COMIC
Assignment Earth, Issue 5
Cover by John Byrne
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series
Miniseries:	Assignment: Earth, No. 5
Writer(s):	John Byrne
Artist(s):	John Byrne
Colorist(s):	Tom Smith
Letterer(s):	Robbie Robbins
Editor(s):	Chris Ryall
Publication information
Publisher:	IDW Publishing
Published:	September 2008
Pages:	32, 22 of which are story
No. of covers:	1
Omnibus:	Assignment: Earth
Chronology
Date:	February 1972 & August 1974
Cover without titles

Contents 1 Introduction (blurb) 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Starships and vehicles 3.3 Locations 3.4 Races and cultures 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Other 4 Appendices 4.1 Related stories 4.2 Timeline 4.3 Images 4.4 External links

Introduction (blurb)Edit

From solicitations: The President of the United States is the most powerful person on the planet—but what if the man in the office is an agent of a foreign government? Seven and Roberta journey to Beijing to make sure only Nixon returns from China! John Byrne’s first-ever Star Trek series concludes here!

SummaryEdit

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ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Hei Mao • Isis • Roberta Lincoln • Mao Zedong • Pat Nixon • Richard Nixon • Gary Seven

Referenced only 

Dwight Eisenhower • Abraham Lincoln

Starships and vehiclesEdit

Air Force One

LocationsEdit

Beijing (Peking) • China • Georgia (country) • Moscow • Russia • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics • United States of America

Races and culturesEdit

Vehereklin

States and organizationsEdit

National Security Council

OtherEdit

Beta 5 computer • communism • "Janus" • President of the United States of America • Watergate • World War III

AppendicesEdit

• As the main story in this issue was three pages short of the twenty-two page quota the issue also contained a short three-page story, titled Ah-Ha!".

Related storiesEdit

Stories featuring Gary Seven
Episode	Assignment: Earth
Miniseries	The Peacekeeper • Convergence • The Eugenics Wars • Assignment: Earth
Comics	The Peacekeeper • Split Infinities • Future Imperiled • Brighter Than a Thousand Suns • Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow • My Name Is Legion • We Have Met the Enemy... • Too Many Presidents • Ah-Ha!
Novels	Assignment: Eternity • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2
Short stories	The Aliens Are Coming! • Seven and Seven • Assignment: One • Rocket Man • Time Line

TimelineEdit

Published Order
Previous comic: Previous story: Isis Previous issue: We Have Met the Enemy...	TOS comics Assignment: Earth	Next comic: Next story: Ah-Ha! Next issue: Final issue of the series Assignment: Earth II due late-2009
Previous story: The Hollow Crown, Issue 1	Stories by: John Byrne	Next story: Ah-Ha!
Chronological Order
Previous adventure: Isis	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 Chapters 1-23
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 1972. The Memory Beta Chronology places events from this story in 1 other timeframe(s):
Previous adventure: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 Chapters 1-23	August 1974 Page 19	Next adventure: Ah-Ha!

ImagesEdit

External linksEdit