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Star Trek (2012) Volume 1                                                         Limited Hardcover
Featuring a rare Artist Proof Edition of the Exclusive Red Label Limited Hardcover.  Awesome!!
Writer: Mike Johnson
Artists: Stephen Molnar & Joe Phillips
Colorist: John Rauch
Letterer: Neil Uyetake
Editors: Scott Dunber, Justin Eisinger & Alonzo Simon
Cover by: Tim Bradstreet & Grant Goleash

The Red Label Traycase and the set of eight exclusive lithographs in a hardcover portfolio are MISSING and NOT included in this listing. The only item from the limited set is the Red Label Hardcover.

To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before.

Star Trek is an American space opera media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. The first television series, simply called Star Trek and now referred to as “The Original Series”, debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on the television network NBC. It followed the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew aboard the starship USS Enterprise, a space exploration vessel, built by the United Federation of Planets in the twenty-third century. The Star Trek canon of the franchise includes The Original Series, an animated series, five spin-off television series, the film franchise, and further adaptations in several media.

The adventures of the Starship Enterprise continue in this new ongoing series that picks up where the blockbuster 2009 film left off! Featuring the new cast of the film, these missions re-imagine the stories from the original series in the alternate timeline created by the film, along with new threats and characters never seen before! With creative collaboration from Star Trek writer/producer Roberto Orci, this new series begins the countdown to the much-anticipated movie sequel premiering in 2012. Join Kirk, Spock and the crew as they boldly go into a new future! Up first, a drastic new envisioning of “Where No Man Has Gone Before.”

This listing features the Star Trek (2012) Red Label Hardcover by IDW Publishing. This collector’s book features a limited print run of only 175 copies, each copy being hand signed by the creators of the series. The tray case and set of eight exclusive lithographs in a hardcover portfolio are NOT included in this listing, but despite this shortcoming, this hardcover is still top of the line Star Trek content. Signed by Mike Johnson, Joe Phillips, and Tim Bradstreet on a special page that also contains a numbering and a piece of black and white artwork, this set is a MUST-HAVE for any serious Star Trek enthusiast.

Story/Spoilers
In part #1, Chief engineer’s log, Stardate 2258.2… 5…? .5… 6…? Does anyone actually listen to these things? It’s been ages since we left Earth. Ages since the vintage champagne and the “thanks for saving the galaxy from the Romulan with the pointy ship”. Ages since I told Starfleet that ye cannae expect a ship that just escaped the grip of a spontaneous black hole… ye cannae expect it to embark on a new mission without a thorough inspection and retrofit! This ship is a mess of broken parts and fried circuits. And yet, I’ve got to admit… she still looks pretty on the outside.

In the USS Enterprise’s engineering section, Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott removes a damaged engine component, giving it to Keenser. He leaves the section intending to tell the captain the extent of the damaged technology, telling Keenser to keep busy, but not to touch anything.

Meanwhile, in the recreation lounge, Captain James T. Kirk plays three-dimensional chess against his backup helmsman, Lieutenant Gary Mitchell. Mitchell checkmates Kirk, then jokingly apologizes to his friend, but Kirk orders Mitchell to play a rematch after realizing he should have moved his rook. Asking why Kirk doesn’t play Spock, the captain responds that he thinks Spock might still be upset over the incident of Kirk’s Kobayashi Maru scenario, where the captain beat Spock’s test by cheating. Just then, the bridge calls regarding an unexplained distress call. Spock requests Kirk’s presence, and Kirk orders his friend Mitchell and Ensign Lee Kelso to accompany him.

The backup helmsman and navigator joke with their captain about how odd it is to be under the command of someone who was very recently an underclassman a year behind them at Starfleet Academy. Kirk insists that he brought them along on his prerogative because he judged their quality as officers during their time in school together. When Mitchell comments that they are merely backups to the senior staff helm and navigation crew, Kirk only says, with great conviction, that Hikaru Sulu and Pavel Chekov earned their places as well.

Mitchell and Kelso relieve Sulu and Chekov from the forward stations for a much-needed change of shift. Taking the science officer’s station, Spock reports the recorder-marker of the SS Valiant is the source of the unexplained communication signal, identifying the ship as being of Earth origination, a Starfleet vessel. Kirk comments that the vessel had been lost around 200 years earlier.

Spock begins to analyze the transmission of the beacon’s computer memory banks. They indicate that the Valiant had encountered an unknown force in this region of space. Spock hears urgent requests for information regarding extrasensory perception (ESP), and then, shockingly, what appears to be the Valiant’s captain giving the order to destroy his own ship.

Continuing on course to the galaxy’s boundary, the Enterprise also encounters an unusual force field, the galactic barrier. Nine crewmembers die in the encounter, and another is injured—Kirk’s friend, Lieutenant Mitchell.

Captain’s log, supplemental. Our encounter with the force field at the galaxy’s edge has crippled the ship.

Nine crewmembers lost. All from sudden seizures of unknown origin. Lieutenant Mitchell was almost the tenth. Dr. McCoy has him under observation. We’ve lost warp capability, reduced to impulse power only. Bridge functionality has been restored. Barely.

Under the care of the ship’s chief medical officer, Doctor Leonard McCoy, Mitchell begins to exhibit increasing powers. He is able to levitate objects, read thoughts and the ship’s instruments with his own mind. When McCoy suggests that Mitchell rest, he shoves the doctor across the room. Kirk orders bed rest and observation for Mitchell.

At a senior staff meeting in the briefing room, Scotty explains that Mitchell was somehow aware of cracks in the impulse engines that existed before the ship hit the galactic barrier. Chekov suggests that they may find repair resources at the lithium-cracking facility on Delta Vega. Nyota Uhura reports that the Valiant crewman who recovered from the incident that damaged the ship showed the same symptoms as Mitchell prior to the captain ordering self-destruct. Kirk orders the ship toward Delta Vega and tells his senior staff not to discuss Mitchell’s condition with the rest of the crew. Speaking to Kirk alone after the meeting, Spock tells him that he has surreptitiously mind-melded with Mitchell, and that his body contains “No consciousness. No sentience of any kind.” Spock recommends that Kirk either leave Mitchell marooned on Delta Vega or “Kill him while you still can.”

Next in part #2, Captain’s log, stardate 1313.1. I’ve been a starship captain for less than a year. In that time I’ve crossed the galaxy, seen things I could never imagine and will never forget. But exploring the unknown means encountering threats you never dreamed of. Never more so than now.

The USS Enterprise arrives at Delta Vega. In sickbay, Gary Mitchell tells James T. Kirk, Spock and Leonard McCoy that, were he in Kirk’s place, he would do what he can sense Spock wants Kirk to do: “Kill me while it’s still possible.” Refusing to be stranded on Delta Vega, Mitchell blasts Kirk with energy from his hands but is knocked out by McCoy with a sedative. Kirk, Spock, Montgomery Scott, Lee Kelso and the unconscious Mitchell are beamed down to the mineral processing facility on Delta Vega, where Kirk places Mitchell behind a force field in the crew quarters while Scotty and Kelso search for the materials they need to restore the ship’s warp drive. Mitchell revives, walks out through the force field and stuns Kirk and Spock with the energy from his hands. Mitchell encounters Kelso, who pulls a phaser on him, but Mitchell forces his former friend to shoot and kill himself with the phaser.

Scotty finds the reviving Kirk and Spock and tells them that Mitchell has escaped and Kelso is dead. Kirk takes a phaser rifle to confront Mitchell, following a bearing given to him by Pavel Chekov on the ship. He orders Spock to quarantine the planet and leave if he has not returned in three hours.

Captain’s log, supplemental. I didn’t want to admit it, but I knew it would come to this. Spock was right. Whatever’s taken over Gary… whatever killed Kelso… it’s not Gary anymore. I just hope it’s still mortal enough for me to—

Awaiting Kirk in the rocky wilderness, Mitchell offers him a Kaferian apple. He makes plants grow all around them, describing himself as “the god of life… The creator of worlds.” Kirk fires at Mitchell, who deflects the blast with his hand. He demonstrates his powers by transforming the landscape around them into a bar in Iowa where the younger Kirk got into fights, then to the exam hall at Starfleet Academy. Returning the landscape to its original state, Mitchell promises to give Kirk “a decent burial” after taking over his ship. He forces Kirk to kneel before him and beg forgiveness for his failure and his humanity. As Kirk does so, Spock comes up behind Mitchell and nerve-pinches him. Ordering Spock to stand back, Kirk levels the rifle at the fallen Mitchell, but is shocked when Gary opens his eyes, which have briefly returned to normal. “Do it, Jim—” Mitchell urges his friend. “Do it before—” As one of Mitchell’s eyes starts to glow again, Kirk shoots and kills him, then falls to his knees beside his dead friend.

Captain’s log, stardate 1313.4. I buried my friends today. Not just my friends. Members of my crew.

And I know that this pain… this terrible, searing pain… I know that it’s my job to bear it. Because the lives of the rest of my crew depend on it.

Kelso and Mitchell are buried in space. Spock joins Kirk in the briefing room. He offers to play chess with Kirk later on, saying that “Mr. Mitchell often… Gary often spoke of your proficiency.” Kirk accepts the offer, and Spock leaves for Engineering, leaving Kirk alone in the briefing room.

Next in part #3, Captain’s log, stardate 2821.5 En route to Makus III with a cargo of medical supplies, our course leads us past Murasaki 312, an unexplored quasar-like formation, and a priceless opportunity for scientific investigation. On board is Federation High Commissioner Ferris, overseeing the delivery of the supplies to Makus III.

Commissioner Ferris is impatient about getting the supplies to Makus III. The supplies are badly needed on New Paris which is facing a plague. There is, however, plenty of time before they have to be there. Kirk contacts the shuttlecraft Galileo, crewed by Spock, McCoy, Scott, Rand, Latimer, Gaetano, and Boma. Scott cannot wait to land on a planet that might be in the quasar. The shuttlecraft goes out of control and loses contact with the Enterprise. Kirk and Ferris argue when locates a planet in Murasaki 312. Kirk orders the ship to the planet, which is named Taurus II.

First officer’s log, stardate 2823.3 Despite the Murasaki Effect compromising the Galileo’s control systems, Mr. Latimer showed exceptional skill in piloting the shuttle towards the nearest inhabitable planet. Considering the circumstances, our landing was most successful.

Spock asks if everyone is all right. McCoy wants a hypospray. Yeoman Rand just got a bump on the head. Scott reports that the propulsion and guidance systems are damaged. Dr. McCoy notices that the atmosphere is breathable. Scott is ordered to assess the damage, while Latimer and Gaetano are ordered to arm themselves and scout the area. Spock is not sure if the Enterprise will find them.

Meanwhile, on the Enterprise, Uhura cannot hail the shuttlecraft and nearly goes crazy. Kirk orders that shuttles be sent to find the Galileo. Kirk and Ferris argue about whether Kirk’s idea will work, and Ferris brings up the fact that Kirk has become known for neglecting protocol. Back on the surface, Spock and McCoy argue about taking command. McCoy gets worried when fog starts rolling in. Meanwhile, Latimer and Gaetano are patrolling when Latimer is impaled by a spear. Spock identifies the weapon as a Folsom Point, characteristic of a Paleo-Indian tribe in North America thousands of years ago. Boma is angered by Spock’s cold reaction to Latimer’s death. McCoy decides that it is best to get back to the ship, where Scott has bad news: the power is drained. Just then, Gaetano runs in. The creature responsible for spearing Latimer in the back has returned with companions. Everyone wants to kill them except Spock, who refuses to do so and orders that they instead fire their phasers at the rocks as a scare tactic. It works.

Captain’s log, stardate 2328.3 We continue to search for any sign of the Galileo. But every minute that goes by brings a greater sense of futility and great loss.

The Enterprise has lost contact with the shuttles. Ferris gives Kirk twenty-four hours until it is time to go. Meanwhile, on Taurus II, Scott has an idea. He proposes using phasers as a power source. The idea is controversial. Scott informs them that the phasers will not provide enough power for all of them to be on board when they take off. McCoy suggests leaving their dead behind. Meanwhile, the Taureans are headed back for revenge.

Finally in part #4, Captain Kirk runs out of time and decides to rendezvous at Makus III. Meanwhile, Spock contemplates the Prime Directive:

The Prime Directive. It governs everything we do as Starfleet officers. In essence, the Prime Directive tells us: Do not interfere. But we are not always given a choice, particularly here on the edge of known space. A shuttle flight encounters a dangerous anomaly in orbit around an unexplored planet. The shuttle crashes to the planet’s surface. The pre-warp civilization on the planet becomes aware of the shuttle’s presence. It responds according to the understandable fear of a native population confronted with a highly advanced intruder. Starfleet Protocol would dictate that the shuttle crew is not in violation of the Prime Directive due to the accidental circumstances. And yet I cannot help but believe, as both a Starfleet officer and the commander on the ground in this circumstance that I have made a grave mistake.

While Scott is busy, McCoy and Spock talk about the attack on the shuttle, which is still too heavy to take off. Spock and Boma argue about the situation, and McCoy shuts Boma up. On the Enterprise, Chekov informs Kirk that Uhura has hijacked a shuttlecraft. Back on Makus III, Boma is still in a bad mood. He asks Spock if he has decided. Spock decides to electrify the hull.

Kirk and Ferris argue about returning to Taurus II and getting Uhura discharged. Kirk uses another Starfleet regulation against Ferris. Back on Taurus II, the hull of the shuttlecraft is electrified. The shuttle takes off. Boma apologizes to Spock. Then, there is trouble. The power has drained. They are forced to land. Latimer’s body is dumped. Spock, McCoy, and Boma attempt to sacrifice themselves when the stolen shuttlecraft arrives with Uhura piloting it.

On the way to Makus III, Commissioner Ferris informs Captain Kirk about a report he is sending to Starfleet Command. Kirk has Spock and Uhura confined to the same room for a few hours. Spock and Uhura kiss each other.

Hardcover reprints/collects: Star Trek (2012) Issues #1-4.  IDW Publishing

Limited Hardcover is bagged & double boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Publication Date: March 2012
Format: FC, 104 pages, HC, 10.20″ x 6.60″
ISBN: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: Limited Hardcover is New & Unread.  Very Fine + condition. (Traycase & Set of eight exclusive lithographs in a hardcover portfolio are NOT included) Otherwise… Beautiful Rare Limited Hardcover!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Star Trek collector and/or enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Highly Recommended.

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