Aspiring to be Angels

The crew is trapped between an angry Klingon force and a renegade starship that attacked that Empire's outpost.

Background Information

 * The second chapter in the Who Killed Captain Kirk? storyline, this issue was later collected in that book.
 * This was part of Peter David's first storyline as a Star Trek comic book writer.
 * The one-eyed Klingon, Kron, was named for another cycloptic character in author Peter David's Aquaman work.

Creators

 * Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
 * Writer: Peter David
 * Artists:
 * Tom Sutton (pencil art)
 * Ricardo Villagran (inking)
 * Michele Wolfman (color art)
 * Helen Vesik (letter art)
 * Editor: Robert Greenberger
 * Editor: Robert Greenberger

Characters

 * James T. Kirk : USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) captain.
 * Spock : Vulcan Enterprise-A exec and science officer.
 * Leonard McCoy : Enterprise-A surgeon.
 * Montgomery Scott : Enterprise-A chief engineer.
 * Pavel Chekov : Enterprise-A security chief.
 * Moron : Growth-stunted Klingon albino found on Miraud. ''Pocket TNG: "Strike Zone" suggests he later takes the name "Kobry" (to honor his Starfleet guardians, KOnom and Nancy BRYce).
 * Kron
 * Konom : Klingon Enterprise-A ensign.
 * Nancy Bryce : Enterprise-A navigation ensign.
 * William Bearclaw : Enterprise-A security ensign.
 * Melchior : Andorian mercenary.
 * Bendar : Tellarite mercenary.
 * Grunt : Alien mercenary.
 * Klingon survivor : Klingon used as target practice by the mercenaries. Bendar and Melchior weren't sure which one had managet to shoot him after Grunt hurled him into the air.
 * M'Ress : Enterprise-A officer.
 * Phil Burroughs, aka "Zair" : Captain of USS Zephyr.