Random Happenstance

I had this issue on DVD-ROM, but of course I'll grab one from the quarter bins: from 1977, Star Trek #48, "Murder on the Enterprise" Written by Arnold Drake, story consultant Doug Drexler, art by Al McWilliams.

This was late enough in Gold Key's run that the artists were probably able to see episodes in reruns for visual reference; but while the Enterprise is well-rendered, instead of the traditional shuttle they've got...some kind of Fisher-Price space-plane. Huh. Also, we'd already seen a murder on the Enterprise in "Journey to Babel." This time, an illustrious scientist was on his way back to present a major scientific discovery but is murdered, but by who? His assistant? The Andorian with an unspecified grudge? The female scientist with a likewise unspecified complaint? They might or might not have been a couple at some point, but I can't tell if my copy here was missing some pages, or maybe just didn't fill in every little detail. Going to the DVD-ROM, it was the latter.

But, conveniently enough, the DVD-ROM included the ads, because somebody cut a panel out of the Hulk Twinkie ad in mine! The "now Hulk fight like savage!" panel was neatly clipped out of the quarter-bin copy; I hope someone liked it.