Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact collection due in January
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Lost Contact collects five chapters on January 26, 2027, ahead of Starfleet Academy’s second season, officially scheduled for March on Paramount+ in 2027.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy — Lost Contact will receive a collected paperback edition on January 26, 2027, according to Penguin Random House. The 120-page volume brings together all five chapters of the adventure written by Layne Morgan and illustrated by Corali Espuna. The story sends Caleb, Genesis, Jay-Den, Kyle and Tarima on a reconnaissance simulation on a lifeless planet with little oxygen. A storm cuts communications with the U.S.S. Athena and turns the exercise into a survival mission. The book arrives ahead of the series’ second season, officially scheduled for March 2027 on Paramount+.
A training mission spirals out of control
The premise begins as an academic exercise: the cadets must survey a barren world with an oxygen-poor atmosphere. The publisher’s synopsis describes the assignment as a reconnaissance simulation. Plans change when a major storm interrupts contact with the instructors remaining aboard the training ship U.S.S. Athena.
Stranded, the group encounters something that should not be there. An alien presence turns first contact, one of Star Trek’s recurring themes, into an immediate danger. The adventure requires the students to combine their classroom knowledge with decisions made under pressure. Promotional material does not reveal the entity’s nature or the outcome; those elements remain part of the reading experience.
Caleb, Genesis, Jay-Den, Kyle and Tarima are the five names highlighted in the synopsis. The starting point gives the comic a smaller scale than a crisis involving the entire Federation, while retaining the franchise’s traditional focus on exploration, communication and cooperation between people with different experiences.
What the collected edition includes
The paperback gathers the five issues of Starfleet Academy — Lost Contact, the miniseries published by IDW. Layne Morgan writes the story, with art by Corali Espuna. The edition carries ISBN 9798887245584 and a US list price of $17.99, according to distributor Penguin Random House’s catalog.
| Detail | Confirmed information |
|---|---|
| Format | Collected paperback |
| PRH release date | January 26, 2027 |
| Length | 120 pages |
| Contents | Lost Contact #1–5 |
| Writer and artist | Layne Morgan and Corali Espuna |
| ISBN | 9798887245584 |
| US list price | $17.99 |
CBR reported January 27, 2027, whereas the Penguin Random House sales listing gives January 26. Because the distributor provides the book’s catalog entry, this article uses January 26 and records the discrepancy so that the difference between listings is clear. Availability may vary by retailer and territory.
From monthly issues to the complete volume
Collecting the five issues lets readers follow the plot continuously without waiting for each monthly installment. For those who followed the individual issues, the volume organizes the complete arc in one book; for newcomers, it offers a direct entry into the cadets’ story. The distributor confirms that the collection includes issues #1 through #5, but does not announce extras or previously unpublished material. Additional content is therefore not confirmed for this version.
A mission that starts as training and becomes a real test connects the comic to the series’ school setting. The cadets must demonstrate independence, but the narrative also involves their teachers, who remain out of reach aboard the Athena. That distance sustains the conflict without foreshadowing changes to television canon: the story is presented as a franchise-related adventure, rather than the announcement of a television episode.
The series follows a different schedule
Although the collected edition arrives in January, the second season of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy does not premiere that month. Official Paramount+ material gives March 2027 as its release window. The season follows the cadets in their second year aboard the Athena, and the platform confirms that the series ends after that second season.
The distinction explains the book’s timing: Lost Contact is a complementary read that precedes the next television chapter, but has its own release date and publishing format. The paperback brings an arc already released in five issues to the bookstore market, while the season will continue the original streaming production’s story.
Where to follow the information
The Penguin Random House listing provides the date, page count, ISBN, creators and synopsis. The official Paramount+ guide confirms March 2027 for the second season, while IDW outlines its current Star Trek comics line in its publishing announcement.
More coverage is available in Revista Pixel’s English edition and its TV and series section. Until the book’s release, the most useful distinction is straightforward: the complete edition is scheduled for late January, and the series returns in March, on separate schedules.
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