Tests of Courage

:A new ship. A new captain. A new danger.
A collection of stories from DC Comics' second volume original Star Trek series.
==Summary==
;From the collection book jacket
:Hikaru Sulu, newly installed as captain of the , has his baptism of fire in this adventure. Joining him to solve the mystery of a vanished cache of dangerous weaponry are his old compatriots on the .
Tests of Courage (originally released as six bimonthly issues under the title The Tabukan Syndrome) was a paperback collecting six issues (#35-#40) from DC Comics' second Star Trek monthly series, spanning from September to November 1992.
It depicted the events of Sulu's first mission as captain of the Excelsior, three years prior to . The Enterprise-A and the Excelsior are assigned to help a species trying to peacefully disarm after years of war. A combined force of Maroans and Romulan conspirators led by Admiral Jaricus attempt to seize power in the sector by stealing the frighteningly violent Tabukan weapons of mass destruction. The stardates of these stories place the series shortly after . Several canon characters and concepts were included in the stories, but much of the history and details were devised solely for these stories. Oddly enough, one story detail was picked up by producers and included as a canon fact: In this comic, Janice Rand is Sulu's first officer on the Excelsior. While she was a lieutenant junior grade in Star Trek VI, her rank insignia was changed to a lieutenant commander insignia when she re-enacted the same scenes in , an apparent contradiction which made the episode match the comic.
The collected paperback was released in 1994 and featured an introduction, afterword commentary, and cover gallery from the original editions.
==Creators==
* Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
* Writer: Howard Weinstein
* Artists:
** Rod Whigham (pencil art – #35-36, #39)
** Gordon Purcell (pencil art – #37-38, #40)
** Arne Starr (inking –#35-36, 38-40)
** Carlos Garzon (inking – #37)
** Bob Pinaha (letter art)
** Tom McCraw (color art)
** Sonia Hillios (cover art)
** Veronica Carlin (production design)
* Editors:
** Kim Yale (#35-37)
** Alan Gold (#38-40)
** Bob Kahan (collection editor)
==Chapters==
* "My Cup Runneth Over" – Introduction by George Takei
* #35: "Divide... and Conquer"
* #36: "Battle Stations!"
* #37: "Prisoners of War?"
* #38: "Consequences!"
* #39: "Collision Course"
* #40: "Showdown!"
* Afterword
** By Howard Weinstein.
* Cover gallery
The collected edition printed the covers of all six individual issues in a gallery at the end of the books.
==Characters==
*Hikaru Sulu
*James T. Kirk
*Janice Rand
*Spock
*Leonard McCoy
*Montgomery Scott
*Dimitri Valtane
*Lojur
*Pavel A. Chekov
*Uhura
*Martin Lukas
*Dr. Wilson
*Admiral Jaricus
==References==
* Epsilon Kitaj
* Maroans
* Tabukans
Category:Comic collections