Star Trek comic strips omnibuses

Some of the rarest and least known Star Trek comics were published as strips, as part of other publications. Thanks to the way they were distributed, and the relative obscurity of those publications (either only printed in the UK, or a handful of US newspapers), these strips were largely lost to time. Until the 2010s when IDW's Library of American Comics imprint started work to resurrect them. The result is a series of high quality reproductions of those long lost prints, in large hardcover volumes. This is a list of those books.

In the UK, in the late-60s and early-70s, some of the first ever Star Trek comics were published in weekly issues of magazines such as Joe 90: Top Secret, TV21, and Valiant, printed alongside other sci-fi and adventure series. This series started before Star Trek had even aired in the UK, and like their US contemporaries, the Gold Key Comics, often didn't have the strongest grasp on the themes and styles of Star Trek, often seeming quite out of character with the series we now know.

Later in the US, in the late-70s and early-80s, another series of strips was brought to life, syndicated to various newspapers. These strips were mostly set in the then present day of Star Trek, in the period of The Motion Picture.

Star Trek: The Newspaper Comics, Volume 1

• Notes: First of two books reprinting the US newspaper strips, this volume contains the first ten story arcs, originally published from 1979 to 1981. Also included are several artist audition strips and adverts for the series, as well as reproductions of a series of strips uniquely originally published in McDonalds Happy Meals.
• Writers: Thomas Warkentin, Tom Durkin, Peter Jacoby, and Sharman DiVorio. Artists: Thomas Warkentin, and Ron Harris.
• Published: December 2012.
• Coverage: Excerpt.
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Star Trek: The Newspaper Comics, Volume 2

• Notes: Second book of the US newspaper strips, containing the final ten story arcs, frst published from 1981 to 1983. Also includes several artist audition strips, and a lexicon of subjects from the entire series.
• Writers: Sharman DiVono, Larry Niven, Martin Pasko, and Gerry Conway. Artists: Ron Harris, Padraic Shigetani, Bob Myers, Ernie Colon, Dick Kulpa, Alfredo Alcala, and Serc Soc.
• Published: September 2013.
• Coverage: Excerpt.
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Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Volume 1

• Notes: First book of the UK strips, featuring stories originally published from 1969 to 1970.
• Writters: Harry Lindfield, Jim Baikie, and Mike Noble. Artist: Harry F. Lindfield.
• Published: April 2016.
• Coverage: Excerpt, further excerpt.
• Purchase: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es, Amazon.it, Amazon.co.jp, Things From Another World, Forbidden Planet. 

Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Volume 2

• Notes: Second book of the UK strips, featuring stories originally published from 1970 to 1972.
• Published: November 2016.
• Purchase: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr.