Star Trek is boldly going into a format a lot of Malaysian and SEA readers already live on: mobile webcomics.
WEBTOON Entertainment and Paramount Products & Experiences have revealed two new original Star Trek webcomic series, Stargazers and Recollection, as part of their partnership to bring the sci-fi franchise into digital comics. Both titles will be available exclusively on WEBTOON’s English-language platform.
This move was first announced last September, with Paramount confirming that Star Trek would expand into digital comics in 2026 as part of the franchise’s 60th anniversary celebration. Now, we finally know what those projects look like.
Stargazers leads the launch
The first series, Stargazers, launched on Sunday. Rather than focusing on existing legacy characters, it introduces a fresh cast while still keeping one foot inside Star Trek canon.
The story is set aboard Deep Space 9, with a young adult romance angle layered over the usual Star Trek mix of politics, identity, and strange station drama. The main character is Leon, a hopeful new graduate trying to figure out adulthood with his circle of friends. That crew includes a clever Bajoran inventor and, yes, his loyal dog.
Things are not just chill station life, though. As Leon’s relationships shift — especially with his childhood friend Syrrik — the group gets pulled into a wider conspiracy involving animal smuggling across the station.
The series is written by Jarrett Melendez, with art handled by Kisai Entertainment.
For SEA readers who enjoy WEBTOON romance, coming-of-age drama, or character-first sci-fi, this sounds like the more accessible entry point. You probably do not need to be a hardcore Trekkie who can quote Deep Space Nine lore from memory. The hook is more personal: friendship, first love, identity, and finding your place after school. Very relatable, just with more Federation politics in the background.
Recollection goes darker and more mysterious
The second series, Recollection, is planned for release later this summer. This one takes a sharper turn into mystery and psychological tension.
It begins with a young woman waking up on a Federation starship with no memory of who she is. She soon learns that six other people are in the same situation. As their memories begin to return in pieces, the group discovers something much more dangerous: several of them may actually be among the Federation’s most wanted criminals.
That setup gives Recollection a very different flavour from Stargazers. Instead of romance and station life, this is about memory, guilt, morality, and whether people can still choose redemption after learning what they may have done.
Sam Maggs is writing Recollection, with Kisai Entertainment also providing the art.
Why this matters for Malaysia and SEA fans
Star Trek has always been huge globally, but in Malaysia and much of SEA, it can feel slightly harder to jump into compared to anime, K-drama, manga, or superhero franchises. A WEBTOON release lowers that barrier a lot.
The vertical-scroll format is built for phones, which fits how many readers here consume comics during commutes, lunch breaks, or late-night doomscrolling. The fact that these are English-language releases also helps for Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and other SEA markets where English digital content travels fast.
It is also interesting that Paramount is not just dumping old stories into a new format. Both series are original, with new characters and new plots, while still drawing from familiar Star Trek shows like Deep Space Nine and Voyager. That balance could make this a solid gateway for younger readers who know the Star Trek name but never knew where to start.
For WEBTOON, this is another sign that big entertainment companies see vertical comics as more than just a niche. Established franchises want younger mobile-first audiences, and WEBTOON already knows how to reach them.
If Stargazers and Recollection land well, do not be surprised if more legacy sci-fi, fantasy, and anime-adjacent IPs start chasing the same space. For fans here, that means more big-name stories arriving in a format that actually fits our daily reading habits.
Source: Anime News Network