- Script
- Michael Jan Friedman (credited)
- Pencils
- Pablo Marcos (credited)
- Inks
- Pablo Marcos (credited)
- Colors
- Rick Taylor (credited)
- Letters
- Bob Pinaha (credited)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Jean Luc Picard [also as Dixon Hill]; Dr. Beverly Crusher [also as Beverly Howard, or Red]; Q; Deanna Troi; Worf; Geordi LaForge; William Riker; Data; Alexander Rozhenko; Phillipa Louvois; Eldon Truscott; Leonard Cantrell
- Synopsis
- Q inserts himself into the holodeck murder mystery, telling Picard that he has put Deanna and Worf into a deathtrap which they can only escape if Picard discovers the murderer.
- Keywords
- circuses; film noir; holodeck
Story continues in the following issue.
- Script
- Alan Gold (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (logo illustration)
- Inks
- ? (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Letters submitted by Kevin Karmann and Gregory Lea.