Writer(s):	Dan Mishkin
Artist(s):	Ken Penders and Jack Snider
Publisher:	Malibu Comics
Series:	Malibu DS9 #20
Published:	March 1995
Pages:	24
Stardate:	Unknown (2371)

Summary Edit

Background Information Edit

• This issue featured the first appearance of the USS Defiant in comic form.
• When Ken Penders turned in his second batch of pages, Mark Paniccia contacted him asking him to be careful with his likenesses of Miles O'Brien. This struck Penders as odd, as Paniccia had previously "commented not only on how much he himself thought the likenesses were on the money, but that they wouldn't have any approval problems with Paramount Licensing because of them." Penders asked for more details and was told that the problems were in the first eight pages of the issue. As it turns out, Penders felt that the inking on the issue was substandard and the design of the issue was poorly done. [1]

Creators Edit

• Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
• Writer: Dan Mishkin
• Artists:
  • Ken Penders (pencil art)
  • Jack Snider (inking)
  • David Mowry & Scott Reed (ink assists)
  • Mike DeLepine (letter art)
  • Barry Gregory (color design)
  • Salvador Mancha & Nathan Potvin with Foodhammer! (interior color)
  • Leonard Kirk (cover pencil art)
  • Terry Pallot (cover inking)
  • Renee Pulve (cover color art)
• Editors:
  • Mark Paniccia
  • Clarissa Manansala (asst. editor)

Characters Edit

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 Malibu DS9 characters.

Regular and recurring characters Edit

Benjamin Sisko 

Commanding officer of Deep Space 9.

Kira Nerys 

First officer aboard Deep Space 9, and Bajoran liaison to Starfleet.

Julian Bashir 

Chief medical officer aboard DS9.

Odo 

Changeling chief of security aboard DS9.

Jadzia Dax 

Trill science officer aboard DS9.

Miles O'Brien 

Chief of operations aboard DS9.

Quark 

Ferengi businessman and owner of Quark's Bar located on the station's Promenade.

References Edit