IDW Publishing has been debuting a lot of new Star Trek books in recent months, and that trend will continue in 2026. IGN can exclusively reveal IDW's latest Trek project, an Uhura-focused one-shot called Star Trek Deviations: Threads of Destiny.

The Deviations line is essentially IDW's answer to Marvel's What If comics - exploring alternate universes where familiar stories play out very differently. For example, the original Star Trek Deviations comic from 2017 was set in a universe where the Romulans made first contact with Earth rather than the Vulcans. Threads of Destiny offers an alternate take on the beloved The Original Series episode "The City on the Edge of Forever," this time with Lt. Uhura being the one to be dragged back in time to the 20th Century. Uhura will find herself thrust into the middle of the Civil Rights Movement.

Star Trek Deviations: Threads of Destiny is written by Stephanie Williams (Nubia and the Amazons) and illustrated by Gregory Maldonado and Mark Alvarado. Here's IDW's official description for the issue:

This special one-shot features Lieutenant Nyota Uhura. In the 23rd century, she explores far-flung star systems with her crew on the Enterprise as part of her mission to communicate and build bridges with life found across the Galaxy. But in the 20th century, humankind was working to build understanding among themselves, with African Americans on Earth championing the Civil Rights Movement and using their voices and acts of protest to end racial segregation and discrimination.

Now, by way of the Guardian of Forever, Uhura is yanked back through time to 1963. There, she’ll join all those fighting for equality and justice and reconnect to why her work as a communications officer is perhaps the most important work of all.

Star Trek Deviations: Threads of Destiny will be released on February 25, 2026, just in time for Black History Month. This issue has a preorder deadline of January 19, 2026. You can order a copy at your local comic shop.

In other Trek news, Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are reportedly lined up to write, produce, and direct a new Star Trek movie for Paramount Pictures, one that won't be connected to any current or previous projects.

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