(written from a Production point of view)
The Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection was a graphic novel compilation partwork and product line that was available in a number of countries worldwide.
Released fortnightly until issue 65 and weekly thereafter, the series gathered many key moments from Star Trek's comic book history into hardcover volumes.
Eaglemoss/Hero Collector' Ben Robinson oversaw the publication as editorial manager, Réka Turcsányi and Rich Handley were its editors, Maggie Calmels was editorial director, and Terry Sambridge acted as design editor. Designers Ryan Cummings, Ross Jackson, Paul Montague, Steve Scanlan, and Jason Et; Tamara Dingsdale also contributed to the project.
The series encompassed a wide range of content and included Gold Key's first Star Trek comic books that were initially published in 1967, the British comic strips, and comic books from DC, IDW, Malibu, Marvel, Paramount, Tokyopop, and WildStorm. Movie adaptations were also covered in the series.
Comics gurus Bob Greenberger, Rich Handley, and James Swallow authored the introductory articles that prefaced each volume. Commencing with issue 72, Handley assumed editorship of the publication and authorship of these articles. [1]
Once combined, the spines of the full set of volumes formed a graphic of a fleet of starships, as seen in the image to the right. Many books incorporated the content of a modern Star Trek graphic novel with a classic comic book from the franchise's past, and each measured 175 × 260 mm.
As "Special Editions", the collection produced stand-alone "Crossover" volumes where Star Trek teamed up with another entertainment franchise in a comic series, such as Doctor Who and Planet of the Apes. Also released as Special Editions, a number of limited-run comic series were collected here as "Miniseries" compilations.
Photonovels and decorative novelty gifts were also produced for the collection.
In May 2020, Rich Handley announced that the partwork would be extended from 120 to 140 (regular) issues, and stated that if sales targets were reached, an extension to 160 issues was possible, providing space for the completion of all of the comics series offered within the collection. [2]
Ben Robinson indicated in October 2020 that sales of the last tranche of issues had not been strong enough to warrant a further extension, and stated that the line would conclude with the publication of issue 140. [3]
Handley added, "Within these 150 books, we've reprinted every story from Gold Key, the British strips, Peter Pan, the L.A. Times Syndicate, Marvel, Brazil's Editora Abril, Malibu, WildStorm, and Tokyopop, as well as numerous rarities and unpublished works along the way. But for DC and IDW, there's more to offer, and I wish we'd been able to bring you every single Trek comic from 1967 to the present (those not featuring X-Men, at least). We got pretty darn close!" [4]
Later, artists Jason and Tamara Dingsdale provided details and cover images of their unofficial fan-made versions of the cancelled books (volumes 141 to 160, Special Editions 7 to 10, and photonovel 5) to Wixiban.com, a noted Star Trek collectibles site. These twenty editions, however, were not based on Handley's plans for the series and were not authorized by Eaglemoss, Paramount, or CBS. [5]
Releases[]
Vol. | Date | Cover | Title and Additional Contents | Pages |
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1 | 5 January 2017 |
|
144 | |
2 | 19 January 2017 | 158 | ||
3 | 2 February 2017 |
|
144 | |
4 | 16 February 2017 |
|
144 | |
5 | 2 March 2017 |
|
160 | |
6 | 16 March 2017 |
|
144 | |
7 | 30 March 2017 | 176 | ||
8 | 13 April 2017 |
|
144 | |
9 | 27 April 2017 |
|
144 | |
10 | 11 May 2017 |
|
144 | |
11 | 25 May 2017 |
|
176 | |
12 | 8 June 2017 |
|
160 | |
13 | 22 June 2017 |
|
176 | |
14 | 6 July 2017 |
|
176 | |
15 | 20 July 2017 | 160 | ||
16 | 3 August 2017 |
|
160 | |
17 | 17 August 2017 |
|
176 | |
18 | 31 August 2017 |
|
192 | |
19 | 14 September 2017 |
|
176 | |
20 | 28 September 2017 |
|
176 | |
21 | 12 October 2017 |
|
224 | |
22 | 26 October 2017 |
|
144 | |
23 | 9 November 2017 |
|
160 | |
24 | 23 November 2017 | 176 | ||
25 | 7 December 2017 |
|
176 | |
26 | 21 December 2017 |
|
208 | |
27 | 4 January 2018 |
|
192 | |
28 | 18 January 2018 |
|
160 | |
29 | 1 February 2018 |
|
128 | |
30 | 15 February 2018 |
|
176 | |
31 | 1 March 2018 |
|
224 | |
32 | 15 March 2018 |
|
176 | |
33 | 29 March 2018 |
|
176 | |
34 | 12 April 2018 | 159 | ||
35 | 26 April 2018 |
|
176 | |
36 | 10 May 2018 |
|
160 | |
37 | 24 May 2018 |
|
160 | |
38 | 7 June 2018 |
|
192 | |
39 | 21 June 2018 |
|
160 | |
40 | 5 July 2018 |
|
176 | |
41 | 19 July 2018 |
|
224 | |
42 | 2 August 2018 |
|
176 | |
43 | 16 August 2018 |
|
144 | |
44 | 30 August 2018 |
|
128 | |
45 | 13 September 2018 |
|
144 | |
46 | 27 September 2018 |
|
176 | |
47 | 11 October 2018 |
|
128 | |
48 | 25 October 2018 |
|
128 | |
49 | 8 November 2018 |
|
160 | |
50 | 22 November 2018 |
|
208 | |
51 | 6 December 2018 |
|
176 | |
52 | 20 December 2018 |
|
128 | |
53 | 3 January 2019 |
|
128 | |
54 | 17 January 2019 |
|
128 | |
55 | 31 January 2019 |
|
144 | |
56 | 14 February 2019 |
|
176 | |
57 | 28 February 2019 |
|
144 | |
58 | 14 March 2019 |
|
176 | |
59 | 28 March 2019 |
|
128 | |
60 | 11 April 2019 |
|
176 | |
61 | 25 April 2019 |
|
144 | |
62 | 9 May 2019 |
|
128 | |
63 | 23 May 2019 |
|
192 | |
64 | 6 June 2019 |
|
144 | |
65 | 20 June 2019 |
|
160 | |
66 | 27 June 2019 |
|
112 | |
67 | 4 July 2019 |
|
112 | |
68 | 11 July 2019 | 128 | ||
69 | 18 July 2019 |
|
104 | |
70 | 25 July 2019 |
|
144 | |
71 | 1 August 2019 |
|
168 | |
72 | 8 August 2019 |
|
144 | |
73 | 15 August 2019 |
|
160 | |
74 | 22 August 2019 |
|
112 | |
75 | 29 August 2019 | 128 | ||
76 | 5 September 2019 | 128 | ||
77 | 12 September 2019 |
|
144 | |
78 | 19 September 2019 |
|
128 | |
79 | 26 September 2019 |
|
136 | |
80 | 3 October 2019 |
|
168 | |
81 | 10 October 2019 |
|
104 | |
82 | 17 October 2019 |
|
120 | |
83 | 24 October 2019 |
|
200 | |
84 | 31 October 2019 |
|
128 | |
85 | 7 November 2019 |
|
136 | |
86 | 14 November 2019 |
|
128 | |
87 | 21 November 2019 |
|
148 | |
88 | 28 November 2019 |
|
120 | |
89 | 5 December 2019 |
|
184 | |
90 | 12 December 2019 |
|
144 | |
91 | 19 December 2019 |
|
168 | |
92 | 26 December 2019 |
|
144 | |
93 | 2 January 2020 |
|
128 | |
94 | 9 January 2020 |
|
192 | |
95 | 16 January 2020 |
series) |
144 | |
96 | 23 January 2020 |
|
136 | |
97 | 30 January 2020 |
|
192 | |
98 | 6 February 2020 |
|
160 | |
99 | 13 February 2020 |
|
144 | |
100 | 20 February 2020 | 128 | ||
101 | 27 February 2020 |
|
128 | |
102 | 5 March 2020 |
|
144 | |
103 | 12 March 2020 |
|
128 | |
104 | 19 March 2020 |
|
144 | |
105 | 26 March 2020 |
|
128 | |
106 | 2 April 2020 |
|
128 | |
107 | 9 April 2020 |
|
128 | |
108 | 16 April 2020 |
|
152 | |
109 | 23 April 2020 |
|
176 | |
110 | 30 April 2020 |
|
168 | |
111 | 7 May 2020 |
|
152 | |
112 | 14 May 2020 |
|
128 | |
113 | 21 May 2020 |
|
160 | |
114 | 28 May 2020 |
|
120 | |
115 | 4 June 2020 |
|
168 | |
116 | 11 June 2020 |
|
142 | |
117 | 18 June 2020 |
|
128 | |
118 | 25 June 2020 |
|
224 | |
119 | 2 July 2020 |
|
144 | |
120 | 9 July 2020 |
|
156 | |
121 | 16 July 2020 |
|
224 | |
122 | 23 July 2020 |
|
148 | |
123 | 30 July 2020 |
|
112 | |
124 | 6 August 2020 |
|
152 | |
125 | 13 August 2020 |
|
224 | |
126 | 20 August 2020 |
|
128 | |
127 | 27 August 2020 |
|
200 | |
128 | 3 September 2020 |
|
200 | |
129 | 10 September 2020 |
|
200 | |
130 | 17 September 2020 |
|
176 | |
131 | 24 September 2020 |
|
216 | |
132 | 1 October 2020 |
|
176 | |
133 | 8 October 2020 |
|
168 | |
134 | 15 October 2020 |
|
232 | |
135 | 22 October 2020 |
|
212 | |
136 | 29 October 2020 |
|
232 | |
137 | 5 November 2020 |
|
176 | |
138 | 12 November 2020 |
|
240 | |
139 | 19 November 2020 |
|
240 | |
140 | 26 November 2020 |
|
232 |
Special Editions: Crossover and Miniseries releases[]
Vol. | Date | Cover | Title | Pages |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 April 2017 | 160 | ||
2 | 6 July 2017 | 144 | ||
3 | 25 September 2017 | 160 | ||
4 | 29 January 2018 |
|
160 | |
5 | 7 June 2018 |
|
128 | |
6 | 27 September 2018 | 144 |
Premium subscription photonovels[]
Subscribers who maintain a "Premium" subscription receive Star Trek photonovels that do not carry the spine art seen on the standard volumes of the Collection. A fifth photonovel was slated for release in February 2020 but was not published, following the company's decision to conclude the collection.
These books were created by John Byrne and were originally published as the Star Trek: New Visions series.
Vol. | Date | Cover | Title | Pages |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 28 September 2017 |
|
272 | |
2 | 25 June 2018 |
|
224 | |
3 | April 2019 |
|
224 | |
4 | October 2019 |
|
224 | |
5 | canceled |
|
Subscription gifts[]
Subscribers receive gifts at specific milestones during the Collection's release. All of these products are also available for individual purchase from the company's webshops.
Image | Gift |
---|---|
USS Enterprise insignia lapel pin | |
Storage tin and six mini (165 mm × 245 mm) film posters
| |
Two tin (259 mm × 169 mm) plates featuring classic comic book covers | |
Steel Starfleet and Klingon Empire insignia bookends |
See also[]
Eaglemoss Collections/Hero Collector publications |
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Starship collections: Official • Discovery • STO • Universe • Lower Decks |
Other collections: Build the Enterprise-D • Busts |
Book series: A Celebration • Designing Starships • Graphic Novel Collection • Nerd Search • Shipyards • Illustrated Handbook |
Other books: Mr. Spock's Little Book of Mindfulness • Star Trek Cocktails • The Book of Grudge |
External links[]
- Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
Official sites[]
- Eaglemoss.com(X) - defunct official international webshop
- HeroCollector.com(X) - defunct official collector portal
- HeroCollector.com(X) - defunct Star Trek Graphic Novel Index article
- Ben Robinson (project manager) at X (formerly Twitter)
Collector sites[]
- HeroCollector Star Trek & Sci Fi Collections Fan Group at Facebook – unofficial fan forum
- Some Kind of Star Trek – Graphic Novel Collection Resource
- Wixiban.com – Eaglemoss Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection