Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
Star Trek was a comic book series published by Marvel Comics, running for eighteen issues from April 1980 until February 1982. The first three issues were an adaptation of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Summary[]
The continuing voyages of Admiral Kirk and crew aboard the refit Enterprise following the events of The Motion Picture.
Creators[]
- Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
- Writers:
- Marv Wolfman (#1-4)
- Mike W. Barr (#5-6, #17)
- Tom DeFalco (#7)
- Martin Pasko (#8-9, #11-16)
- Michael Fleisher (#10)
- Alan Brennert (#12)
- J.M. DeMatteis (#18)
- Pencilers:
- Dave Cockrum (#1-6, #8-9)
- Mike Nasser (#7)
- Leo Duranona (#10)
- Joe Brozowski (#11, #13, #18)
- Luke McDonnell (#12, #14, #16)
- Gil Kane (#15)
- Ed Hannigan (#17)
- Inkers:
- Klaus Janson (#1-7, #10)
- Ricardo Villamonte (#8)
- Frank Springer (#9)
- Tom Palmer (#11-13, #17)
- Gene Day (#14, #16)
- Gil Kane (#15)
- Sal Trapani (#16, #18)
- Dave Simons (#17)
- Colorists:
- Marie Severin (#1-3)
- Carl Gafford (#4-6, #8-17)
- Shelly Leferman (#18)
- Letterers:
- John Costanza (#1-3, #5, #9)
- Jim Novak (#4)
- Rick Parker (#6, #10-11, #17)
- Ray Burzon (#7-8)
- Joe Rosen (#11-13)
- John Morelli (#14-15)
- Janice Chiang (#16)
- Harry Blumfield (#17)
- Shelly Leferman (#18)
- Editors:
- Jim Shooter (#1-18)
- Marv Wolfman (#1-4)
- Richard Marschall (#1)
- Louise Jones (#5-14)
- Denny O'Neil (#5)
- Marian Stensgard (#6)
- Al Milgrom (#15-18)
Issues[]
The first Star Trek publication from Marvel was the Super Special #15 which was a magazine style release featuring the comic adaptation of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. This was reprinted a few months later as the first three issues of the series.
- "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"
- "V'ger"
- "Evolutions"
- "The Haunting of Thallus!"
- "The Haunting of the Enterprise!"
- "The Enterprise Murder Case!"
- "Tomorrow or Yesterday"
- "The Expansionist Syndrome"
- "Experiment in Vengeance!"
- "Domain of the Dragon God!"
- "... Like a Woman Scorned!"
- "Eclipse of Reason"
- "All the Infinite Ways"
- "We are Dying, Egypt, Dying!"
- "The Quality of Mercy"
- "There's No Space Like Gnomes'!"
- "The Long Night's Dawn!"
- "A Thousand Deaths"
Collections[]
The series was collected as part of the Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection:
- Volume 13 - Star Trek: Marvel Comics, Part 1 (collects #1-7)
- Volume 19 - Star Trek: Marvel Comics, Part 2 (collects #8-13)
- Volume 39 - Star Trek: Marvel Comics, Part 3 (collects #13-18)
Characters[]
References[]
- Starbase 14
- The destination of the Enterprise on stardate 7523, for emergency medical treatment of Professor Fowler. (#8)