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Issue: Star Trek The Key Collection #2
Publication Date: January 2004
 
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Indicia Publisher: Checker Book Publishing Group
On Sale Date: 2004
Volume: 2
Pages: 228
ISBN: 0971024987
UPC/EAN: 9780971024984
Price: $31.95 CAD
$22.95 USD
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Content Items: 23 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Constance Taylor (editorial assistant); Wally Green (editor - original series)
Disclose Notes: Collects Star Trek (Western, 1967 series) #9-16.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Cardstock Cover; Coated Stock
Binding: Perfect Bound
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Captain James T. Kirk; Mister Spock; Uhura
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Star Trek The Key Collection: Volume 2

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Introduction to the collection, with table of contents.
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Chapter 1: The Legacy of Lazarus

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Captain James T. Kirk; Spock
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Photo cover of William Shatner as Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Spock. The photo of Spock comes from the TV episode "Amok Time" (same as issue #6). This was the final issue to feature a photo cover.
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The Legacy of Lazarus

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Captain James Kirk; Spock; Dr. Leonard McCoy; Montgomery Scott; Hikaru Sulu; Nyota Uhura; Alexander Lazarus; Abraham Lincoln (android); Anton York (android); George Washington (android); Helen of Troy (android); Emperor Nero (android)
A planet is seemingly populated by every famous person from Earth's ancient past. In reality they are all androids controlled by Alexander Lazarus, a mad Earth historian.
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Divided into Part I (14 pages) and Part II (12 pages). Script: Credit from interview with Len Wein (2002-12-06) via Rodrigo Baeza (Per Sandell ed.). First Gold Key comic story to prominently feature Uhura (who is not seen again for a number of issues). Wein's first Star Trek script (from article in The Monster Times #2 (1972)).
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Chapter 2: Sceptre of the Sun

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First painted cover and first cover not to focus on any of the main cast members. Includes B&W inset photos of William Shatner as Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Spock.
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Sceptre of the Sun

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Captain James Kirk; Spock; Dr. Leonard McCoy; Montgomery Scott; Hikaru Sulu; Chang; Marla; Brand
Kirk and his companions are captured by the wizard Chang, who sends them on a quest for a weapon that will make him master of the universe.
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Script: Credit from interview with Len Wein (2002-12-06) via Rodrigo Baeza (Per Sandell ed.). Title based upon the TV episode title "Spectre of the Gun". Divided into Part I (13 pages) and Part II (12 pages).
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Chapter 3: The Brain Shockers

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Captain James Kirk; Spock; Dorrie Trask
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The Brain Shockers

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Captain James Kirk; Spock; Dr. Leonard McCoy; Montgomery Scott; Nyota Uhura; Dorrie Trask; Malok; Hikaru Sulu; Pavel Chekov
The bottled emotions of the Vulcan elders are freed by an alien attack on the Enterprise and become a factor in a battle against the immortal Malok.
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Script: Credit from interview with Len Wein (2002-12-06) via Rodrigo Baeza (Per Sandell ed.). Divided into Part I (13 pages) and II (12 pages).
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Chapter 4: The Flight of the Buccaneer

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Mr. Spock; Montgomery Scott; Black Jack Nova
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The Flight of the Buccaneer

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Captain James Kirk; Spock; Dr. Leonard McCoy; Montgomery Scott; Hikaru Sulu; Nyota Uhura; Black Jack Nova; Ben Cannon
Kirk and crew go undercover to regain the Federation of Planets' supply of lithium crystals from 23rd Century pirates.
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Script: Credit from interview with Len Wein (2002-12-06) via Rodrigo Baeza (Per Sandell ed.). Divided into Part I (13 pages) and Part II (12 pages). First Gold Key comic story to properly format Stardates, though interior views of the Enterprise and uniforms still do not match the TV series. After several issues of being depicted as a blond man, Scotty now resembles actor James Doohan.
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Chapter 5: Dark Traveler

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Spock; unidentified Enterprise crewman
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Dark Traveler

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Captain James Kirk; Spock; Dr. Leonard McCoy; Montgomery Scott; Nomad; Niklon; Hikaru Sulu
The Dark Traveler commandeers the Enterprise to take him to his home planet, which has fallen under the domination of his brother.
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Divided into Part I (12 pages) and Part II (13 pages).
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Chapter 6: The Enterprise Mutiny

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Captain James Kirk; Spock
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The Enterprise Mutiny

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Captain James Kirk; Spock; Montgomery Scott; Dr. Leonard McCoy; Hikaru Sulu
Following a planetary survey, Kirk begins acting irrationally. Spock and McCoy attempt to relieve Kirk of command but he escapes in a shuttle, with the Enterprise in pursuit.
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Chapter 7: Museum at the End of Time

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Captain James Kirk; Spock; Klingons
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Museum at the End of Time

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Captain James Kirk; Spock; Dr. Leonard McCoy; Hikaru Sulu; Montgomery Scott; The Curator; Hilliard; Klingons; Spang; J'Karl
The Enterprise and Klingons find themselves prisoners in a sanctuary of lost ships that travels through Limbo toward ultimate destruction. Escape can only be made if the two enemies work together.
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Divided into Part I (13 pages) and Part II (12 pages). The artwork appears to place the Enterprise transporters on the bridge in this story.
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Chapter 8: Day of the Inquisitors

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Captain James Kirk; Spock
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Day of the Inquisitors

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Captain James Kirk; Spock; Dr. Leonard McCoy; Pavel Chekov; Public Relations Office Claire; Montgomery Scott; Nyota Uhura; Hikaru Sulu; Corben; Karad
Kirk and his companions crash land a shuttlecraft on a planet whose social structure resembles Europe at the time of the Inquisition.
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Divided into Part I (13 pages) and II (12 pages). First Gold Key comic appearance of the Galileo shuttlecraft as depicted in the TV series. Uhura appears in the comic for the first time in several years (but wearing a green uniform). The last panel of the story shows Spock smiling.
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Captain James T. Kirk: Psycho-File

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A Page from Scotty's Diary

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Portrait of a Starship: The Enterprise

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