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STAR TREK Comics Timeline Project - 2262 Part 3 |
Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:56 am
The Voodoo Planet
Stardate: 24:17.9
Comic: Star Trek #7
Publisher: Gold Key
Date: March 1970 (Reprinted in #45, July 1977)
Synopsis:
Writer: Unknown / Artist: Alberto Giolitti
On the other side of the galaxy, the crew of the Enterprise comes across a perfect replica of Earth. When they beam down to investigate, they are surprised to discover that the streets are empty of people and vehicles and that the buildings are made of papier-mâché. As Kirk and Spock investigate the fake Eiffel Tower, a beam lashes out, striking the tower, which collapses. Back on the Enterprise the two officers discovers that at the exact time the fake Eiffel Tower fell, so did the real one back on Earth. McCoy and Spock surmise that it is some sort of "deep space voodoo." A crewman gets a track on the source of the destructive beam, and the Enterprise follows it to a nearby planet. Beaming down, Spock, Kirk and McCoy discover that the scheme is the work of Count Dressler, a mad former ruler of a tiny kingdom on Earth who was forced to flee and is now taking revenge on his home planet. Dressler, using voodoo dolls, turns his arcane skills on Kirk and Spock and captures them. They are rescued by McCoy and beam back to the Enterprise. Spock remembers a cult similar to Voodoo on Vulcan and, after some research, discovers the rituals of the Vulcan Pain Casters. Spock and Kirk put themselves through the Pain Caster ritual to make themselves immune to Dressler's voodoo. Once back on the planet surface, they turn the tables on Dressler and capture him. Kirk then decides to maroon Dressler on a deserted planet where he can do no more harm.
The Youth Trap
Stardate: 31:09.4
Comic: Star Trek #8
Publisher: Gold Key
Date: September 1970
Synopsis:
Writer: Unknown (Dick Wood?) / Artist: Alberto Giolitti
While exploring Galaxy Zekbran, the Enterprise sights an uncharted planet and goes into orbit to investigate. While in orbit the number two engine is attacked, burning out all the "filament parts." Spock reports that to rebuild the filaments they will need a source of Zutotanium. An engineering team is sent down to look for the ore, and is attacked by a mysterious beam that reduces them to small boys. Spock, Kirk and McCoy beam down to investigate, whereupon they are also fired on by two aliens. The strange beam hits McCoy, who is transformed into a teenager. Suddenly the two aliens start fighting each other and one is pushed off a cliff. The Enterprise crew gets to the injured alien, who tells them that he has invented a de-aging machine and that they had hoped to use it to freeze their ages until a rescue ship could arrive. They had been testing it on the Enterprise crew, but the other alien had decided to use it to gain power. After capturing the landing party, the evil alien decides to use the Enterprise as his ride home and forces Spock to beam him onboard. He then uses the de-aging ray on the whole crew by transmitting it via the ship’s closed-circuit TV screens. Meanwhile, back on the surface, Kirk and the friendly alien use trickery to escape and beam back up to the Enterprise. Once onboard they overpower the evil alien and use the aging machine to reverse the process. With everything restored, the Enterprise crew mines the Zutotanium, repairs the engines and returns to their mission.
The Legacy of Lazarus
Stardate: 10:26.3
Comic: Star Trek #9
Publisher: Gold Key
Date: February 1971
Synopsis:
Writer: Len Wein / Artist: Alberto Giolitti
The Enterprise is sent to planet Gamma Alpha V to verify readings from a probe sent 10 years earlier. Although the probe classified the Class M planet as uninhabited, the Enterprise sensor readings show an occupied city. When the landing party beams down, they are amazed to find the city populated by famous people from Earth history. Spock becomes separated from the landing party and is captured. He finds out that the man at the center of the mystery is Earth historian Alex Lazarus, who fled Earth with his psi-androids years before. On the planet, he transferred his knowledge of historical figures to the androids. But now he wants to learn the history of Vulcan by tapping into Spock's brain. When Sulu discovers the entrance to Lazarus' headquarters, he orders the androids to attack the landing party. The besieged landing party beams up, while Spock, who has freed himself from Lazarus, is still below ground. Scotty doubles the power of the transporter and manages to beam Spock up just as Lazarus' cavern explodes
Sceptre of the Sun
Stardate: 12:48.6
Comic: Star Trek #10
Publisher: Gold Key
Date: May 1971
Synopsis:
Writer: Len Wein / Artist: Alberto Giolitti
En route to Starbase 10 the Enterprise suddenly comes to a stop and appears to be in the grasp of a giant genie. McCoy, Spock, Scotty, and Kirk are mysteriously transported to an ornate palace. There they are coerced by a sorcerer named Chang into recovering the so-called "Sceptre of the Sun" that he needs in his war against another sorcerer named Xanadu. The crew heads out on its quest and meets a group of barbarians, who claim that they are in fact humans who left Earth in suspended animation during the Eugenics Wars of the 1990s. Chang was originally one of them, but turned against the others. The crew and the barbarians find the Sceptre guarded by a giant robot that Spock disables. With the Scepter in their control, the Enterprise crew storm Chang's castle. Spock shows all Chang’s tricks to be illusions, and the "genie grip" turns out to be a tractor beam. Unable to disable the beam, the officers radio the Enterprise and have it destroy Chang's castle with its phasers
The Brain Shockers
Stardate: 11:26.1
Comic:[[b]/b] Star Trek #11
Publisher: Gold Key
Date: August 1971
Synopsis:
Writer: Len Wein / Artist: Alberto Giolitti
In orbit around the planet Pollux II while investigating the disappearance of several ships in the area, the Enterprise is subjected to attacks from the surface. The attacks rock the ship, breaking a collection of sacred Vulcan artifacts that contained the bottled emotions of Vulcan's founders. Those emotions are set loose among the Enterprise crew. On the surface, Spock discovers a bored immortal called Malok who has been luring passing starship crews to his jungle maze so that he could experience their terror through his telepathic powers. Malok tries to ensnare the Enterprise crew but is overwhelmed by the hidden Vulcan emotions. With their composure restored, the crew return to the Enterprise and leave Malok to wrestle with these newfound emotions.
The Flight of the Buccaneer
Stardate: 32:46.3
Comic: Star Trek #12
Publisher: Gold Key
Date: November 1971
Synopsis:
Writer: Len Wein / Artist: Alberto Giolitti
Spock, McCoy, Scotty, and Kirk go undercover as interstellar pirates to uncover a stash of stolen dilithium crystals. They make contact with the notorious pirate Black Jack Nova, who agrees to team up with Kirk to find the stash. Nova's first officer discovers that Spock and Scotty are Federation spies, but before he can tell his captain, Kirk denounces them. Nova pushes the two out of an airlock and then leaves in search of the crystals. The floating Spock and Scotty are rescued by the Enterprise, under the command of Sulu, which has been waiting nearby using a captured Romulan cloaking device. The Enterprise warps to the planet where the crystals are hidden, arriving before Kirk and Nova in Nova's ship Windjammer. Here they find Ben Cannon, the original captain of the Windjammer, who helps them against Nova. Kirk and Nova face off in an electron-cutlass duel which ends when Kirk throws his cutlass at the escaping Nova, hitting an engine generator tube on his shuttle, which explodes. With Nova destroyed, Cannon gives the Enterprise crew a stash of dilithium crystals that he had dug up earlier.
NEXT POST: 2263
Previous Entries
- 1953
- 2056
- 2063
- 2250
- 2251 - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
- 2253-2259
- 2262 - Part 1, Part 2
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NOTES:
(1) This timeline covers Star Trek comics published in the USA and UK between 1967 to 2007 (i.e. from Gold Key to TokyoPop) - it does not include any stories from current Star Trek comics publisher IDW.
(2) Go to the first post in this series for the Time Line Introduction explaining the background, definitions and considerations for this Star Trek Comics Time Line project.
(3) For more information on the history of Star Trek in comics check out my book STAR TREK: A Comics History. now available in stores.
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STAR TREK Comics Timeline Project - 2262 Part 2 |
Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:03 pm
The Planet of No Return
Stardate: 18:09.2
Comic: Star Trek #1
Publisher: Gold Key
Date: October 1967* (Reprinted in #29—March 1975)
*Most guides list this as being published in July 1967, but the publisher’s code suggests an October 1967 publication date.
Synopsis:
Writer: Unknown / Artist: Nevio Zeccara
On its first comic book mission, the starship Enterprise encounters in "Galaxy Alpha" a fertile planet that for some strange reason the crew nicknames "Kelly-Green" or K-G. (On the cover of the reprint it is renamed K-2.) Once on the planet, a crew member is transformed into a mutated plant. The rest of the landing party discovers a race of "plant-monsters" that stores and uses animals for food. Janice Rand, in her only Gold Key appearance, is captured and held in one of the food pens. Kirk orders Spock to use the Enterprise's "laser beam destruct ray" to destroy the plants. Spock is apparently an amazing shot, as he manages to destroy the plants without touching Rand. Once the landing party is back onboard, Spock tells the Captain that all life on the planet must be destroyed so that travel in the area will be safe!
The Devil’s Isle of Space
Stardate: 19:03.2
Comic: Star Trek #2
Publisher: Gold Key
Date: March 1968
Synopsis:
Writer: Unknown / Artist: Nevio Zeccara
On the edge of an asteroid belt, the Enterprise is immobilized by a mysterious electronic field surrounding a planetoid. When a landing party beams down to investigate, they find two gigantic dispensing machines: one for food, and one for clothing. Eventually Kirk and company discover that the planetoid is in fact a prison for "The Condemned." The leader of the criminals traps Kirk and tries to get him to transport the prisoners onto the Enterprise. When this fails, they imprison Kirk on the doomed planetoid, which is due to go supernova within 24 hours. Spock, meanwhile, arranges for Scotty to lead a rescue party. Once the Enterprise crew is saved, the ship pulls away… just before the planetoid explodes.
Invasion of the City Builders
Stardate: 20:14.6
Comic: Star Trek #3
Publisher: Gold Key
Date: December 1968
Synopsis:
Writer: Unknown / Artists: Alberto Giolitti (& Giovanni Ticci?)
The Enterprise arrives at the "Planet Questionmark" to follow up on mysterious "radio films," recorded a hundred years earlier, depicting a large mechanical city. Using its rockets (!) the Enterprise drops into the atmosphere and flies over the planet, finding it almost totally covered by buildings yet with little sign of any inhabitants. Eventually the crew makes contact with the few remaining inhabitants of the planet, who are being driven into extinction by the machines that they themselves created. The thinking machines continue to build cities even though there is no one to live in them, and consequently destroy the ground needed to grow crops. Kirk and Spock discover the machines’ weakness and help the people of the planet destroy them and start to reclaim the land.
The Peril of Planet Quick Change
Stardate: 21:06.7
Comic: Star Trek #4
Publisher: Gold Key
Date: June 1969 (Reprinted in #35—November 1975)
Synopsis:
Writer:Unknown / Artist: Alberto Giolitti
The Enterprise discovers that the planet Metamorpha in Galaxy Telpha Z not only appears to have the ability to change its chemical makeup every few minutes, but also that it is a source of Tiantianium, "the most precious metal in the galaxy"—so powerful that an ounce can power a starship for a year. Kirk, Spock, McCoy and a landing party beam down, leaving Scotty in charge. On the planet, the landing party is attacked by strange lights that swirl around Spock. Later Spock demonstrates super-strength when he rescues McCoy and Kirk from danger. It transpires that Spock's mind has been inhabited by six aliens from the planet who inform him how to extract the ore they need, and return the changing planet to its natural state. Once this has been achieved, five of the aliens leave Spock, but the sixth, who wishes to escape the planet, refuses to abandon Spock's mind. Back onboard the Enterprise, Spock throws himself into the transporter while it is somehow simultaneously set on both materialization and dematerialization, thereby separating himself from the reluctant alien.
The Ghost Planet
Stardate: 26:06.4
Comic: Star Trek #5
Publisher: Gold Key
Date: September 1969 (Reprinted in #37—May 1976)
Synopsis:
Writer: Unknown / Artist: Alberto Giolitti
Deep in Galaxy Zelta the Enterprise discovers a planet hidden inside a series of interstellar rings. A landing party beams down and finds a ruined, deserted city, which Spock surmises is the result of a war. The landing party is brought before the twin rulers of the planet, Justin-I and Justin-2, who tell of when The Terror of the rings descended on their world and the population left the planet’s surface to take up residence in two orbiting stations—stations that are now overpopulated. The Justins ask Kirk for help. Spock speculates that the Enterprise’s laser beams may be powerful enough to destroy the rings and remove The Terror. After the Justins sign off, Spock isn't convinced about their story, and his doubts are confirmed when the discovery of a hidden library shows that the two Justins were in fact leaders of opposing factions in an ongoing civil war until the rings arrived. Confronted with the truth, the Justins declare they have no more weapons and mean only good for their people. The Enterprise uses “electronic rifles” and “magnetic generators” to pull the rings into deep space. Of course, the two Justins have been lying and have a stockpile of hidden weapons. Confronting them once more, Kirk points to the sky where the deadly rings appear to have returned. It is in fact film of the rings played back into the atmosphere by McCoy on the Enterprise, but it is enough to convince the Justins to destroy their weapons and agree to continue to work together.
When Planets Collide
Stardate: 23:009
Comic: Star Trek #6
Publisher: Gold Key
Date: December 1969
Synopsis:
Writer: Unknown / Artist: Alberto Giolitti
The crew of the Enterprise is ordered to investigate an unusual reading coming from the Alpho galaxy. The reading turns out to be two apparently uninhabited planets on a collision course. A landing party is sent to plant hydrogen charges on the first planet, where (of course) they find a humanoid civilization living underground. The crew heads for the second planet. While in orbit they surmise that the mountains of the second planet, which are of a strange metallic ore, have a strong natural magnetic attraction to the rocks of the first planet, and that this is what is pulling the two together. The crew beam down to the second planet and discover yet another subterranean civilization that derives its power source from the magnetic mountains. Spock proposes a fast return to Vulcan space to fetch a 10,000-ton particle of the former star named Doona, renowned for its natural "repelling force." The Enterprise attaches an “electronic tow rope” to the star fragment and tows it back across space, through a dangerous asteroid field, to place it between the doomed planets.
NEXT POST: 2262 Part 3
Previous Entries
- 1953
- 2056
- 2063
- 2250
- 2251 - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
= 2253-2259
= 2262 - Part 1
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NOTES:
(1) This timeline covers Star Trek comics published in the USA and UK between 1967 to 2007 (i.e. from Gold Key to TokyoPop) - it does not include any stories from current Star Trek comics publisher IDW.
(2) See the start of this post thread for the Time Line Introduction explaining the background, definitions and considerations for this Star Trek Comics Time Line project.
(3) For more information on the history of Star Trek in comics check out my book STAR TREK: A Comics History. now available in stores.
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The Weekly Haul - 1/27/10 - What I'm Reading and Why |
Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:17 am
Another week, another stack of four color goodness from the hallowed halls of Austin Books.
Comics
Amazing Spider-Man #619 (Marvel) - This current story arc is like rediscovering the feeling I had the first time I read classic Spider-Man stories. Brilliant work.
Batman & Robin #7 (DC) - still not 100% sold on this Grant Morrison take of the Dark Knight - it's up and down - will give it a couple more issues.
Buck Rogers #8 (Dynamite) - It's Buck Rogers...
Captain America: Reborn #6 (Marvel) - Will admit I just picked this one up to complete the mini-series, but truth be told I really lost interest a couple of issues back.
Detective #861 (DC) - Easily the most imaginatively designed and executed mainstream super hero title around.
Fantastic Four #575 (Marvel) - The FF is back to being a fun book, well told, yet is being somewhat overlooked right now.
Jack of Fables #42 (DC/Vertigo) - I just love that fact that you never know where this book is going to go from issue to issue.
Northlanders #24 (DC/Vertigo) - Consistently one of the best quality books on the stands at the moment. Never fails to be powerful, thought provoking, and educational even for a history nut like myself.
Robocop #1 (Dynamite) - a combination of recently rewatching the movie, plus making the acquaintance of writer Rob Williams made this a definite pick for this week.
Superman: Secret Origins #4 (DC) - Really enjoying this new spin on the Man of Steel's early days.
Witchblade #134 (Top Cow) - Dipped back into the world of Witchblade a few months back, and have been surprised by how much I'm enjoying the series right now.
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STAR TREK Comics Timeline Project - 2262 Part 1 |
Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:57 am
All Those Years Ago
Stardate: 1278.4
Comic: Star Trek Annual #1
Publisher: DC Comics
Date: October, 1985
Synopsis:
Writer: Mike W. Barr / Artists: David Ross & Bob Smith
In the year 2286, Captain Kirk recalls his first mission aboard the Enterprise in 2262. The mission:- transport Captain Christopher Pike to his next assignment on Draxis II. On the way the Enterprise encounters the Tralmanii, an alien race that feeds on stellar energy that Pike had encountered in his past.
Prisoners
Stardate: Not Given
Comic: Star Trek #76
Publisher: DC Comics
Date: October, 1994
Synopsis:
Writer: Kevin J. Ryan / Artists: Rachel Ketchum & Mark Heike
During an early part of the Enterprise’s first five-year mission, the ship arrives at the planet Tendar which is at the early stages of space exploration. When the landing party beams down, Kirk, Spock, and Gary Mitchell are immediately arrested. The Tendarans want to use the prisoners as negotiating tools with the Federation, but Scotty and the rest of the Enterprise crew have other ideas, and soon break them out. (Because prison break outs are so much more exciting than using the transporter!)
Gary
Stardate: Not Given
Comic: Star Trek #64
Publisher: DC Comics
Date: October, 94
Synopsis:
Writer: Kevin J. Ryan / Artists: Rod Whigham & Arne Starr
Following the events of the ST:TOS episode Where No Man Has Gone Before, James Kirk tries to compose a message to the parents of his best friend, Gary Mitchell, informing them of their son’s death. Unable to tell them the truth about his death, Kirk instead tells a story of how Mitchell once saved his life and helped him better understand an alien culture, thereby showing him the true purpose of Starfleet.
NEXT POST: 2262 Part 2
Previous Entries
- 1953
- 2056
- 2063
- 2250
- 2251 - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
- 2253-2259
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NOTES:
(1) This timeline covers Star Trek comics published in the USA and UK between 1967 to 2007 (i.e. from Gold Key to TokyoPop) - it does not include any stories from current Star Trek comics publisher IDW.
(2) Check out the first post in this series for the Time Line Introduction explaining the background, definitions and considerations for this Star Trek Comics Time Line project.
(3) For more information on the history of Star Trek in comics check out my book STAR TREK: A Comics History. now available in stores.
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STAR TREK Comics Timeline Project - 2253-2259 |
Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:38 am
Star Crossed
Stardate: Not Given
Comic: Star Trek #73
Publisher: DC Comics
Date: July 1995
Synopsis:
Writer: Howard Weinstein / Artists: Rachel Ketchum & Mark Heike
With a little help from his girl friend, Carol Marcus, the young Starfleet cadet James T. Kirk reprograms, and passes, the Kobayashi Maru test. A few years later, the pair are reunited when Carol is assigned to the USS Eagle, where James Kirk is the First Officer. The two resume their relationship, but Carol decides that she is not cut out for a career in Starfleet and leaves. Unknown to Kirk, she is two months pregnant.
Loved Not Wisely
Stardate: Not Given
Comic: Star Trek #74
Publisher: DC Comics
Date: August 1995
Synopsis:
Writer: Howard Weinstein / Artists: Rachel Ketchum & Mark Heike
While visiting Earth during leave from the USS Eagle, James Kirk visits Carol Marcus and learns about his son, David. Shortly afterwards, he is offered his first command as Captain of the USS Oxford. Kirk asks Carol to marry him before he accepts the command, but she refuses and tells Kirk to stay away from her and David and to pursue his dream to be a starship captain.
NEXT POST: 2262
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NOTES:
(1) This timeline covers Star Trek comics published in the USA and UK between 1967 to 2007 (i.e. from Gold Key to TokyoPop) - it does not include any stories from current Star Trek comics publisher IDW.
(2) See first post in this series for the Time Line Introduction explaining the background, definitions and considerations for this Star Trek Comics Time Line project.
(3) For more information on the history of Star Trek in comics check out my book STAR TREK: A Comics History. now available in stores.
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