantasy Award in 1989.
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DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of June 4, 2026
Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.
“Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1” Review by Aiptcomics.com
Aiptcomics.com 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”:
Every so often, a franchise puts out a story that reminds you why you fell in love with it in the first place, and this could be that story for some fans.
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Star Trek Book Deals For June 2026
This month’s ebook deals have landed with 19 books on sale for $1.99 each, books that have never been on sale are in bold:
It’s been one year since we lost Peter David, looks like the folks at Simon & Schuster want to give you an opportunity to see his fantastic work!
Star Trek: Constellations
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: 2 The Siege
Star Trek: Discovery: Dead Endless
Star Trek: New Frontier: 12 Being Human
Star Trek: New Frontier: Blind Man’s Bluff
Star Trek: New Frontier: Gods Above
Star Trek: New Frontier: Stone And Anvil
Star Trek: New Frontier: Treason
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers 35: The Demon Book 1
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Omnibus 11: Wounds
Star Trek: Stargazer: 2 Progenitor
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 6
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 8
Star Trek: The Original Series: Allegiance in Exile
Star Trek: The Original Series: Devil’s Bargain
Star Trek: The Original Series: The Weight of Worlds
Star Trek: Voyager: String Theory: 3 Evolution
Star Trek: Vulcan’s Forge
Worlds Of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Volume 3: The Dominion and Ferenginar
“Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1” Review by Comicsbeat.com
Comicsbeat.com 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”:
Featuring Lower Decks, the Kelvin Timeline, Starfleet Academy and MORE!
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Happy 2026 Birthday to Myrna Culbreath!
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Happy birthday to Myrna Culbreath!
Myrna Culbreath is the author and editor of several early Star Trek novels, and also one of the biographers of William Shatner.
She collaborates with Sondra Marshak.
Check out the Myrna Culbreath credit page to view more updates and a full list of credits!
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Out Today: “Trek Star: The Geek Life of Doug Drexler”
Out today: “Trek Star: The Geek Life of Doug Drexler“, by Doug Drexler.
Trek Star chronicles Oscar and Emmy Award-winning makeup, special effects, and conceptual design artist Doug Drexler’s remarkable adventures in television and film as he collaborated on many science fiction classics, including the Star Trek films and TV series.
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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of June 1, 2026
Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.
Happy 2026 Birthday to Mike W. Barr!
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Happy birthday to Mike W. Barr!
Mike W. Barr also credited as Mike Barr, is a writer of comic books and novels. Outside of his Star Trek work, he wrote Batman and the Outsiders, Mantra, and Camelot 3000.
Check out the Mike W. Barr credit page to view more updates and a full list of credits!
Mike’s currently going through some significant health issues and has a gofundme account you can donate to: www.gofundme.com/f/rally-for-mike-w-barrs-medical-care
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“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2” Review by Bottalk.com
Bottalk.com has added a new review for Layne Morgan‘s “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2”:
Party on, Academy! 8/10
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New Star Trek Comic Books Announced To Preorder! May 2026 Edition
IDW June 2026 Catalog
Star Trek 60th Anniversary Special
Celebrate 60 years of Star Trek with an anthology collecting all-new stories from a star-studded list of creators, including Brian Michael Bendis, Christopher Cantwell, David Walker, Ryan North, Meghan Camarena, Mike McMahan, Derek Charm, Michael Allred, Laura Allred, and more!
On September 8, 1966, Star Trek debuted on television and changed the landscape of science fiction forever, bringing us not only characters who were inspiring and smart but storytelling that shaped the way people thought about the world. Since then, every Trek show, movie, and comic has endeavored to do the same. In this seven-story collection, IDW thrills, delights, and contextualizes lore with tales from the original series Star Trek, Lower Decks, The Animated Series, Picard, and Starfleet Academy…plus a preview of the all-new Star Trek flagship title launching in 2026. Join us as we make history!
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact
Join us for a brand-new adventure featuring cadets from Paramount’s Starfleet Academy as they delve into a dangerous first-contact mission!
Caleb, Genesis, Jay-Den, Kyle, and Tarima are all students of the illustrious Starfleet Academy, training to one day be upstanding commanders and communicators, boldly going, and representing progress across the Galaxy. But today, their mission is to simply execute a survey simulation on a low-oxygen, lifeless planet.
Or at least, it seems simple…until a huge storm cuts off their comms with their teachers aboard the U.S.S. Athena…and an impossibility appears. Now, they’ll have to work together and use everything they’ve learned in class to make it off the planet alive!
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #5
The conclusion to the cadets’ adventure on S’Eekay II!
Genesis Lythe screwed up. When she took charge of a planetary survey simulation exercise on an alien planet, she didn’t know she’d be forced to contend with tech-worshiping aliens silencing her and her teammates who refuse to work together—nor that her teachers wouldn’t be there as a safety net. Now, one of her best friends is injured, and despite Chancellor Kelrec’s presence, the group is no closer to returning to the safety of the U.S.S. Athena.
But there may be a way to turn it all around if only Genesis can trust in her team. School is in session, and she intends for everyone to make it out with full marks.
Star Trek: The Last Starship #10
Kirk’s war against the Emerald Chain brings him face-to-face with his most dangerous enemy yet: Admiral Sato.
When the Borg-augmented U.S.S. Omega liberates Tellar, Starfleet’s U.S.S. Challenger arrives armed with anti-Borg technology, ordering Kirk to stop at any cost. But as Emerald Chain reinforcements descend, an unexpected proposal could force these old allies to choose between destroying each other…and saving the Federation once and for all.
The explosive opening chapter of a Galaxy-shaking new arc starts here!
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Mirror Universe
Go into the alternate “Mirror, Mirror” universe to meet the cold-blooded crew of the I.S.S. Enterprise and their captain, the ruthless Jean-Luc Picard, in a new 6 x 9 format!
This IDW Classic Collections book features three graphic novels—Mirror Broken, Through the Mirror, and Terra Incognita—plus the one-shot story “Origin of Data!”
Space…the final frontier. These are the voyages of the I.S.S. Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to conquer strange new worlds, to enslave new life and new civilizations…to boldly go where no one has gone before! In the other-dimensional Mirror Universe, there is no United Federation of Planets. There is only a cruel Terran Empire, where advancement comes through assassination, brutality is commonplace, and kindness is a weakness.
By writers David Tipton and Scott Tipton with artists J.K. Woodward, Marcus To, Chris Johnson, Josh Hood, Carlos Nieto, Débora Caríta, Tony Shasteen, and Ángel Hernández. Includes over 400 pages of content in an economy-size format!
DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of May 28, 2026
Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.
Out Today: “Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1”
Out today: “Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1“, by Ashley Cooper and Ben Khan and Jamila Rowser and Jarrett Melendez and Karim Diané and Meghan Fitzmartin.
You are cordially invited to the party that is this year’s Star Trek: Celebrations anthology! This one-shot features the universe’s queer characters in tales of love and triumph, exemplifying Gene Roddenberry’s mission for us all to one day celebrate infinite diversity in infinite combinations.
Our cast of all LGBTQIA+ creators—including Meghan Fitzmartin, Ben Kahn, Jamila Rowser, and more (!)—are serving up the fun with stories like a botanical adventure with Sulu and Ben, a bar brawl bash with Mariner and Jennifer, and a nostalgic holodeck date gone wrong with Seven and Raffi, so don’t miss out on this talent-packed extravaganza.
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Out Today: “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2”
Out today: “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2“, by Layne Morgan.
A massive transvectous ozone storm has hit S’Eekay II, stranding Jay-Den, Genesis, Tarima, and Kyle away from their teachers aboard the Athena! What was meant to be a routine survey simulation on an abandoned planet has turned deadly: An unknown life-form’s hunting them, they’re trapped in a mysterious force field preventing them from beaming out, and to make matters worse, the cadets have completely lost their ability to speak to one another…not that they were doing great at working together beforehand.
Luckily, Genesis has a plan to get them out. Only no one is listening to her. And if the cadets all don’t grow into their Starfleet shoes fast, their first mission will become their last.
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Happy 2026 Birthday to Lawrence M. Krauss!
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Happy birthday to Lawrence M. Krauss!
Lawrence Maxwell Krauss is a professor of physics and astronomy, and Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University. He is also director of its Origins Project.
He’s the author of ten popular books, explaining scientific principles and physics for a general public, using, in the cases of the international bestseller The Physics of Star Trek, and Beyond Star Trek, examples from the live-action Star Trek franchise as illustrative back-drops for his treatises. Other popular works, Krauss has written include the award winning Atom, and Hiding in the Mirror: The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions from Plato to String Theory and Beyond.
Krauss also appeared in a segment of How William Shatner Changed the World.
Check out the Lawrence M. Krauss credit page to view more updates and a full list of credits!
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New Star Trek Book: “Jett Reno’s Guide to the USS Athena”
Jett Reno’s Guide to the USS Athena by has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!
“This is the first in a series of briefing packs that provide a unique insight into Star Trek ships. Jett Reno’s Guide to the U.S.S. Athena is an internal document that was created by the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy art department to provide the writers and directors with essential information about the ship. It includes annotated exterior views, information about the ship’s different modes and its transformation and landing procedures, schematics showing the location of all the key systems including classrooms and dorms, and diagrams of all the key sets. The briefing pack consists of 120 pages and comes in a presentation portfolio.”
The book is currently scheduled to be published on September 2, 2026
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New Star Trek Book: “Trek Star: The Geek Life of Doug Drexler”
Trek Star: The Geek Life of Doug Drexler by Doug Drexler has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!
Trek Star chronicles Oscar and Emmy Award-winning makeup, special effects, and conceptual design artist Doug Drexler’s remarkable adventures in television and film as he collaborated on many science fiction classics, including the Star Trek films and TV series.
The book is currently scheduled to be published on June 1, 2026
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Preview of “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2”
Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2 by Layne Morgan which is due to be released this Wednesday on May 27, 2026 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:
Luckily, Genesis has a plan to get them out. Only no one is listening to her. And if the cadets all don’t grow into their Starfleet shoes fast, their first mission will become their last.
Preview of “Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1”
Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1 by Ashley Cooper and Ben Khan and Jamila Rowser and Jarrett Melendez and Karim Diané and Meghan Fitzmartin which is due to be released this Wednesday on May 27, 2026 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:
Our cast of all LGBTQIA+ creators—including Meghan Fitzmartin, Ben Kahn, Jamila Rowser, and more (!)—are serving up the fun with stories like a botanical adventure with Sulu and Ben, a bar brawl bash with Mariner and Jennifer, and a nostalgic holodeck date gone wrong with Seven and Raffi, so don’t miss out on this talent-packed extravaganza.
DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of May 25, 2026
Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.
