Overview
- The 68-page special was announced Tuesday and will go on sale September 2, 2026, with a cover price of $8.99 and comic-shop preorders due by July 27.
- The anthology collects new stories by a star-studded lineup that includes Brian Michael Bendis, David Gerrold, Mike McMahan, Christopher Cantwell, Ryan North, Meghan Camarena, Michael and Laura Allred, and others.
- Several pieces tie to specific eras and characters including Bendis’s Sulu story, Gerrold’s Harry Mudd tale, McMahan’s post‑series Lower Decks ‘holodeck what if’ story, and a Beverly Crusher TNG entry.
- Christopher Cantwell and Isaac Sánchez provide a prelude that IDW says sets up the publisher’s 2026 flagship Star Trek relaunch, positioning the special as a handoff to future comics.
- Coverage notes a minor discrepancy in reported story counts—outlets list seven to ten stories—but all sources corroborate the core details of contributors, price, release date, and the relaunch tie-in, and the issue follows IDW’s two-decade history publishing Trek comics.