Alien Spotlight: The Gorn
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| COMIC | |
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| Alien Spotlight: The Gorn | |
 Cover by Zach Howard | |
| Attribution | |
| Series: | The Original Series |
| Miniseries: | Alien Spotlight |
| Writer(s): | Scott & David Tipton |
| Artist(s): | David Messina |
| Art assist: | Sara Pichelli |
| Colorist(s): | Paolo Maddaleni |
| Letterer(s): | Chris Mowry |
| Editor(s): | Dan Taylor |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher: | IDW Publishing |
| Published: | 10 October 2007 |
| Pages: | 32 |
| No. of covers: | 4 |
| Omnibus: | Alien Spotlight, Volume I |
| Chronology | |
| Date: | 7952.6 |
| Stardate: | 2282 |
 Alternate cover by David Messina | |
Contents |
[edit] Introduction (blurb)
In the vast Star Trek universe, many diverse alien races abound, and now they finally get their due! Presenting a series of one-shots, each by a different creative team and featuring a different Star Trek alien race. In the debut issue, the spotlight shines on the Gorn, courtesy of the Klingons: Blood Will Tell team of Scott & David Tipton and artist David Messina. After their shuttlecraft crash-lands on an uncharted planet, Captain Terrell and Commander Chekov calculate that their odds of survival are somewhat decreased when they find themselves facing off against an army of Gorn warriors. Zach Howard (Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Space Between) provides covers for the entire series, and this issue's artist, David Messina, contributes a variant cover, too.
[edit] Summary
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[edit] Characters
Bates (Reliant) • Pavel Chekov • Rellk • Skiles • Clark Terrell • Thak (Gorn) • Bianca Wilder
[edit] Referenced
[edit] References
[edit] Starships and vehicles
Gorn airship • Gorn carrier • Gorn speeder • Kepler (Type-1 shuttlecraft)
Referenced: USS Reliant
[edit] Locations
The story takes place on an unnamed class M planetoid.
Referenced: Cestus III • Outer Rim • Starbase 34 • Te Awamutu VII
[edit] Races and cultures
[edit] States and organisations
Federation Starfleet • Gorn Hegemony • United Federation of Planets
[edit] Other
Biograft spray • Binoculars • Cellular regenerator • Cold-blooded • Laser scalpel • Mammal • Symbalene Blood Burn • Universal translator • War Party
[edit] Information
- Issues in the Alien Spotlight series are not marked with a number, however this was the first issue of the series to be published.
- This issue is the September issue of the miniseries, however it will be released a little late of the month, more than week into October.
- This issue is available in four covers, two of equally genera availability, one each by Zach Howard and David Messina, and two of more limited availability, one of which is a photomontage, the other a sketch version of the Howard cover.
 Photomotage cover |
 Zach Howard sketch cover |
 Zach Howard cover without titles |
 David Messina cover without titles |
- Paolo Maddaleni is credited not just as colorist for the issue but also the individual responsible for "Gorn tech designs". Following the story there are two pages of Maddaleni's concepts of Gorn technology and architectural designs.
- In addition the Gorn tech design feature the ten pages of editorial content in this issue feature a one page advert each for the Vulcan issue of Alien Spotlight, the omnibus edition of Klingons: Blood Will Tell and a general advert for the Year Four miniseries.
[edit] Related Stories
- Arena (TOS episode) - This issue takes place fifteen years after Federation-Gorn first contact in the episode "Arena". The Gorn opt to help the crashed shuttle crew rather than attack them to repay the Federation for Kirk's mercy to the Gorn commander in the TOS episode.
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[edit] Connections
| published order | ||
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| Previous comic: First in the series | Aliens Spotlight | Next comic: Vulcans |
| Previous comic: Losses | Comics by: Scott & David Tipton | Next comic: Alien Spotlight: Orions |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Just Another Little Training Cruise | Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: The Sorrows of Empire Chapters 7-8 |
