Gold Key Archives, Volume 4

Gold Key Archives, Volume 4 was the fourth volume of the Gold Key Archives, a set of omnibus reprints of the Gold Key Comics series of comic books originally published from 1967-1979.

The volume was printed on slick white paper, hardbound, with high-quality restoration and recoloring by Digikore Design Limited. It contained new cover artwork by Michael Stribling and an introduction by Paula M. Block. An additional feature in the back spotlighted original cover painter George Wilson, with a short bio and a sample of his covers for "The Perfect Dream" (#26), "The Evictors" (#41), "The Flight of the Buccaneer" (#12), and "The Hijacked Planet" (#18).

Publisher's description[]

Back cover: ”Some of these outlandish tales may have frustrated those fans looking for an exact depiction of Star Trek ‘as seen on TV,’ but these tales were never boring. On occasion some of the stories were—dare I suggest it—genuinely thought provoking.” – from the introduction by Paula M. Block.

Boldly going… where it all started! Presenting the first comic book adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise and her crew! Fully remastered with new colors, volume 4 collects issues #19–24.

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IDW Publishing omnibuses
IDW collections	IDW Ongoing (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13) • Romulans: Pawns of War • 100-Page Spectacular (2011 • 2012 • Winter 2012) • The John Byrne Collection • New Visions (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • The Hollow Man and Other Stories) • The New Adventures (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) • Countdown Collection (1 • 2) • Boldly Go (1 • 2 • IDIC) • The Missions Continue • Year Five (Odyssey's End • The Wine-Dark Deep • Weaker Than Man • Experienced in Loss • Deluxe Edition, Volume 1) • Mirror Universe Collection • Library Collection (1 • 2) • Star Trek (IDW 2022) (Godshock • The Red Path • Day of Blood • Glass and Bone) • Defiant (1 • Another Piece of the Action)
Archive material	Star Trek Archives (Best of Peter David • Best of the Borg • Best of Gary Seven • Best of DS9 • Best of Captain Kirk • Best of Alternate Universes) • Best of Klingons • Star Trek Omnibus (Volume 1 • Volume 2 • The Original Series • Movie Omnibus • TNG Omnibus) • Motion Picture Trilogy • 100-Page Spectacular (Summer 2012 • Gold Key) • Newspaper Comics (1 • 2) • The Stardate Collection (1 • 2) • Gold Key Archives (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) • Classic UK Comics (1 • 2 • 3) • Best of Picard • The Mirror Universe Saga

Gold Key Comics stories and publications
Issues	"The Planet of No Return" • "The Devil's Isle of Space" • "Invasion of the City Builders" • "The Peril of Planet Quick Change" • "The Ghost Planet" • "When Planets Collide" • "The Voodoo Planet" • "The Youth Trap" • "The Legacy of Lazarus" • "Sceptre of the Sun" • "The Brain Shockers" • "The Flight of the Buccaneer" • "Dark Traveler" • "The Enterprise Mutiny" • "Museum at the End of Time" • "Day of the Inquisitors" • "The Cosmic Cavemen" • "The Hijacked Planet" • "The Haunted Asteroid" • "A World Gone Mad" • "The Mummies of Heitius VII" • "Siege in Superspace" • "Child's Play" • "The Trial of Captain Kirk" • "Dwarf Planet" • "The Perfect Dream" • "Ice Journey" • "The Mimicking Menace" • "Death of a Star" • "The Final Truth" • "The Animal People" • "The Choice" • "The PsychoCrystals" • "A Bomb in Time" • "One of Our Captains Is Missing!" • "Prophet of Peace" • "Furlough to Fury" • "The Evictors" • "World Against Time" • "The World Beneath the Waves" • "Prince Traitor" • "Mr. Oracle" • "This Tree Bears Bitter Fruit" • "Murder on the Enterprise" • "A Warp in Space" • "Planet of No Life" • "Destination... Annihilation!" • "And a Child Shall Lead Them" • "What Fools These Mortals Be.." • "Sport of Knaves" • "A World Against Itself" • "No Time Like the Past" • "Spore of the Devil" • "The Brain-Damaged Planet" • "To Err Is Vulcan" • "The Empire Man!" • "Operation Con Game"
Additional stories	"James T. Kirk: Psycho-File" • "A Page From Scotty's Diary" • "Spock: Psycho-File" • "From Sputnik to Warp Drive"
Games	"Voyage of Discovery" • "The Tunnel of Death" • "... Wild Goose Chase!" • "A Hint of Life" • "Space Chase" • "Escape from the Clinging Dags"
Collections	Star Trek Annuals (1969 • 1970 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1983 • 1986) • The Enterprise Logs (Volumes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • The Key Collection (Volumes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) • Gold Key Archives (Volumes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) • Gold Key 100-Page Spectacular
Related media	"The Exile" • "The Red Hour" • "Colouring Book" • "Eye of the Beholder" • "The Menace of the Mechanitrons" • "Trial by Fire!"

Timeline[]

published order
Previous book: Gold Key Archives, Volume 3	Gold Key Archives	Next book: Gold Key Archives, Volume 5

External Links[]

Gold Key Archives, Volume 4 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Gold Key Archives, Volume 4 article at the Looking for a Good Book blog.
Gold Key Archives, Volume 4 article at the Outright Geekery blog.

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