{"rewrite":{"id":"r_5e7bd63e6f054b2c81714995","clusterId":"c_8ad2056738014b418f083281","slug":"webtoon-and-paramount-launch-two-original-star-trek-webcomic-series","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"WEBTOON and Paramount Launch Two Original Star Trek Webcomic Series","summary":"WEBTOON and Paramount have released the first of two original Star Trek webcomic series, Stargazers and Recollection, as part of a partnership announced last September. Stargazers debuted on Sunday, while Recollection is set for later this summer. Both series feature new characters and stories within established Star Trek canon.","whyItMatters":"The partnership marks Star Trek's first expansion into the vertical-scroll webcomic format, with two series that introduce original characters and YA romance and mystery tones alongside canonical settings.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe first of two original Star Trek webcomics arrived on WEBTOON's English platform Sunday, kicking off a partnership between WEBTOON Entertainment and Paramount Products \u0026 Experiences that was announced last September. Stargazers, a young adult romance set on Deep Space 9, follows recent graduate Leon and his friends as they navigate early adulthood and a station-wide conspiracy involving animal smuggling. Jarrett Melendez writes the series, with art by Kisai Entertainment. The second series, Recollection, is scheduled for release later this summer. Written by Sam Maggs with art by Kisai Entertainment, it follows a young woman who wakes up on a Federation starship with no memory, only to discover that she and six others are among the Federation's most wanted criminals. Both series introduce entirely new characters and storylines while drawing inspiration from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStargazers\u003c/strong\u003e: Debuted May 17; YA romance set on Deep Space 9; written by Jarrett Melendez, art by Kisai Entertainment\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecollection\u003c/strong\u003e: Releases later summer 2026; mystery thriller about amnesiac criminals on a Federation starship; written by Sam Maggs, art by Kisai Entertainment\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"WEBTOON and Paramount launched the first of two original Star Trek webcomics on Sunday. Stargazers is a YA romance set on Deep Space 9. Recollection, a mystery thriller, arrives later this summer.","twitterPost":"WEBTOON and Paramount launched the first of two original Star Trek webcomics on Sunday. Stargazers is a YA romance set on Deep Space 9. Recollection, a mystery thriller, arrives later this summer.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"WEBTOON and Paramount have released the first of two original Star Trek webcomic series, Stargazers and Recollection, as part of a partnership announced last September. Stargazers debuted on Sunday, while Recollection is set for later this summer. 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