Writer(s):	Peter David
Artist(s):	James W. Fry, Curt Swan, and Arne Starr
Publisher:	DC Comics
Editor(s):	Robert Greenberger
Series:	DC TOS annual v2 #2
Published:	1991
Pages:	56
Stardate:	Unknown (Unknown)

First time anywhere!
Kirk's days at Starfleet Academy!

Background InformationEdit

CreatorsEdit

• Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
• A special look back by:
• Writer: Peter David
• Artists:
  • James W. Fry and Curt Swan (interior pencil art)
  • Arne Starr (interior inking)
  • Tom McCraw (color art)
  • Bob Pinaha (letter art)
  • Jerome K. Moore (cover art: pencil, ink, brush, pen, opaque gouache, China marker, screentone) [1]
• Editors:
  • Robert Greenberger (credited as "dean of students")

CharactersEdit

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 characters.

Regular and recurring charactersEdit

James T. Kirk 

Future Enterprise captain. Broke up with his girlfriend Ruth the night before going to Starfleet Academy.

George Samuel Kirk 

James Kirk's older brother. Dating Aurela.

Matt Decker 

Strategy professor. He was later seen as a Captain in "The Doomsday Machine"

Ben Finney 

Dean of Students. Later encountered in "Court Martial".

Gary Mitchell 

Slob of a roommate, next encountered in "Where No Man Has Gone Before".

Finnegan 

Third-year student adviser. Practical joker. Next encountered in "Shore Leave".

Carol Marcus 

Science major at the Academy. Pushed toward Kirk by Mitchell. They later started a relationship. Later encountered in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Uhura 

Upper class-woman. Close friend of Carol Marcus.

Kyle 

Classmate of Kirk and Mitchell.

Ruth 

Girlfriend of Kirk until they broke up the night before he left for the Academy. She moved to San Francisco to be near him at the end of the first term and they got back together as a couple.