Aspiring to be Angels

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Writer(s):	Peter David
Artist(s):	Tom Sutton and Ricardo Villagran
Publisher:	DC Comics
Series:	DC TOS volume 1 #49
Published:	April 1988
Pages:	23
Stardate:	8988.9 (2280s)

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

Contents 1 Background Information 1.1 Creators 2 Characters 3 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Characters

Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in DC TOS volume 1 characters.

James T. Kirk 

USS Enterprise-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.

[edit] References

Endicor 

Zair's next destination.

USS Enterprise-A 

Refit-type Constitution-class Federation starship.

Miraud

USS Zephyr (NCC-1005)

Miranda class Federation starship. The Zephyr is only referred to as the "Renegade" in this issue. Her registry was readable off of her hull.

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