Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Officially Returns With New Adventures

Image via Paramount+ Published Nov 1, 2026, 8:00 AM EST Sam Fang primarily covers news for CBR, with over a decade of experience writing about entertainment and pop culture and degrees in both journalism and art. Sign in to your CBR account Star Trek's Starfleet Academy will return this January, and it's bringing with it a brand-new adventure that sees the new cadets stranded and without their teachers. The new release comes ahead of the second and final season of the Paramount+ show. Penguin Random House and IDW Publishing have confirmed that Star Trek: Starfleet Academy — Lost Contact will officially be released on January 27, 2027. The trade paperback collects all five issues of the series, which debuted back in April and ran monthly through August. It sees the cadets from Paramount's Starfleet Academy diving into a dangerous first-contact mission, with Caleb, Genesis, Jay-Den, Kyle, and Tarima all making appearances. The new release marks the perfect opportunity for those who missed out on the individual issues to get caught up ahead of Season 2. Image via IDW Publishing Details of the new paperback release reveal it will retail for $17.99 and comes in at 120 pages. Pre-orders ...