
PUBLICATION: Star Trek #1, DC Comics, February 1984
CREATORS: Mike W. Barr (writer), Tom Sutton and Ricardo Villagran (artists)
STARDATE: 8141.5 (after ST II)
PLOT: The Klingons come out of nowhere and destroy the USS Gallant. Back at Starfleet HQ, Kirk asks for the Enterprise back in the wake of Spock's death and gets her. He's immediately sent to find out what happened to the Gallant. Aboard are some new crew members, including the children of crew lost on the missing ship. The Klingons, led by Captain Koloth, attack the Enterprise, but she prevails as the remaining ships enter a wormhole. Kirk and Ensign Bryce find a way to follow and find a Klingon space station poised to attack the Federation...
CONTINUITY: Occuring soon after The Wrath of Khan, Kirk's log mentions Carol and David Marcus returning to Regula I. Saavik (looking like Kirstie Alley) is part of the cast. Though not explicit, the letters pages inform the reader that Sulu is XO in Spock's absence. Koloth (The Trouble with Tribbles) is back, and ridged (cured of the retrovirus, which fits Blood Oath). The Organians are contacted. This is the first appearance of William Bearclaw, Nancy Bryce and Konom, characters that will appear regularly over the course of the series.
DIVERGENCES: Slight differences in the way the uniforms are drawn (some characters don't have the flapped tunic). Apparently, Starfleet cracked the Klingons' cloaking device years ago.
PANEL OF THE DAY - Those crazy ensigns

4 comments:
Not sure if that's the Koloth we all know given the events at the end of issue #3.
Ooh ooh spoilers!
I'll note the divergence when it happens.
Mike Barr improved his Trek stories for this series. This filled in the time between the movies very well.
Visually, I'm sure the artists (and colourists) were now thrilled they could draw the much more visually interesting TWOK uniforms. The grey TMP ones don't really lend themselves to comics. Or movies.
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