The Comic Reader 96 (Apr/73) says that John Warner "...reports doing...some Star Trek stories with some rather familiar people cameoing." Two crewmen in ST 21 are named Levitz and Asherman, after Paul Levitz, then the publisher of TCR, and Allan Asherman, new to DC's editorial staff (and later author of The Star Trek Compendium).
To repeat the gist of an earlier post, #22's "Siege in Superspace" is a sequel to two credited Boudreau science fiction war back-ups in DC's Star Spangled War Stories. The panel above, with 23rd century starship captain Kirk ignorant of black holes (standing in for the 1974 reader about to get some exposition), is from that story.
Gold Key Star Trek Writers
| Mar/73 | #17 | The Cosmic Cavemen | Arnold Drake |
| May/73 | #18 | The Hijacked Planet | Drake |
| July/73 | #19 | The Haunted Asteroid | Drake |
| Sep/73 | #20 | A World Gone Mad | Drake |
| Nov/73 | #21 | The Mummies of Heitius VII | John David Warner |
| Jan/74 | #22 | Siege in Superspace | Gerry Boudreau |
| Mar/74 | #23 | Child's Play | Boudreau |
| May/74 | #24 | The Trial of Captain Kirk | Drake |
| July/74 | #25 | Dwarf Planet | Drake |
| Sep/74 | #26 | The Perfect Dream | Warner |
| Nov/74 | #27 | Ice Journey | Warner |
| Jan/75 | #28 | The Mimicking Menace | George Kashdan |
| Mar/75 | #29 | [reprints #1] | [Dick Wood] |
| May/75 | #30 | Death of a Star | Allan Moniz |
| July/75 | #31 | The Final Truth | Warner |
| Aug/75 | #32 | The Animal People | Drake |
| Sep/75 | #33 | The Choice | Moniz |
| Oct/75 | #34 | The PsychoCrystals | Drake |
| Nov/75 | #35 | [reprints #4] | [Wood] |
| Mar/76 | #36 | A Bomb in Time | Drake |
| May/76 | #37 | [reprints #5] | [Wood] |
| July/76 | #38 | One of Our Captains Is Missing | Drake |
| Aug/76 | #39 | Prophet of Peace | Drake |
| Sep/76 | #40 | Furlough to Fury | Drake |
| Nov/76 | #41 | The Evictors | Drake |
| Jan/77 | #42 | World against Time | Drake |
| Feb/77 | #43 | The World beneath the Waves | Drake |
| May/77 | #44 | Prince Traitor | Drake |
| July/77 | #45 | [reprints #7] | [Wood] |
| Aug/77 | #46 | Mr. Oracle | Drake |
Drake, Kashdan, and Warner continued writing, with credit lines, from #47 to 61. The Gold Key run lasted, by cover date, from July/67 to Mar/79.
I realize it's for the benefit of the reader's that Spock has to explain what Black Holes are to someone, but HOW did Kirk graduate from Starfleet Academy without even HEARING about Black Holes??? lol lol
ReplyDeleteYes, I'll bet Elroy Jetson could answer Spock--and he's not even out of Little Dipper Elementary School.
ReplyDeleteGreat article! John Warner also wrote issue 62, which was never published.
ReplyDeleteAny idea who wrote and illustrated the four additional stories published in the Enterprise Logs books?
Captain James T. Kirk: Psycho-File (Enterprise Logs, Vol. 1)
A Page From Scotty's Diary (Enterprise Logs, Vol. 1)
Lt. Commdr. Spock: Psycho-File (Enterprise Logs, Vol. 3)
From Sputnik to Warp Drive (Enterprise Logs, Vol. 4)
I'm afraid I haven;t even seen the stories--I knew the Logs books were around back in the day but never ran across them in comics stores later when I was trying to fill in my collection and they would have helped.
ReplyDeleteHi, Martin. Feel free to e-mail me at handleyr@optonline.net and I can send you PDFs of the stories in question.
ReplyDeleteDoug Drexler wrote "From Sputnik to Warp Drive," according to a recent podcast interview here: http://www.thetricordertransmissions.com/episode.php?ep=124
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