Star Trek #26 from Gold Key Comics, hit spinners in September of 1974. It featured a story by John Warner, and had art by Angelo Todaro and Alberto Giollitti, and featured another cover painting by George Wilson. And I will say this, of all the comic stories in the series so far, this one felt…
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Star Trek: The Trial of Captain Kirk (1974)
The Human Adventure continued in May of 1974 with issue 24 of Gold Keys’ Star Trek comic. Featuring a story by Arnold Drake, with art by Alberto Giolitti nd a cover painting by George Wilson, the series gave us The Trial of Captain Kirk; spoiler – there really isn’t much of a trial. The splash…
Star Trek: Day of the Inquisitors (1972)
Gold Key Comics released issue 16 of their Star Trek comic for November 1972. Once again, the story was written by Len Wein, and featured art by Alberto Giolitti and cover art by George Wilson. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Chekov and PR Officer (?) Claire are headed back to the Enterprise via shuttlecraft. And it is…
Star Trek: Dark Traveler (1972)
In February of 1972 the Enterprise continued to boldly go. Dark Traveler was written, once again, by Len Wein, featured art by Alberto Giolitti and another painted cover by George Wilson. The Enterprise is on her way to the Sigma system when they pick up a strange energy burst in a barren system. The burst…
Star Trek: The Brain Shockers (1971)
The Gold Key Star Trek series continues to boldly go in this August 1971 issue. Len Wein continues to serve as storyteller, Alberto Giolitti delivers fun art, and we get an intriguing painted cover by George Wilson. The Enterprise has arrived at Pollux II to investigate a rash of disappearing starships. While Spock conducts a…
Star Trek: Vulcan’s Heart (1999) – Susan Shwartz, and Josepha Sherman
Vulcan’s Heart is a pretty expansive story, and a good one, even if it felt a little overlong at times. Set in the 2340s, the novel ties in a number of classic episodes into one tale. There is The Enterprise Incident from The Original Series, and The Next Generation episodes Yesterday’s Enterprise and the Unification…
Star Trek: The Legacy of Lazarus (1971)
Len Wein takes over writing duties for Gold Keys Star Trek title, while Alberto Giolitti continues delivering wonderful art (even if the characters and locations don’t always look the way the should). Found on comic spinners for February 1971, Wein’s first story was The Legacy of Lazarus. The splash page makes fans recall The Savage…
Monday Musings – Boldly Going: My Life’s Journey to The Final Frontier
I can remember a time in my life before Star War and Star Trek. There’s a few years of my childhood in the 70s that were untouched by the pop culture events that would play such a huge part in my life. But when I finally ventured to the final frontier, I was drawn into…
Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Call to Darkness (1989) – Michael Jan Friedman
We’re still early into The Next Generation novel series, this is only the ninth in the series. Set in the second season, while the third season was just getting underway on television, the book had to be written while the second season was in production. And that means not everything was going to work as…
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Captain’s Honor (1989) – David and Daniel Dvorkin
I’m not quite sure how Sejanus made captain of a starship, especially one in Starfleet, and that is one of my biggest problems with the next book in the Star Trek: The Next Generation series from Simon & Schuster. Released back in 1989 the television series was about to launch its third season, but this…
The Mind Reels 