Starfleet Academy!
First time anywhere!
Kirk's days at Starfleet Academy!

Background information

Creators
 Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
 A special look back by:
 Writer: Peter David
 Artists:
 James W. Fry and Curt Swan (interior pencil art)
 Arne Starr (interior inking)
 Tom McCraw (color art)
 Bob Pinaha (letter art)
 Jerome K. Moore (cover art: pencil, ink, brush, pen, opaque gouache, China marker, ) 
 Editors:
 Robert Greenberger (credited as "dean of students")

Characters

Regular and recurring characters
 James T. Kirk  Future  captain. Broke up with his girlfriend Ruth the night before going to Starfleet Academy.
 George Samuel Kirk  James Kirk's older brother. Dating Aurelan.
 Matt Decker  Strategy professor. He was later seen as a Commodore in .
 Benjamin Finney  Dean of Students. Later encountered in .
 Gary Mitchell  Slob of a roommate, next encountered in .
 Finnegan  Third-year student adviser. Practical joker. Next encountered in .
 Carol Marcus  Science major at the Academy. Pushed toward Kirk by Mitchell. They later started a relationship. Later encountered in .
 Uhura  Upperclasswoman. Close friend of Carol Marcus.
 Kyle  Classmate of Kirk and Mitchell.
 Ruth  Girlfriend of Kirk until they broke up the night before he left for the Academy. She moved to San Francisco to be near him at the end of the first term and they got back together as a couple.

Comics