What Star Trek comics are included in IDW’s April 2026 solicitations? Let’s take a tour!
Calling all Trekkies! In this article, we walk you through what’s on the way for Star Trek comics in April 2026. Taken from publisher IDW‘s complete solicitations list, these titles include the debut of a new series, Lost Contact, the return of a long-running series, and a collected graphic novel edition.
STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY—LOST CONTACT #1
Creative team: Layne Morgan (Writer), Coralí Espuna & Nora Serrano (Artists)
Official description: 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!
32 Pages – $4.99 – APRIL 2026 – UPC 82771403522300111
STAR TREK LOWER DECKS #18
Creative team: Tim Sheridan (Writer), Vernon Smith (Artist)
Official description: 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, $&#@!*.
32 Pages – $4.99 – APRIL 2026 – UPC 82771403368701811
STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS, VOL. 2: MIXED SIGNALS (TP)
This trade paperback collects issues #7–12 of the Star Trek: Lower Decks series.
Creative team: Tim Sheridan (Writer), Clayton Cowles (Letterer), Philip Murphy (Artist), Robby Cook (Artist), Vernon Smith (Artist), Charlie Kirchoff (Colorist), Jack Lawrence (Artist), Maria Keane (Inker)
Official description: 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!
144 Pages – $19.99 – APRIL 2026 – ISBN 9798887243917
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