Star Trek: Lower Decks, Vol. 1: Second Contact #1 was published by IDW Publishing on September 1, 2025, as part of a series that began in 2025. Ryan North writes, and art comes from Charlie Kirchoff, Derek Charm and Jack Lawrence. It features Spock, James T. Kirk, Montgomery Scott, William Shakespeare and Jadzia Dax, among 31 characters catalogued on VerseDB.