Star Trek: Lower Decks, Vol. 3: Second Second Contact

Illustrated by Vernon Smith
Paperback
$19.99 US
On sale Sep 29, 2026 | 144 Pages | 9798887245027

A whole planet’s population is missing—and it’s up to Captain Freeman, Tendi, Boimler, Mariner, Rutherford, and crew to recover them while fending off the alien invaders who wish them deader than dead.

It’s time for a long-overdue second contact with the species with whom the U.S.S. Cerritos made its first first contact: the Laapeerians. But when the crew arrives on Laapeeria bearing gifts, Freeman and company are shocked to discover the entire planet has been abandoned! While all the dwellings and infrastructure remain, there isn’t a soul to be found… Where have all the Laapeerians gone? And do the Laapoonians on the planet next door know anything about it?

Collects Star Trek: Lower Decks issues #13–18.
Tim Sheridan is an Eisner-, Ringo-, GLAAD-, and Critics’ Choice–nominated writer and producer of TV, films, and comics!

At the movies, he scripted DC’s Batman: The Long Halloween, Reign of the Supermen, and Superman: Man of Tomorrow—among other stuff. On TV, he’s written for Netflix’s Transformers: War For Cybertron, Dragon Age: Absolution, Masters of the Universe: Revelation and its follow-up Masters of the Universe: Revolution (for which he also wrote the Dark Horse tie-in comics), and more.

He is also the co-creator of DC Comics’ Teen Titans Academy, Flashpoint Beyond, and Alan Scott: The Green Lantern and has proudly written several bonkers issues of IDW’s Star Trek: Lower Decks.
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A whole planet’s population is missing—and it’s up to Captain Freeman, Tendi, Boimler, Mariner, Rutherford, and crew to recover them while fending off the alien invaders who wish them deader than dead.

It’s time for a long-overdue second contact with the species with whom the U.S.S. Cerritos made its first first contact: the Laapeerians. But when the crew arrives on Laapeeria bearing gifts, Freeman and company are shocked to discover the entire planet has been abandoned! While all the dwellings and infrastructure remain, there isn’t a soul to be found… Where have all the Laapeerians gone? And do the Laapoonians on the planet next door know anything about it?

Collects Star Trek: Lower Decks issues #13–18.

Author

Tim Sheridan is an Eisner-, Ringo-, GLAAD-, and Critics’ Choice–nominated writer and producer of TV, films, and comics!

At the movies, he scripted DC’s Batman: The Long Halloween, Reign of the Supermen, and Superman: Man of Tomorrow—among other stuff. On TV, he’s written for Netflix’s Transformers: War For Cybertron, Dragon Age: Absolution, Masters of the Universe: Revelation and its follow-up Masters of the Universe: Revolution (for which he also wrote the Dark Horse tie-in comics), and more.

He is also the co-creator of DC Comics’ Teen Titans Academy, Flashpoint Beyond, and Alan Scott: The Green Lantern and has proudly written several bonkers issues of IDW’s Star Trek: Lower Decks.

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