Changes: Enterprise Log 1

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Collection of stories from Gold Key Comics' original Star Trek series.

Premise

Enterprise Log 1 (also released as Key Collection volume 1) was a comic book paperback collecting the first eight issues from Gold Key Comics' original Star Trek monthly, spanning from July 1967 to September 1970. This was the first in the series of Star Trek: The Enterprise Logs, which is being reprinted by Checker Books under the name Star Trek: The Key Collection.

It depicted the events of a later missions taking place during the TOS five-year mission. While no definitive timeline was established, the stardates of these stories match a range of stardates spanning approximately the last three-quarters of TOS Season 1. Several canon characters and concepts were included in the stories, but the details were very much contradictory with televised Star Trek of the era, the artists were apparently unfamiliar with the source material.

The original version from Golden Press (a division of Gold Key) features several extras, Including a "psycho-file" on the Captain, portraits of the Enterprise and artist Alberto Giolitti, and a feature from Scotty's diary.

These features were included in the second volume of the Key Collection editions.

Creators

Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
Writers: The writer of these stories is unknown at this time
Artists:
- Nevio Zaccara (#1-2)
- Alberto Giolitti (#3-9)
- Alden McWilliams (Psycho-File)
Editors: Unknown

Captain James T. Kirk - Psycho-File: Feature (4 pages): James T. Kirk's "Identi-Fax" sheet identifies his serial number, lists his height as 5'11" and weight as 173 lbs. His identifying marks are a flashburn on his upper left arm, a phaser-3 scar on his right knee, two repaired fractures of his lower right leg, a surgical laser acar at the base of his spinal cord, a scar across his lower back and one magnesium spinal disc.

A news clipping identifies his father as Colonel Benjamin Kirk, a hero of a military conflict known as the "Klingon Repulsion." 12-year old Jim accepts his fathers posthumous Starfleet decoration, the Supreme Medal of Honor, and an acceptance letter from Commander Alden McWilliams confirms his honorary appointment to UFP Space Academy.

This short feature was created for the original edition, and paints an odd picture of Kirk's life as a military man. If conflicts with other non-canon sources superficially, the only other mentions of Kirk's father are in the novels of Diane Carey, where he is a Starfleet security commander named George Samuel Kirk, Sr. In that version, Kirk's father vanished, when Jim was in his later teenage years.

Jim Kirk's career included the end of a Klingon siege against Federation "Planetary Fort 128." complete with this comic era's "Ming the Mercless-style" Klingon general in multicolored garb.

Gold Key comic 1 — Issue #1; "K-G, Planet of Death!"

The Planet of No Return: Issue #1 (July 1967)

Gold Key-The Devils Isle of Space — Issue #2; "The Devil's Isle of Space".

The Devil's Isle of Space: Issue #2 (March 1968): On stardate "19:03.2"

Invasion of the City Builders: Issue #3 (December 1968): On stardate "20:14.6"

The Peril of Planet Quick Change: Issue #4 (June 1969): On stardate "21:06.7"

Portrait of a Starship: The Enterprise; Special feature.

The Ghost Planet: Issue #5 (September 1969): On stardate "26:06.4"

When Planets Collide: Issue #6 (December 1969): On stardate "23:00.9"

A page from Scotty's Diary: Special feature.

The Voodoo Planet: Issue #7 (March 1970): On stardate "24:17.9"

Portrait of an artist - Alberto Giolitti: Special feature.

The Youth Trap: Issue #8 (September 1970): On stardate "31:09.4"

Characters

Foster

Enterprise crewman. Mr. Foster mused how senseless it would be to die on the prison asteroid. ("The Devil's Isle of Space")

Benjamin Kirk

Colonel (Psycho-File)

James T. Kirk

Captain

Kivo

Starfleet security lieutenant assigned to the Academy. Kivo was the officer on the scene when a fight was reported in Freshman Cadet Jim Kirk's barracks. Kirk reported to Kivo that any cadet caught fighting would be expelled, and the Cadet Rogge had tripped over a foot locker and incapacitated himself.

Klingon general

Commander of siege force attacking Planetary Fort 128.

Leonard McCoy

Alden McWilliams

Commander McWilliams transmitted the admission papers for James Kirk's honorary acceptance to the Academy.

Named for artist Alden McWilliams.

L.R. Nazoyo

Starfleet general who transmitted orders, by way of Communications Officer Will Rogge, for James Kirk to report to a starbase on Phobos to take command of the Enterprise.

Will Rogge

Starfleet serviceman.

Montgomery Scott

Engineer Scott was a lieutenant when he met Kirk for the first time, at a spaceport on Phobos, en route to the Enterprise. He made a comment about Kirk's relative youth compared to his new crew, accusing him of having "milk on his chin." Kirk soon impressed Scott however, on the way to the transporter coordinates, when he correctly diagnosed a problem in the third diverter of a Nuke V-3/A engine which broke down on them. Scott made Kirk a mock medal out of the end of the defective part.

Spock

Science officer Spock met Captain Kirk for the first time on Phobos, en route to assume their duties aboard Enterprise.

Hikaru Sulu

Helmsman

Uhura

Communications officer.

Uhura wore her gold command division uniform in "The Devil's Isle of Space."

Janet Wallace: Biophysicist

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 [[Image:Gold_Key_comic_1.jpg|thumb|150px|Issue #1; "K-G, Planet of Death!"]]
-;The Planet of No Return
+;[[The Planet of No Return]]
+:Issue #1 ([[July 1967]])
-:Issue #1 ([[July 1967]]) : On [[stardate]] "18:09.2," an attack by spaceborne [[spore]]s preludes an [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'']] [[landing party]] visit to [[Planet]] K-G (unofficially named "Kelly-Green" for all the plant life). [[Crewman]] Hunt is horrifically transformed into a mutated plant and dies saving the crew from plant-monsters on the planet. After the crew escapes from a pen, where animals are stored as food for the (probably mindless) plant creatures, [[Spock]] concludes the plant-life must be destroyed to safeguard space travel in the area from spores.
-::''The complete destruction of a unique planetary ecosystem would seem to run a bit counter to the practices of [[Starfleet]] depicted in [[canon]] productions.''
-::''This was the first ''Star Trek'' comic ever produced, and it contains numerous inconsistencies which persist through this entire series, due to artist and writer unfamiliarity with the source material. References are made here to the ''Enterprise'' (sometimes pictured with rocket exhaust emitting from the nacelles) visiting "Galaxy Alpha," using "TV [[scanner]]s," "TV [[radio]]" and [[laser weapon]]s. This was the only Gold Key comic appearance of [[Janice Rand]].''
-::''This issue would also be reprinted in issue #29 of this series, with a new cover listing the planet as "K-2."''
 [[Image:Gold_Key-The Devils Isle of Space.jpg|thumb|150px|Issue #2; "The Devil's Isle of Space".]]
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 ==Characters==
 ; Foster : ''Enterprise'' [[crewman]]. Mr. Foster mused how senseless it would be to die on the prison [[asteroid]]. ''("The Devil's Isle of Space")''
-; Hunt : ''Enterprise'' [[crewman]]. Mr. Hunt perished on Planet K-G, after having been transformed into a giant plant. He shielded the rest of the [[landing party]] from deadly attack by other plant creatures. ''("The Planet of No Return")''
 ; Benjamin Kirk : [[Colonel]] ''(Psycho-File)''
 ; [[James T. Kirk]] : [[Captain]]
 ; Kivo : Starfleet [[security]] [[lieutenant]] assigned to the Academy. Kivo was the officer on the scene when a fight was reported in Freshman [[Cadet]] Jim Kirk's barracks. Kirk reported to Kivo that any cadet caught fighting would be expelled, and the Cadet Rogge had tripped over a foot locker and incapacitated himself.
 ; Klingon general : Commander of siege force attacking Planetary Fort 128.
+; [[Leonard McCoy]]
-; [[Leonard McCoy]] : [[Doctor]] McCoy was part of the landing party to Planet K-G. ''("The Planet of No Return")''
-::''McCoy was shown incorrectly wearing a gold [[command division]] [[Starfleet uniform]] in some panels.''
 ; Alden McWilliams : [[Commander]] McWilliams transmitted the admission papers for James Kirk's honorary acceptance to the Academy.
 ::''Named for artist [[Alden McWilliams]].''
 ; L.R. Nazoyo : Starfleet [[general]] who transmitted orders, by way of [[Communications Officer]] Will Rogge, for James Kirk to report to a [[starbase]] on Phobos to take command of the ''Enterprise''.
-; [[Janice Rand]] : [[Yeoman]] Rand was part of the landing party to Planet K-G. She was briefly captured by animal-herding plant creatures.
 ; Will Rogge : Starfleet serviceman.
 ; [[Montgomery Scott]] : [[Engineer]] Scott was a [[lieutenant]] when he met Kirk for the first time, at a spaceport on Phobos, en route to the ''Enterprise''. He made a comment about Kirk's relative youth compared to his new crew, accusing him of having "milk on his chin." Kirk soon impressed Scott however, on the way to the [[transporter coordinate]]s, when he correctly diagnosed a problem in the third diverter of a Nuke V-3/A engine which broke down on them. Scott made Kirk a mock medal out of the end of the defective part.


Series:	Gold Key TOS
Publisher:	Golden Press (reprinted by Checker Books)
Published:	August 1976 (reprinted June 2004)
Issues:	8 (collected)
Timespan:	2260s
Stardates:	"18:09.2" to "31:09.4"
Reference:	ISBN 0307111857 (1976), ISBN 0974166448 (2004)