Year five, will arrive in april, kicking off a sweeping space odyssey developed by writers jackson lanzing, collin kelly, and artist stephen thompson. Hottest comics key issues comics by letter cgc cert lookup investment speculation new. Star trek comic books in comic book collections for sale ebay. Painted cover by george wilson, with inset photos of. From 1969 to 1973, a series of weekly star trek comic strips ran in the british comics magazine eventually known as tv century 21. Countdown follows the stories of spock and nero in the year 2387. Star trek is a series of comics based on the gene roddenberry television series star trek and the subsequent films. The story serves as both a lead up to the film, and as a continuation of the star trek. Two more annuals, under the mighty tv comic banner, also produced original star trek materials.
Gold key comics, part of whitman publishing, were the first publishers of star trek comics. It follows the characters of spock and the romulan nero during the year 2387, detailing the events that cause them to travel to the 23rd century. The franchises massively popular array of television shows and films inspired the comic books and graphic novels that we know and love today. In this series of star trek comic books, issues are an adaptation of star trek. The muppets have spoofed star trek on many occasions over the years.
The first star trek comics began publication under the poughkeepsie. Deep space nine makes its longawaited return to comics. British star trek comic strips star trek comics checklist. Until recently, most comic book price guides indicated that variant issues of. Get the best deals for star trek comic gold key at. Transformers, a four issue comic book crossover inspired by the continuities of two iconic cartoon shows. The stories were serialized, generally 2 to 3 pages at a time, in 257 weekly magazines spanning five years and 37 storylines. Star trek 1967 gold key comic books 1969 mycomicshop. The animated series 1973 and the transformers 1984. In a new behindthescenes video released by idw, lanzing discusses the creative process involved in bringing year five to vivid life. Disneys star wars land getting a marvel comic book before it.
Star trek has a fiftytwo year history of tiein fiction, beginning with the 1967 publication of james blishs star trek 1. Star trek is a space epic that takes place in the distant future and most commonly follows the adventures of the starship enterprise. Given for each issue is a thumbnail cover image, the issue date and the cover blurb. Since since is the first comic star trek book series, the issues are the most expensive. Several series, miniseries, and special issues of comic books based on the science fiction television series star trek. Get the best deals on gold key silver age comics 1956 1969. As of november 2019, approximately 850 novels, short story anthologies, novelizations, and omnibus editions, have been published.
Gold key comics memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. Comic book writer, artist, editor, and critic tony isabella provides this. A smaller company called gold key comics first published star trek stories, starting in 1967 with a story entitled kg, planet of death. Trek into darkness just a few days away, what better way for trekkies and trekkers to celebrate than by picking up a star trek. Unravel the mysteries of the season two finale in star trek. The franchise began as a tv series on nbc which ran from 1966 until 1969, and was rebooted with a successful new feature film series in 2009. Star trek 6 gold key comic book 1969 good nimoy spock tv photo cover. The star trek universe is inconsistent in its use of measurement standards. After 105 issues, tv21 changed again, merging with valiant to become.
Idw publishing, in september, will release star trek vs. Get the best deals on star trek comic books when you shop the largest. If this is a variant of an issue, please use the missing variant submission on the issue in question. This company produced 61 star trek comic books from 1967 to 1979, which focused on alloriginal adventures of the original series crew of the starship uss enterprise. Find the value of the gold key comic star trek volume 1.
Below are listed the 61 star trek comics published by gold key. Presenting a series of oneshots, each by a different creative team and featuring a different. From 1969 to 1973, weekly comic strips based on star trek were published in britain. As others have stated the biggest issue with this book is that many of the. It has a photo of william shatner on the back cover. Comic book version of the original star trek tv series that starred william shatner and leonard nimoy.
Apr 26, 2016 in 1969, six months before the star trek tv series premiered in england, british comics readers were introduced to the characters in an original comic book series. If this is a variant of an issue, please use the missing variant. Obsession, ensign garrovick describes a gaseous creature as being several cubic meters in size, but his distance as about twenty feet away. At least one more issue was planned, titled trial by fire from 2004 to 2006, titan books released five volumes of reprints in the key collection. All the star trek tiein comics that are actually canon. The finale episode gave picard a new lease on life by providing him with an. This decline was due both to a wide scale correction in the prices being paid for all comic books as noted in the overstreet comic book price guide, as well as a general reduction of popular interest in the star trek franchise itself. Aftermath puts the spotlight on spock, who even as lrell and pike strive to broker peace contends with what happened to michael burnham and the mysteries about his sister and her past remaining to be unraveled. Rich handley, editor of the star trek graphic novel collection, leads us through the publishing history of the scifi franchise. This weeks column looks at dcs continuing next generation tales.
Star trek was a comic book series published by gold key comics part of whitman publishing, running for 61 issues from july 1967 until march 1979, when the series was canceled. Based upon the 1966 1969 tv series created by gene roddenberry, and the first of many comic book series based upon this franchise. Star trek comic strips uk refer to a series of weekly comic strips based on star trek released in the united kingdom from 19691973, with two additional stories that appeared in 1978 and 1979 respectively. First comic book series about the television show star trek. This page contains information about star trek volume 2. Get the best deals on gold key silver age comics 19561969. Idw star trek, issue 1 was the untitled first issue of idw publishings 2011 ongoing series of star trek comics. Jan 22, 2019 disneys star wars land getting a marvel comic book before it opens. Star trek comic strips uk refer to a series of weekly comic strips based on star trek. Hottest comics key issues comics by letter cgc cert lookup investment speculation new comics this week sell my comics. Your ip and username will be stored with the information.
The issue consists of a 22page first part of an alternate reality adaptation of samuel a. The cover images below link to a page in this site dedicated to that particular issue. Janice rand makes her only gold key star trek comics appearance in this issue. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. Unfollow star trek comic book 1 to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Star trek british comic strips star trek comics checklist. In 1969, six months before the star trek tv series premiered in england, british comics readers were introduced to the characters in an original comic book series. The next generation have been published by dc comics and their imprint, wildstorm for more information, see star trek spinoff fiction. Issue came in two versions, with photo and nonphoto back cover. For the first issues of the run, they were only printed with a gold key logo in the upper left corner. Overstreet claims the photo version is scarcer, but others think the opposite. Discovery aftermath is a three issue comic book miniseries that examines the repercussions of the star trek.
Ufo flying saucers vintage gold key giant comic book no. Their series ran for 61 issues between july 1967 until march 1979. Please only report missing issues after attempting a thorough search, and do not submit false information. In 1969, six months before the star trek tv series premiered in england, british comics readers were introduced to the characters in an original comicbook series. Captain kirk crosses paths with fellow captains picard, janeway, and sisko in star trek.
Countdown is a fourissue comic book prequel to the 2009 film star trek by idw publishing. All sixtyone issues of the star trek series were published with the gold key logo. Comicbook writers often bring back characters from the star trek television shows and films. Painted cover by george wilson, with inset photos of william shatner as kirk and leonard nimoy as spock. In the vast star trek universe, many diverse alien races abound, and now they finally get their due. Itll be star trek vs transformers this fall, with the enterprise crew taking on the shapechanging robots of cybertron.
A four issue prequel to jj abrams star trek reboot in 2009, star trek. Guide to the gold key star trek comics gold key comics. Comic book value guide how to value your comics in 3 easy steps. The page provides links to the pages within this site that are dedicated to each individual issue.
According to the hollywood entertainment museum, as of fall 2003, only a few pieces of the original 1960s bridge survive. Star trek 1st series comic books from gold key atomic avenue. In fact, the very first star trek comic book began in 1967, at the end of the original seriess very first season this first series was published by gold key, an imprint of western publishing founded only five years before, in 1962. Kirk and the crew of the starship enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the united federation of planets. The star trek franchise consists of six liveaction and one animated tv series and thirteen motion pictures, which boldly go where no one has gone before. About gold key star trek comics and whitman star trek comics. Star trek published by western ran from october 1967 1979 included 61 total issues. Countdown is a four issue comic book prequel to the 2009 film star trek by idw publishing. Star trek comics were published under a licensing agreement with paramount pictures under a wide variety of top publishers western gold label, marvel, dc, malibu and wildstorm. Memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki is a fandom books community. This adaptation was doomed from the first issue drawn by nevio zaccara, as was the second. Lot of 3 star trek comic books, very collectible 1st issues from 1989 dc comics. Cgc lookup scan or type number on label choose file. Aftermath puts the spotlight on spock, who even as lrell and pike strive to broker peace contends with what happened to michael burnham and the mysteries about his sister and.
The miniseries explores the events that led the two to travel back in time in star trek, detailing spocks desperate but unsuccessful attempt to prevent the supernova that destroyed the romulan empire. Gold key star trek comics suffered a price decline in 1998 from 1997. The gold key comic proved to be a hit with readers, ultimately running for 61 issues a. Given for each comic is a cover image, issue date and cover blurb. Idw star trek, issue 1 memory beta, noncanon star trek. Various issues were reprinted in a variety of formats over the years in both the us and the uk. List of all 61 issues of the gold key star trek series. From february 1984 through february 1996, dc comics held the license to publ star trek vol 2 19891996 star trek is a. Where no man has gone before, as adapted from his screenplay by. Trek into darkness just a few days away, what better way for trekkies and trekkers to celebrate than by picking up a star trek comic book. These discrepancies continue through all the star trek series and movies.
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