The Corbomite Effect!

Background information

• This is one of only a very few Star Trek comics ever to feature a non-canon secondary character on the cover without any members of the main cast being present. The image depicts Engineer Debbie Upton on her fateful spacewalk.

Creators

• Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
• Writer: Mike Carlin
• Artists:
  • Tom Sutton (pencil art)
  • Ricardo Villagran (ink art)
  • Michele Wolfman (color art)
  • Agustin Mas (letter art)
  • Joe Brozowski (cover pencil art)
  • Bob Lewis (cover ink art)
• Editor: Robert Greenberger

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.

Regular and recurring characters

James T. Kirk

USS Enterprise-A commanding officer, a Starfleet captain.

Spock

Vulcan Half-Vulcan Starfleet captain serving as Enterprise-A exec and science officer.

Leonard McCoy

Enterprise-A CMO, a Starfleet commander.

Montgomery Scott

Starfleet captain serving as Enterprise-A chief engineer.

Pavel Chekov

Enterprise-A security chief, a Starfleet commander.

Uhura

Enterprise-A communications officer, a Starfleet commander.

Hikaru Sulu

Enterprise-A helmsman, a Starfleet commander.

M'Ress

Enterprise-A science officer. M'Ress appeared in two panels but had no dialogue.

Federation president (see unnamed Federation president)

The Federation President. The President contacted the crew of the Enterprise-A personally shortly thereafter their light-marker visit to have them investigate the current condition of Gamma Trianguli VI.

Other characters

Codobach (β)

Starfleet commander, with yellow uniform insignia patches, assigned to bridge command on the ship's night watch. Codobach was an alien with lizard-like green skin, bulbous pink eyes and a toothy snout.

Grosdun

Starfleet pilot, with gray uniform insignia patches, assigned to the helm on the ship's night watch. Grosdun was an alien with pink skin, and a bulbous cone-shaped skull.

Ludlo (β)

Female Starfleet officer with green hair and blue goggles who gave the helm to Sulu when the day watch arrived.

Beel

Red-haired Starfleet officer who gave tactical to Chekov when the day watch arrived.

Debbie Upton

Starfleet engineer. Debbie was a redhead in the comic, but was blonde on the cover.

Morlov

Starfleet engineering cadet.

Communications officer

Night watch communications officer. This officer was an alien with a noseless yellow face.

Mentioned

Hector o' th' Clyde

Ancient Scottish gremlin of myth.

References

Bon-Wan's Light Marker

Abandoned space buoy.

USS Enterprise-A

Federation starship.

Gamma Trianguli VI

Planet

gremlin

Scotty takes to referring to gremlins as "corbomites".

pyro units

The ship's fire-fighting personnel.

Scotland

Scotland Tech.

Scotty's mother's alma mater was Scotland Tech.