The Enterprise Murder Case!
Ambassador Phral was alive when he beamed up from the planet… he was dead when he reached the Enterprise!  IMPOSSIBLE!

Background information
 This is the first stand-alone story in the Marvel Comics run.

Creators
 Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
 Writer: Mike W. Barr (credited as "Ship's Log Compiler")
 Artists: 
 Dave Cockrum (pencil art – interior and cover)
 Klaus Janson (inking – interior and cover)
 (both credited together as "Visual Engineering Technicians 1st Class")
 Gaff (color art – credited as "Hue-technician")
 Rick Parker (letter art – credited as "Recorder")
 Editors:
 Louise Jones (editor – credited as "Captain")
 Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief – credited as "Fleet Admiral")
 Marian Stensgard (editorial assistant – credited as "Historian First Class")

Characters

Regular and recurring characters
James T. Kirk  's CO, a Starfleet captain. After a promotion to rear admiral, Kirk served as the Chief of Starfleet Operations before returning to captain's rank for the V'ger crisis.
Spock  Half-Vulcan former XO and science officer of Enterprise, a Starfleet commander.
Leonard McCoy  Enterprise CMO, a Starfleet doctor with the rank of commander.
Montgomery Scott  Enterprise chief engineer, a Starfleet commander.
Hikaru Sulu  Enterprise helmsman, a Starfleet lieutenant commander.
Nyota Uhura  Enterprise communications officer, a Starfleet lieutenant commander.
Pavel Chekov  Enterprise tactical officer and security chief, a Starfleet lieutenant.
Janice Rand  Transporter chief assigned to the Enterprise, a Starfleet CPO.

Other characters
Phral (aka Arlph)

References
 Baton Rouge-class Federation starship that Ensign Kirk served aboard. This is one of the only times Kirk's Republic has ever been shown, here it is depicted as a Baton Rouge class ship lifted from Rick Sternbach's design in the Spaceflight Chronology. Other non-canon sources (Star Fleet Technical Manual, the  ) have contradicted this with a less-likely assertion that the  Republic was . The Republic shown here is mistakenly listed as "NCC-1373" rather than the "NCC-1371" mentioned in . This registry error originated in this issue and would cross pollinate to other licensed sources, such as FASA's  and Interplay's Judgment Rites''.

Timeline

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Enterprise Murder Case