STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
published by Marvel Comics

• #10 (October 1997)
$1.99, Color, 32 pages / 22 story
Writers: Michael Martin and Andy Mangels
Pencils: Terry Pallot
Inks: Al Milgrom
Letterer: Chris Elliopoulos & Virtual Calligraphy
Colorist: John Kalisz
Editor: Tim Tuohy
Editor in Chief: Bob Harras
Starfleet: Chip Carter
Cover artists: (unsigned)
Story title: "Lwaxana Troi and the Wedding of Doom"
Plot: Lwaxana Troi arrives back aboard the station to marry her newest lover, a Bolian named Var Ulos, but first she must divorce Odo from their marriage of convenience. Meanwhile, some gooey tentacled creature is abducting the women aboard DS9.
Notes: Introduction of Deputy Etana Kol and her unnamed lesbian lover (Nurse Krissten Richter), though a word balloon covers up the fact that the two are together on page 13. Actress Chase Masterson (who played Leeta on the series) was tickled to see her nude shower scene in the comic. This issue has a gatefold "Characters/Previously" interior front cover.

• #11 (November 1997)
$1.99, Color, 32 pages / 23 story
Writers: Andy Mangels and Michael Martin
Pencils: Terry Pallot
Inks: Al Milgrom
Letterer: Chris Elliopoulos & Virtual Calligraphy
Colorist: Jason Wright
Editor: Tim Tuohy
Editor in Chief: Bob Harras
Starfleet: Chip Carter
Cover artists: (unsigned)
Story title: "Four Funerals and a Wedding"
Plot: Rom and Etana Kol search the station's waste tubes to find the gelatinous blob that's stealing the station's women. Meanwhile, Lwaxana's wedding ceremony — presided over by Captain Sisko — proceeds despite a lot of problems.
Notes: Odo never got around to signing the divorce papers. Internally, this story was called "The Blob Needs Women!" This issue has a gatefold "Characters/Previously" interior front cover.

• #12 (December 1997)
$1.99, Color, 32 pages / 22 story
Writers: Michael Martin & Andy Mangels
Pencils: Tom Grindberg
Inks: Bob Almond
Letterer: Chris Elliopoulos & Virtual Calligraphy
Colorist: Glynis Oliver
Editor: Tim Tuohy
Editor in Chief: Bob Harras
Starfleet: Chip Carter
Cover artists: (unsigned)
Story title: "Telepathy War, Part 2: Command Decisions"
Plot: When it appears as if the Dominion forces are massing to invade through the wormhole, Starfleet and Klingon forces gather their fleets. The U.S.S. Enterprise-E is dispatched to retrieve a group of rogue Academy cadets known as Omega Squad, who have come to DS9. And after disagreeing with Captain Sisko about tactics, Worf is beamed away to the Defiant.
Solicitation Copy: Telepathy War, the Star Trek crossover continues here! With all-out war looming on the horizon, Captain Sisko and his stalwart crew must defend DS9 and Bajor against an oncoming Jem'Hadar fleet! Guest-starring Commander William Riker, Deanna Troi, and the A.W.O.L. Omega Squad from Starfleet Academy #12!
Notes: This story is part of a multi-book cross-over. It follows Starfleet Academy #12, and preceeds STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE #13. Worf and O'Brien are reunited with Captain Picard, Commander Riker, and Deanna Troi, briefly. General Martok appears. There is a statement of circulation on the final page. This issue has a gatefold "Characters/Previously" interior front cover.

• #13 (January 1998)
$1.99, Color, 32 pages / 24 story
Writers: Michael Martin & Andy Mangels
Pencils: Tom Morgan
Inks: Keith Williams
Letterer: Chris Elliopoulos & Virtual Calligraphy
Colorist: Chi Wang
Editor: Tim Tuohy
Editor in Chief: Bob Harras
Starfleet: Chip Carter
Cover artists: (unsigned)
Story title: "Telepathy War, Part 4: Day of Honor"
Plot: As the Jem'Hadar and the Cardassians attack the station en masse, the Starfleet and Klingon forces fight back. Garak, Odo, Worf, and Kira steal the Defiant, unaware that Nog is aboard. General Martok takes a dangerous gamble with the Defiant crews' lives. . . including Worf. Plus, Troi and Bashir attempt to aide Omega Squad in defending the station, and what do the Romulans want?
Solicitation Copy: A Telepathy War tie-in! The Jem'Hadar attack on Deep Space Nine rages on as Worf takes the Defiant into battle against the orders of Captain Sisko! Meanwhile on DS9 itself, raiding parties threaten the station's crew and the runaway fugitive cadets of Omega Sqad! Can the combined forces of DS9 and the U.S.S. Enterprise-E turn the tide of battle?
Notes: This story is part of a multi-book cross-over. It follows STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE #12, and precedes Star Trek Unlimited #6. Although it is labeled Part 4, it is actually Part 3.This issue has a gatefold "Characters/Previously" interior front cover.

• #14 (February 1998)
$1.99, Color, 32 pages / 22 story
Writers: Andy Mangels and Michael Martin
Pencils: Terry Pallot
Inks: Al Milgrom
Letterer: Chris Elliopoulos & Virtual Calligraphy
Colorist: Matt Webb
Editor: Tim Tuohy (No Tribble)
Editor in Chief: Bob Harras (Big Tribble)
Starfleet: Chip Carter (Tribble)
Cover artists: Terry Pallot
Story title: "Nobody Knows the Tribbles I've Seen"
Plot: At Quark's bar, Odo, Dax, O'Brien, Bashir, and Morn tell tales about why Klingons really hate Tribbles so much. The resulting stories — each of them true — are wildly implausible. . . or are they? Were the pet Tribbles the cause of war between the Klingons and the Romulans? Did an allergy to Tribbles cause the Klingon head ridges? Or was it the adventuring of Enjana Dax that caused the Klingons to hate Tribbles?
Notes: This story was the sequel to the TV show "Trials and Tribble-Ations. Told Rashomon-style, it features flashbacks to that story as well as the Original Series story "The Trouble with Tribbles" The Enjana Dax segment is a parody of Indiana Jones, with a stoogelike Klingon trio named Kho, L'Ray, and Xhemp. This was also the "fill-in" story that got Mangels and Martin hired as regular writers for the DS9 series. This issue has a gatefold "Characters/Previously" interior front cover.

• #15 (March 1998)
$1.99, Color, 32 pages / 22 story
Writers: Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin
Pencils: Greg Scott
Inks: Josef Rubinstein
Letterer: Chris Elliopoulos & Virtual Calligraphy
Colorist: Chi Wang
Editor: Tim Tuohy (No Tribble)
Editor in Chief: Bob Harras (Big Tribble)
Starfleet: Chip Carter (Tribble)
Cover artists: (unsigned)
Story title: "Requiem in Obsidian"
Plot: Eight years ago, Garak was acting as an agent of the Obsidian Order when he killed a fellow Obsidian agent aboard Terok Nor. Now, aboard DS9, Garak the "humble tailor" has been seeing the woman through the crowds on the Promenade. Is he hallucinating, or has a ghost from his past returned. . . to kill him?
Solicitation Copy: DS9's resident tailor would like to forget the deeds he committed as a member of the Obsidian Order. However, despite his best intentions, a horrible event comes back to haunt him!
Notes: Nurse Krissten finally appears on-panel at the end of the story. Both she and Etana Kol would reappear in the DS9 relaunch novels, beginning with the Mission: Gamma quadrilogy. This was the final issue of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE, though the letters page announced future mini-series in June 1998. This issue has a gatefold "Characters/Previously" interior front cover.

STAR TREK UNLIMITED
published by Marvel Comics
• #10 (July 1998)
$2.99, Color, 48 pages / 41 story
Writers: Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
Pencils: Ron Randall
Inks: Art Nichols
Letterer: Phil Felix
Colorist: Kevin Tinsley
Editor: Tim Tuohy
Editor in Chief: Bob Harras
Starfleet: Chip Carter
Cover artists: Ron Randall, Art Nichols (signed)
Story title: "A Piece of ReAction"
Plot: When the crew of Picard's Enterprise return to Sigma Iotia II (last seen in the Original Series episode "A Piece of the Action"), it's been eighty years since Kirk, Spock, and McCoy were there and found a society patterned after Earth's gangster era. To Picard's surprise, the Iotians have remade their society to resemble Captain Kirk's Federation — as they remember it. Now, Admiral Sonny and his followers are intent on taking control of the Enterprise, and getting their own piece of the Federation!
Solicitation Copy: Star Trek Unlimited concludes with a story based upon one of the most popular episodes of the Original Series! In "A Piece of the Action," Captain Kirk and the U.S.S. Enterprise visited the planet Sigma Iotia II, a world whose entire culture was based upon the organized crime mobs of Chicago. Now, more than eighty years since Kirk, Spock and McCoy first beamed down, Captain Jean-Luc Picard has brought the crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation back to Sigma Iotia II—only to discover that a remarkable change has occurred!
Notes: Check back for story notes. This issue is dedicated "In Loving Memory of Harold D. Martin, 1924-1997." This issue has a gatefold "Characters/Previously" interior front cover.

STAR TREK SPECIAL
published by Wildstorm Comics/DC Comics
• #1 (2001)
$6.95, Color, 64 pages / 60 story
Writers: Andy Mangels & Mike Martin
Pencils: Paul Neary
Inks: Paul Neary, David A. Roach
Letterer: Naghmeh Zand
Colorist: Laura Depuy
Editor: Jeff Mariotte
Starfleet: Chip Carter
Cover artists: John van Fleet (unsigned)
Story title: "A Rolling Stone Gathers No Nanopobes"
Plot: Lythos Prime, nicknamed "Rockpile," has been mined for a hundred years by the Federation and the Horta, working together. On the eve of the Centennial celebration, Chief Mining Enginner Nellis and her miners must deal with an invasion from the Borg!
Notes: This comedy/action story comprises twelve pages of the anthology book. The story has a miner named Palmieri, after Pocket Books editor Marco Palmieri. This story also has an Easter Egg tie-in to our book Star Trek: The Next Generation "Section 31: Rogue." The miner Specialist Darey Hawk is actually Lt. Hawk's brother, as mentioned in the novel!

UNPUBLISHED COMMISSIONED WORK
some art, scripts, and plots to be posted soon!
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Marvel)
• Star Trek: Phase III (Marvel)
• Star Trek: Realities (Marvel)
• Star Trek: Voyager (Marvel)
• Star Trek Unlimited (Marvel)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (DC)

INTERVIEW
• click below to read the article by Robert J. Sodaro from Marvel Vision #20 (August 1997), with quotes from Michael A. Martin about the upcoming Star Trek comics.
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