The Stars in Secret Influence

Author:	Peter David
Illustrators:	Tom Sutton and Ricardo Villagran
Editor:	Robert Greenberger
Publisher:	DC Comics
Series:	DC TOS volume 1 #48
Published:	March 1988
Pages:	22
Year:	2280s
Stardate:	8983.2

Bachelor Party!

Summary

During a bachelor party on the Enterprise, a brawl breaks out, and Kirk is hit by a bottle on the head. While deciding on punishment for the offender, he hears of an unarmed Klingon outpost being attacked by a Federation ship.

Creators

• Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
• Writer: Peter David
• Artists:
  • Tom Sutton (pencil art)
  • Ricardo Villagran (ink art)
  • Michele Wolfman (color art)
  • Helen Vesik (letter art)
• Editor: Robert Greenberger

Background

• The first chapter in the Who Killed Captain Kirk? storyline, this issue was later collected in that book.
• This was part of Peter David's first storyline as a Star Trek comic book writer.

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.

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Senior staff of the Enterprise-A.

James T. Kirk

Enterprise-A captain.

Spock

Vulcan Enterprise-A exec and science officer.

Leonard McCoy

Enterprise-A surgeon.

Montgomery Scott

Enterprise-A chief engineer.

Pavel Chekov

Enterprise-A security chief.

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