TREKCORE > SPECIALS > TREK ARTIFACTS > Marvel Comics

PUBLISHED: April 29, 2007
AUTHOR: Greg Jones

This week we're continuing our look at the Marvel Comic covers.  To see our original article on the Marvel covers, please click here.
 

Issue #10 - January 1981 - "Spock...Barbarian!" A take-off on Marvel's popular Conan The Barbarian series of the time. Cover art by Leo Duranona and Klaus Janson.	Issue #11 - February 1981	Issue #12 - March 1981
Issue #13 - April 1981 - Another 'McCoy's Daughter' story (see Gold Key issue #40). Cover art by James Sherman and Larry Hama.	Issue #14 - June 1981 - When a series goes from monthly to bi-monthly publication it's usually due to declining sales; the reasons for which are shown on this cover (remember 'Kirok'?). Cover art by Ed Hannigan and James Sherman.	Issue #15 - August 1981
Issue #16 - October 1981 - The inclusion of Gnomes--trendy in the early 1980's--in a Star Trek story may have been another reason for the series' flagging sales. Cover art by Luke McDonnell and Al Milgrim.	Issue #17 - December 1981 - The last two issues of the series are considered scarcer, and thus more valuable, due to the low print runs that about-to-be-canceled series often receive. #17 cover by Walt Simonson; #18 cover by Joe Brozowski and Terry Austin.	Issue #18 - February 1982 - The last two issues of the series are considered scarcer, and thus more valuable, due to the low print runs that about-to-be-canceled series often receive. #17 cover by Walt Simonson; #18 cover by Joe Brozowski and Terry Austin.

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