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(written from a Production point of view)
Sabotage… or Gremlins?
Background information[]
- This is one of only a very few Star Trek comics ever to feature a non-canon secondary character on the cover without any members of the main cast being present. The image depicts Engineer Debbie Upton on her fateful spacewalk.
Creators[]
- Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
- Writer: Mike Carlin
- Artists:
- Tom Sutton (pencil art)
- Ricardo Villagran (ink art)
- Michele Wolfman (color art)
- Agustin Mas (letter art)
- Joe Brozowski (cover pencil art)
- Bob Lewis (cover ink art)
- Editor: Robert Greenberger
Characters[]
- Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in DC TOS volume 1 characters.
Regular and recurring characters[]
- James T. Kirk
- USS Enterprise-A commanding officer, a Starfleet captain.
- Spock
- Vulcan Half-Vulcan Starfleet captain serving as Enterprise-A exec and science officer.
- Leonard McCoy
- Enterprise-A CMO, a Starfleet commander.
- Montgomery Scott
- Starfleet captain serving as Enterprise-A chief engineer.
- Pavel Chekov
- Enterprise-A security chief, a Starfleet commander.
- Uhura
- Enterprise-A communications officer, a Starfleet commander.
- Hikaru Sulu
- Enterprise-A helmsman, a Starfleet commander.
- M'Ress
- Enterprise-A science officer. M'Ress appeared in two panels but had no dialogue.
- Federation president (see unnamed Federation president)
- The Federation President. The President contacted the crew of the Enterprise-A personally shortly thereafter their light-marker visit to have them investigate the current condition of Gamma Trianguli VI.
Other characters[]
- Codobach (β)
- Starfleet commander, with yellow uniform insignia patches, assigned to bridge command on the ship's night watch. Codobach was an alien with lizard-like green skin, bulbous pink eyes and a toothy snout.
- Grosdun
- Starfleet pilot, with gray uniform insignia patches, assigned to the helm on the ship's night watch. Grosdun was an alien with pink skin, and a bulbous cone-shaped skull.
- Ludlo (β)
- Female Starfleet officer with green hair and blue goggles who gave the helm to Sulu when the day watch arrived.
- Beel
- Red-haired Starfleet officer who gave tactical to Chekov when the day watch arrived.
- Debbie Upton
- Starfleet engineer. Debbie was a redhead in the comic, but was blonde on the cover.
- Morlov
- Starfleet engineering cadet.
- Communications officer
- Night watch communications officer. This officer was an alien with a noseless yellow face.
Mentioned[]
- Hector o' th' Clyde
- Ancient Scottish gremlin of myth.
References[]
- Bon-Wan's Light Marker
- Abandoned space buoy.
- USS Enterprise-A
- Federation starship.
- Gamma Trianguli VI
- Planet
- gremlin
- Scotty takes to referring to gremlins as "corbomites".
- pyro units
- The ship's fire-fighting personnel.
- Scotland
- Scotland Tech.
- Scotty's mother's alma mater was Scotland Tech.
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