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A 23rd century odyssey – today!
Background information[]
- This issue is the first of a three part adaptation of the Star Trek: The Motion Picture film. The story contained within was previously published with the later issues as one volume in a Marvel Comics Super Special volume, and later reprinted as a Pocket Books paperback version.
Creators[]
- Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
- Writers:
- Marv Wolfman (comic script)
- Harold Livingston (screenplay)
- Alan Dean Foster & Gene Roddenberry (story)
- Artists:
- Dave Cockrum (pencil art)
- Klaus Janson (inking)
- Marie Severin (color art)
- John Costanza (letter art)
- Steve Leialoha (cover art)
- Editors:
- Marv Wolfman
- Jim Shooter (consulting editor)
- Richard Marschall (consulting editor)
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 Marvel TOS characters.
Regular and recurring characters[]
- James T. Kirk
- USS Enterprise's CO, a Starfleet captain. After a promotion to rear admiral, Kirk served as the Chief of Starfleet Operations before returning to captain's rank for the V'ger crisis.
- Spock
- Half-Vulcan former XO and science officer of Enterprise, a Starfleet commander.
- Leonard McCoy
- Enterprise CMO, a Starfleet doctor with the rank of commander.
- Montgomery Scott
- Enterprise chief engineer, a Starfleet commander.
- Hikaru Sulu
- Enterprise helmsman, a Starfleet lieutenant commander.
- Nyota Uhura
- Enterprise communications officer, a Starfleet lieutenant commander.
- Pavel Chekov
- Enterprise tactical officer and security chief, a Starfleet lieutenant.
- Janice Rand
- Transporter chief assigned to the Enterprise, a Starfleet CPO.
External link[]
- The Motion Picture (comic) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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