All Those Years Ago...
The first mission! – The crew encounters a mysterious alien race they met years earlier.

Background information 
 This story covers two different time-frames:
 The "present" sequence takes place in 2285 or 2286, between  and .
 The flashback sequence takes place in 2263, between  and .
 The flashback sequence in "Uhura's Story" takes place after this, chronologically.

Notes 
 The flashback sequence takes place when Pike transfers command of the Enterprise to Kirk. According to the  this would be 2263, when Pike was promoted to Fleet Captain (as in this story).
 McCoy's divorce "comes through", and his daughter will graduate college soon.
 Nogura was an admiral at this time.
 Kirk mentions that he was assistant engineer on the Farragut and first officer on the  before commanding the Saladin.
 Kirk had nine Academy demerits on his Starfleet service record.
 Starfleet transfer of command ceremonies involved passage of a sword from one captain to the next as a symbol of office.
 This issue shows Sulu in the navigator's position, although  seemingly had him in a science officer role, before he became the regular helmsman.

Creators 
 Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
 Writers:
 Mike W. Barr
 Marv Wolfman and Dave Cockrum (co-plotters)
 Artists: 
 David Ross (pencil art)
 Bob Smith (inking)
 Carl Gafford (color art)
 Agustin Mas (letter art)
 
 Editor: Mike W. Barr

Characters

Regular and recurring characters 
 James T. Kirk  Captain of the  and the ; also as admiral commanding .
 Spock Enterprise XO and science officer, also as captain of the USS Surak.
 Leonard McCoy  CMO of the Enterprise and the Excelsior.
 Montgomery Scott  Chief engineer of the Enterprise and the Excelsior.
 Hikaru Sulu  Enterprise navigator, Excelsior helmsman.
 Uhura  Communications officer, Enterprise and Excelsior.
 Christopher Pike  Former Enterprise captain.
 Number One  Enterprise XO.
 Philip Boyce  Enterprise CMO under Pike.
 Gary Mitchell  Former Enterprise navigator, first officer.
 Lee Kelso  Enterprise helmsman.
 Saavik  Science officer, USS Excelsior.
 Nogura  Starfleet Command admiral.

Other characters 
 Commander Earlenbaugh  Saladin helmsman.
 Mr. Keleway  Saladin first officer.
 Saladin communications officer
 Matilda Johnson  Young patient of Dr. McCoy.
 John Kendricks Doctor in a hospital on Earth; Dr. McCoy's former associate.
 Kubaka Buganda  Uhura's former lover. Appears next (chronologically) in "The D'Artagnan Three" (Star Trek (DC volume 1)).
 Alien female on Wrigley's pleasure planet Companion of Gary Mitchell; brought him breakfast.
 Tralmanii  Alien race which feeds on stellar energy and sheds skin like Earth snakes.
 Phelps  Mr. Phelps was Enterprise navigator when Pike was XO under Robert April.
 Unnamed female communications officer on Enterprise under Robert April's command.

References 
 Draxis II  A star which went nova.
   Federation starship.
 USS Excelsior (NX-2000)  Federation starship.
 IDIC
 Joanna McCoy
 Mark Piper
 Robert April
 Spacedock
 USS Churchill  Ship to which Gary Mitchell was assigned before Enterprise. The Churchill matches the design of the Baton Rouge-class starship depicted in the Spaceflight Chronology.
   Ship Kirk commanded before Enterprise.
 USS Surak'' : Federation starship.
 IDIC
 Wrigley's pleasure planet

Timeline 
 2263
 2280s

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