Finnegan's Wake!
The return of Finnegan!

 Summary 
The truth about Bearclaw's attempt on James T. Kirk's life is uncovered by Finnegan. However, Garth of Izar makes one last try to finish Kirk, but an unexpected series of events stops him from completing his work.

Kirk attempts to get back at Finnegan who still displays the childish sense of humor that he did at the Academy. He finally settles the score by beating him at arm-wrestling. Scotty then challenges Finnegan who beats him there and then, something that even Kirk has not managed. Finnegan feigns surprise and leaves but it is clear to everyone that Kirk has been beaten by him once again!

 Background information 
 The final chapter in the Who Killed Captain Kirk? storyline, collected in that book.
 This was a sequel to Garth of Izar's original appearance in .
 This was part of Peter David's first storyline as a Star Trek  writer.
 At this point in the series, the Paramount Pictures licensing approval for comics was being made stricter, as a result a lot of concepts from  were dropped from this and other storylines, as Paramount felt the TAS characters featured in the series thus far, Arex and M'Ress, were going to take focus away from the TOS main characters. This issue featured other non-canon characters that were regular to this series, but were soon to be removed.
 The Pocket TNG novel "Strike Zone" by Peter David mentions the events of this story.
 This story holds almost the same title as the James Joyce novel Finnegans Wake (note the deliberate lack of an apostrophe).

 Creators 
 Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
 Writer: Peter David
 Artists: 
 Tom Sutton (pencil art)
 Ricardo Villagran (inking)
 Jerome K. Moore and K.E.Z. (cover art)
 Michele Wolfman (color art)
 Tim Harkins (letter art)
 Editor: Robert Greenberger

 Characters 

 James T. Kirk   captain.
 Spock  Vulcan Enterprise-A exec and science officer.
 Leonard McCoy  Enterprise-A surgeon.
 Uhura  Enterprise-A communications officer.
 Pavel Chekov  Enterprise-A and security chief.
 Sean Finnegan  Federation Security Legion.
 William Bearclaw  Enterprise''-A security ensign.
 Garth of Izar  An insane, ex-Starfleet officer with a bent for revenge on Kirk.

References 

  Refit-type  Federation starship.
Federation Security Legion  Agency charged with internal investigations of Starfleet.

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