Marvel Comics obtained the Star Trek license from 1996. Marvel (under the "Marvel/Paramount comics" imprint) published monthly comics based upon Deep Space Nine and Voyager, as well as various one-shots and the quarterly Star Trek Unlimited series, which covered TOS and TNG.
They also introduced two new series, Star Trek: Early Voyages which dealt with Christopher Pike's adventures as captain of the Enterprise (as depicted in the rejected TOS pilot "The Cage") and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy which dealt with a group of cadets, including Deep Space Nine's Ferengi, Nog.

Fan acceptance of these comics got off to a shaky start when Marvel's inaugural publication of its new Star Trek line turned out to be a crossover between Star Trek TOS and Marvel's popular superhero team, the X-Men. (This was later followed by a subsequent X-Men/TNG crossover). However, the different series turned out to be relatively popular, with Starfleet Academy and Early Voyages registering strong sales.

After about 18 months, however, Marvel's management reevaluated the relatively high cost of the Star Trek license agreement with Paramount resulting in all titles being abruptly cancelled, even though Early Voyages was in the middle of a story arc at the time.


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