Marvel Super Special #15 - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
(December 1979)

Marvel, 1978 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.50 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
published four times a year
On-sale Date
1979
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Barcode
0714860207715
Editing
Marv Wolfman (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (managing editor); Rick Marschall (credited) (consulting editor); Ralph Macchio (credited) (associate editor); Marian Stensgard (credited) (editorial assistant)

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Star Trek / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Larkin (credited) (signed as Bob [over] Larkin) (painting)
Inks
Bob Larkin (credited) (signed as Bob [over] Larkin) (painting)
Colors
Bob Larkin (credited) (signed as Bob [over] Larkin) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
James T. Kirk; Spock; Dr. McCoy; Willard Decker; Ilia
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Star Trek / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Kirk (photo of William Shatner); Spock (photo of Leonard Nimoy); Ilia II (photo of Persis Khambatta); Willard Decker (photo of Stephen Collins); Hikaru Sulu (photo of George Takei); Montgomery Scott (photo of James Doohan); Pavel Chekov (photo of Walter Koenig)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

two stills from the movie

Stan Lee Presents: Star Trek the Motion Picture (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

title page with production credits, table of contents and a small still from the movie

The Hulk (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hulk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Table of Contents: 4)

Star Trek / comic story / 52 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited) (script); Harold Livingston (credited) ("based on the screenplay by"); Alan Foster (credited as Alan Dean Foster) (story); Gene Roddenberry (credited) (story)
Pencils
Dave Cockrum (credited)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited)
Colors
Marie Severin (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
V'Ger (introduction, villain); Captain Willard Decker (introduction); Lt. Ilia (introduction, death); James T. Kirk; Spock; Dr. McCoy; Sonak (death); Montgomery Scott; Pavel Chekov; Hikaru Sulu; Nyota Uhura; Janice Rand; Christine Chapel; Ilia II
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Last appearance in Star Trek (Western, 1967 series) #61; continued in Star Trek (Marvel, 1980 series) #4.

Adapted from Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Star Trek — The Phenomenon (Table of Contents: 5)

Star Trek / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Rogers (credited)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; science fiction
Characters
Kirk (photo of William Shatner); Spock (photo of Leonard Nimoy); Dr. McCoy (photo of DeForest Kelley); Montgomery Scott (photo of James Doohan); Christine Chapel (photo of Majel Barrett); Janice Rand (photo of Grace Lee Whitney); Pavel Chekov (photo of Walter Koenig); Nyota Uhura (photo of Nichelle Nichols)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by ten small head stills from the movie.

Touching Base With Reality: An Interview With Jesco von Puttkamer (Table of Contents: 6)

Star Trek / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Marian Stensgard (credited); Jesco von Puttkamer (credited)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; science fiction
Characters
Kirk (photo of William Shatner); Spock (photo of Leonard Nimoy); Dr. McCoy (photo of DeForest Kelley)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A full-page interview with the science advisor to the movie, Jesco von Puttkamer, who was Nasa's Program Manager and Senior Staff Scientist of Future Programming. Accompanied by two stills from the movie.

Star Trek — The Motion Picture Glossary (Table of Contents: 7)

Star Trek / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Rogers (credited)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; science fiction
Characters
Kirk (photo of William Shatner); Spock (photo of Leonard Nimoy); Hikaru Sulu (photo of George Takei); Montgomery Scott (photo of James Doohan); Ilia (photo of Persis Khambatta); Willard Decker (photo of Stephen Collins); Pavel Chekov (photo of Walter Koenig)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by five stills from the movie.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Star Trek / illustration / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (photographs)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Kirk (photo of William Shatner); Spock (photo of Leonard Nimoy)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A full-page photo of the two main characters and a double-page spread of the Enterprise.

Epic Illustrated (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Star Trek
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Star Trek
  3. 2. Stan Lee Presents: Star Trek the Motion Picture
  4. 3. The Hulk
    Hulk
  5. 4. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
    Star Trek
  6. 5. Star Trek — The Phenomenon
    Star Trek
  7. 6. Touching Base With Reality: An Interview With Jesco von Puttkamer
    Star Trek
  8. 7. Star Trek — The Motion Picture Glossary
    Star Trek
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Star Trek
  10. 9. Epic Illustrated
This issue was modified by, among others
  • chris bonham
  • Chris Boyko
  • Rogers
  • Steven Samuels
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore