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")
==Characters==
===Regular and recurring characters===
;James T. Kirk : '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)
==References==
;: Baton Rouge-class Federation starship that Ensign Kirk served aboard. This is one of the only times Kirk's Republic has ever been shown, here it is depicted as a Baton Rouge class ship lifted from Rick Sternbach's design in the Spaceflight Chronology. Other non-canon sources (Star Fleet Technical Manual, the ) have contradicted this with a less-likely assertion that the Republic was . The Republic shown here is mistakenly listed as "NCC-1373" rather than the "NCC-1371" mentioned in . This registry error originated in this issue and would cross pollinate to other licensed sources, such as FASA's and Interplay's Judgment Rites.
===Timeline===
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==External link==
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Enterprise Murder Case