Can't See the Forest for the Trees

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.

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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.