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: Gold Key Archives comic omnibuses

The Gold Key Archives is a series of Star Trek comic omnibuses published by IDW Publishing from 2014 onwards. Each hardcover book collects six issues from the first ever series of Star Trek comics, originally published by Gold Key Comics from 1967 to 1979.

The Gold Key Comics have previously been printed in omnibus books, by Golden Press in the 1970s, as Enterprise Logs, and Checker Books' The Key Collection, in the 2000s - Neither series managed to reprint the entire run. What sets the Gold Key Archives apart from both previous efforts is the substantial remastering of the artwork, replacing previously quite drab reproductions with vibrant, clean, and crisp new colouring.

Each book features new cover artwork by Michael Stribling, and new introductory texts from a variety of contemporary Star Trek comics experts. Some volumes also feature short biographies of the original creators.

Gold Key Archives, Volume 1

• Contents: Issues #1-6:
• The Planet of No Return
• The Devil's Isle of Space
• Invasion of the City Builders
• The Peril of Planet Quick Change
• The Ghost Planet
• When Planets Collide
• Contributors:
• Writer: Dick Wood. 
• Artists: Nevio Zeccara and Alberto Giolitti. 
• Introduction by Tony Isabella.
• Published: April 2014.
• Coverage: Excerpt.
• Notes: This is the only book in the series that doesn't feature new artwork for the cover; the image first appeared as a retail incentive cover for Burden of Knowledge #1.
• Purchase: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es, Amazon.it, Amazon.co.jp, Things From Another World, Hastings, Forbidden Planet, iTunes. 

Gold Key Archives, Volume 2

• Contents: Issues #7-12:
• The Voodoo Planet
• The Youth Trap
• The Legacy of Lazarus
• Sceptre of the Sun
• The Brain Shockers
• The Flight of the Buccaneer
• Contributors:
• Writers: Dick Wood and Len Wein. 
• Artist: Alberto Giolitti. 
• Introduction by Scott and David Tipton.
• Published: October 2014.
• Coverage: 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, iTunes.