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")

Regular and recurring characters

 * James T. Kirk : USS Enterprise'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)