Promises to Keep
New Frontiers (Part 1 of 8)

Summary
After visiting with Spock, Sarek, and Amanda, Kirk and his colleagues depart  aboard the Klingon Bird-of-Prey and travel to space station Regula I. On Earth, Starfleet Admiral Turner orders Captain Lawrence H. Styles to take the  and retrieve Kirk and the Bird-of-Prey. On Regula I, Carol Marcus angrily confronts Kirk over the death of their son, David Marcus. The crew ponders their future then attends a memorial service for David in the Genesis cave inside the Regula planetoid. Meanwhile, in the mirror universe, the  obtains vital data from Carol Marcus on Regula I. Carol accuses Captain  of killing their son just before Kirk orders Regula I destroyed. The Empire is preparing to conquer another universe…

Background information
 This story was reprinted in the paperback The Mirror Universe Saga.
 Takes place between the events of  and .
 Throughout this story arc (and many subsequent DC issues), Saavik is drawn in the likeness of Kirstie Alley.
 Story continues in the next issue.
 This was the first mirror universe story in any medium since .

Creators
 Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
 Writer : Mike W. Barr
 Artists:
 Tom Sutton (pencil art – interior and cover)
 Ricardo Villagran (inking – interior and cover)
 Michele Wolfman (color art)
 John Costanza (letter art)
 Editor: Marv Wolfman

Characters

Regular and recurring characters
 James T. Kirk
 Spock
 Leonard McCoy
 Montgomery Scott
 Hikaru Sulu
 Uhura
 Pavel Chekov
 Saavik   Sarek
 Amanda
 T'Lar
 Carol Marcus
 Lawrence H. Styles
 Stephen Turner  Starfleet Grand Admiral.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Saavik (mirror)  Mirror universe counterpart of Saavik.

Other characters
 Mirror universe Regula I scientists  The entire station populace died in the ISS Enterprise attack.
 ISS Enterprise navigator : Lieutenant junior grade. Appears to be the mirror universe counterpart of Elizabeth Sherwood.''
 Carol Marcus (mirror)  Mirror universe counterpart of Carol Marcus. Dies in this issue.

References
Genesis; harp; mirror universe; Regula I; Regula; Terran Empire.
  Kirk's bird-of-prey.
  Empire starship.
Regula I (mirror)  Terran space station.

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