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.

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
 * Editor: Mike W. Barr

Regular and recurring characters

 * James T. Kirk : Captain of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and the USS Saladin; also as admiral commanding USS Excelsior.
 * 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.

Timeline

 * 2263
 * 2280s