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==References==
  
==References==
 
===Characters===
  
===Characters===
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:{{dis|Dean|USS Enterprise}} • [[Hunt]] • [[James T. Kirk]] • [[Leonard McCoy]] • [[Janice Rand]] • [[Spock]] • [[K-G giant cannibal plant]] • [[K-G running vine plant]] • [[K-G cattle beasts]] • [[K-G tumbleweed plants]] • [[uSS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701) personnel]] • [[unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel|unnamed USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701) personnel]]
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:{{dis|Dean|USS Enterprise}} • [[Hunt]] • [[James T. Kirk]] • [[Leonard McCoy]] • [[Janice Rand]] • [[Spock]] • [[K-G giant cannibal plant]] • [[K-G running vine plant]] • [[K-G cattle beast]]s • [[K-G tumbleweed plant]]s • [[uSS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701) personnel]] • [[Unnamed USS Enterprise personnel (2260s)|unnamed USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701) personnel]]
   
 
===Starships and vehicles===
  
===Starships and vehicles===
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===Locations===
  
===Locations===
 
====Shipboard locations====
  
====Shipboard locations====
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;USS ''Enterprise'' : [[bridge]] • [[transporter room|teleportation chamber]] • [[laboratory]] • [[briefing room]]
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: [[bridge]] • [[transporter room|teleportation chamber]] • [[laboratory]] • [[briefing room]]
   
 
====Planets and planetoids====
  
====Planets and planetoids====
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===Races and cultures===
  
===Races and cultures===
 
:[[Human]] • [[Vulcan]] • {{dis|plant species|K-G}}
  
:[[Human]] • [[Vulcan]] • {{dis|plant species|K-G}}
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===Materials and substances===
  
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:[[atmosphere]] • [[blood]] • [[gas]] • [[oxygen]]
  
   
 
===Technology and weapons===
  
===Technology and weapons===
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:[[binoculars]] • [[identification bracelet]] • [[phaser]] • [[space scope]] • [[starship]] • [[teleporter]] • [[TV radio]] • [[TV scanner]]
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:[[binoculars]] • [[identification bracelet]] • [[phaser]] • [[scanner|space scope]] • [[starship]] • [[transporter|teleporter]] • [[TV radio]] • [[viewscreen|TV scanner]]
   
 
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===States and organizations===
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===Ranks and titles===
  
===Ranks and titles===
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:[[captain]] • [[commander]] • [[commanding officer]] • [[Federation Starfleet ranks]] • [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s)]] • [[first officer]] • [[lieutenant commander]] • [[officer]] • [[scientist]] • [[science officer]]
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:[[captain]] • [[commander]] • [[commanding officer]] • [[crewman]] • [[first officer]] • [[lieutenant commander]] • [[scientist]] • [[science officer]] • [[security officer]]
   
 
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===Other references===
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:[[anatomy]] • [[animal]] • [[boot]] • [[captain's log]] • [[cattle]] • [[clothing]] • [[cobra]] • [[crewman]] • [[finger]] • [[five-year mission]] • [[fog]] • [[galaxy]] • [[government]] • [[guinea pig]] • [[homeworld]] • [[humanoid]] • [[language]] • [[lifeform]] • [[log entry]] • [[matter]] • [[nation-state]] • [[orbit]] • [[pants]] • [[planet]] • [[plant]] • [[quadrant]] • [[races and cultures]] • [[rank]] • [[security]] • [[space]] • [[star]] • [[stardate]] • [[Starfleet uniform]] • [[Starfleet uniform (2260s)]] • [[technology]] • [[title]] • [[tunic]] • [[uniform]] • [[universe]] • [[weapon]]
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:[[animal]] • [[bloodhound]] • [[captain's log]] • [[cattle]] • [[cave]] • [[cobra]] • [[film]] • [[five-year mission]] • [[fog]] • [[galaxy]] • [[guinea pig]] • [[language]] • [[lifeform]] • [[log entry]] • [[nation-state]] • [[nightmare]] • [[orbit]] • [[planet]] • [[plant]] • [[sheep dog]] • [[space]] • [[spore]] • [[star]] • [[stardate]] • [[technology]] • {{dis|thorn|botany}} • [[universe]] • [[weapon]]
   
 
==Appendices==
  
==Appendices==
 
===Background===
  
===Background===
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* This is [[Janice Rand]]'s sole [[Gold Key Comics]] appearance, and the first of her very few appearances in any ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[comic]].
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* This is [[Janice Rand]]'s sole [[Gold Key Comics]] appearance, aside from a one-panel cameo in issue #24, {{c|TOS|The Trial of Captain Kirk}}, and the first of her very few appearances in any ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[comic]].
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* A new cover painting created for the reprint edition depicts the attack on the [[landing party]] by a [[K-G running vine plant]]. It showed {{dis|Dean|USS Enterprise}}'s arm and leg mutating into [[tree]] branches. In the story, this transformation actually happened to [[Hunt]] during a prior attack by a [[K-G giant cannibal plant]].
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* In 1975, Gold Key began augmenting its ''Star Trek'' run by reprinting occasional issues. This was the first issue to be reprinted.
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* This story has been released 32 times. In [[English]], it was printed 14 times, scanned for a DVD and reproduced on filmstrips. In other languages, it was printed 16 times: [[French language|French]] (3x), [[German language|German]] (3x), [[Portuguese]] (3x), Dutch (2x), [[Italian language|Italian]] (2x), Finnish, Serbian and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].
   
 
===Images===
  
===Images===
 
<gallery>
  
<gallery>
 
planet of No Return.jpg|Cover image.
  
planet of No Return.jpg|Cover image.
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gk1-back.jpg|Back cover image.
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hunt.jpg|Hunt.
  
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gold Key 29.jpg|Reprint edition cover.
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dean.jpg|Dean.
  
 
jtk GK1.jpg|[[James T. Kirk]].
  
jtk GK1.jpg|[[James T. Kirk]].
 
spock GK1.jpg|[[Spock]].
  
spock GK1.jpg|[[Spock]].
 
sulu GK1.jpg|[[Hikaru Sulu]].
  
sulu GK1.jpg|[[Hikaru Sulu]].
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ent1701 GK1.jpg|<nowiki>{{uSS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}</nowiki> [[orbit]]s [[K-G]].
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ent1701 GK1.jpg|{{uSS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} [[orbit]]s [[K-G]].
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gold Key 29.jpg|Reprint edition cover.
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jtkGK1bac.jpg|[[James T. Kirk]].
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hunt.jpg|[[Hunt]].
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dean.jpg|{{dis|Dean|USS Enterprise}}.
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dean1.jpg|{{dis|Dean|USS Enterprise}}.
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randGK01.jpg|[[Janice Rand]].
 
randGK29.jpg|[[Janice Rand]].
  
randGK29.jpg|[[Janice Rand]].
 
jtkGK29.jpg|[[James T. Kirk]].
  
jtkGK29.jpg|[[James T. Kirk]].
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spockGK29.jpg|[[Spock]].
  
spockGK29.jpg|[[Spock]].
 
huntGK29.jpg|[[Hunt]].
  
huntGK29.jpg|[[Hunt]].
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=== Production history ===
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;[[July]] [[1967]] : First published by [[Gold Key Comics]]
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;[[1967]] : Reproduced on b/w filmstrips for ''Star Trek'' Movie Viewer (Chemtoy Corporation)
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;[[1969]] : Printed in hardcover in ''[[Star Trek Annual 1969]]'' ([[World Distributors Limited]])
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;[[1971]] : Printed in oversized hardcover in ''[[Star Trek Television Picture Story Book]]'' (PBS Limited)
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;[[1972]] : Printed b/w in [[Australia]] in ''Star Trek'' #22063 (Rosnock Publications)
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;[[1972]] : Printed b/w in [[Hong Kong]] and the [[Philippines]] in ''Star Trek'' #22063 (South Pacific Publications)
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;[[March]] [[1975]] : Reprinted with a new cover image by Gold Key Comics as issue #29
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;[[August]] [[1976]] : Printed in the [[omnibus]] ''[[The Enterprise Logs, Volume 1]]'' ([[Golden Press]])
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;[[18 September]] [[1976]] - [[4 December]] [[1976]] : Serialized weekly in ''Mighty TV Comic'' #1292 - 1303
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;[[1978]] : Printed b/w in Australia in ''Star Trek'' #28004 (Rosnock Publications)
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;[[1978]] : Printed b/w in Hong Kong and the Philippines in ''Star Trek'' #28004 (South Pacific Publications)
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;[[June]] [[2004]] : Printed in the omnibus ''[[The Key Collection, Volume 1]]'' ([[Checker Book Publishing Group]])
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;[[2004]] : The cover, two images and a quote were reprinted on Gold Key Chase Card #1 in the card set ''[[Quotable Star Trek]]'' ([[Rittenhouse Archives]])
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;[[September]] [[2008]] : Included on ''[[The Complete Comic Book Collection]]'' DVD ([[Graphic Imaging Technologies]])
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;[[August]] [[2014]] : Remastered in hardcover in the omnibus ''[[Gold Key Archives, Volume 1]]'' ([[IDW]])
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;[[5 January]] [[2017]] : Remastered in hardcover in the omnibus ''[[Graphic Novel Collection]]'' #1 ([[Eaglemoss]])
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;[[February]] [[2017]] : Remastered in ''[[Star Trek 100-page Spectacular]]'' #5 ([[IDW]])
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===External link===
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=== Translations ===
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;[[December]] [[1971]] : Portuguese: As "O Planeta da Morte" in b/w in ''Jornada Nas Estrelas'' #1 (1st series) (Ebal)
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* {{memoryalpha}}
  
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;[[18 March]] [[1972]] : Spanish: As "El Planeta de la Muerte" in ''TV Mundial'' #218 ''Viaje a las Estrellas'' (Editorial Novaro)
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;[[April]] [[1972]] : Italian: As "KG, Pianeta della Morte" in ''Star Trek Albi Spada'' #1 (Edizioni Fratelli Spada)
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;[[11 June]] [[1972]] : French: As "Planète de la Mort" in ''Les Héros de L'aventure'' #2 (Remparts)
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;[[1972]] : French: In the omnibus ''Star Trek Album'' #1 (Remparts)
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;[[1973]] : German: As "Der Staat der Mörderischen Pflanzen" in ''Zak Comic Box'' #8: ''Neue Adbenteuer De Enterprise'' (Koralle)
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;[[1974]] : Dutch: As "De Staat van de Bloeddorstige Planten" in ''Star Trek'' #A1 (De Vrijbuiter)
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;[[1974]] : Finnish: As "Kasviolennot" in ''Avaruusmatka Star Trek'' #9 (Apulehti)
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;[[14 June]] [[1975]] : Serbian: in ''TV 3AБABHИK''
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;[[August]] [[1975]] : Portuguese: As "Os Monstros Vegetais" in ''Diversões Juvenis Presents Jornada Nas Estrelas'' #1 (Abril)
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;[[15 March]] [[1978]] : Portuguese: In b/w in ''O Caminho das Estrelas'' #1 (Aguiar)
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;[[August]] [[1978]] : French: As "La Planète sans Retour" in ''Rin Tin Tin et Rusty'' #103 (Sagédition)
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;[[1979]] : Dutch: In the omnibus ''Ruimteschip Enterprise Classics Strip-Paperback'' #3 (De Vrijbuiter)
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;[[1979]] : German: As "Der Staat der Mörderischen Pflanzen" in the omnibus ''Raumschiff Enterprise Comic Taschenbuch'' #3 (Condor)
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;[[1980]] : German: As "Der Staat der Mörderischen Pflanzen" in some editions of ''Condor Superheiden'' #1: ''Star Trek Jahrbuch'' (Condor-Verlag)
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;[[2005]] : Italian: In the omnibus ''The Gold Key Collection, Volume 1'' (Free Books)
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|}
   
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===External links===
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* {{memoryalpha}}
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* [http://whencomicbooksruled.blogspot.com/2013/08/gold-key-star-trek-1-when-yeoman-rand.html The Planet of No Return] article at [http://whencomicbooksruled.blogspot.com When Comic Books Ruled].
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* [https://them0vieblog.com/2014/12/01/star-trek-gold-key-1-the-planet-of-no-return-review/ The Planet of No Return] article at [https://them0vieblog.com The Movie Blog].
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* [https://britishcomics.wikia.com/wiki/TV_Comic Mighty TV Comic] article at the [https://britishcomics.wikia.com Albion British Comics Database Wikia].
 
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An expedition team discovers its secret—too late… K-G, planet of death!
K-2, planet of death, where cannibal plants stalk animal prey!

Summary

Captain's log, stardate 18:09.2 : Enterprise carrying out exploration mission through Galaxy Alpha. So far we've seen no indication of life anywhere in the galaxy.

The Enterprise's space scope detects a fertile green planet. Scotty comments that it looks "Kelly Green" and Captain Kirk orders a landing party to be assembled. While approaching the planet, the Enterprise passes through a mist, within which float plant spores which fasten themselves to the hull and quickly penetrate the ship. The spores cause the laboratory guinea pigs to transform into tree-like plants which attack Spock and Dr. McCoy, but are soon destroyed by security guards.

While Spock investigates how the transformation occurred, Kirk leads the landing party to the planet, which has been named K-G. While exploring, Crewman Hunt is exposed to spores and transforms into a giant plant. The rest of the landing party are nearly devoured by a carnivorous plant, but the transformed Hunt sacrifices himself to save them. After a brief funeral, the party discovers that K-G is inhabited by intelligent plants. They escape from attacking trees and take shelter in a nearby cave, but Rand is grabbed by a vine and dragged away. The others chase after the plant, which deposits her inside a large enclosure where animals are grazing.

The landing party uses their phasers on the wall of thorns which surrounds the enclosure, but the thorns regenerate as fast as they are destroyed. Kirk sees the plants herding the animals away, and after gaining a vantage point from a rock pinnacle, they see that the plants consume the animals for food. Kirk calls the Enterprise and has Spock fire a pinpoint phaser beam at the thorn wall, destroying it and allowing them to rescue Rand from being eaten. Kirk orders Spock to beam them back up to the ship just before the plants can infect them with more plant spores.

On the Enterprise, Spock tells Kirk that the spores pose a threat to life on all other planets in the galaxy. They therefore use the ship's weaponry to destroy all life on K-G.

Captain's log, stardate 18:10.
We are orbiting the planet Kelly Green, performing what will be our last duty here... Total destruction - a mission that must be fulfilled before we can continue our tour of research through the vast reaches of the universe...

References

Characters

Dean • Hunt • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Janice Rand • Spock • K-G giant cannibal plant • K-G running vine plant • K-G cattle beasts • K-G tumbleweed plants • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel • unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser)

Locations

Shipboard locations

bridge • teleportation chamber • laboratory • briefing room

Planets and planetoids

K-G

Stellar regions

the galaxy's Alpha or Beta Quadrants (Galaxy Alpha)

Races and cultures

Human • Vulcan • plant species

Technology and weapons

binoculars • identification bracelet • phaser • space scope • starship • teleporter • TV radio • TV scanner

States and organizations

Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Ranks and titles

captain • commander • commanding officer • crewman • first officer • lieutenant commander • scientist • science officer • security officer

Other references

animal • bloodhound • captain's log • cattle • cave • cobra • film • five-year mission • fog • galaxy • guinea pig • language • lifeform • log entry • nation-state • nightmare • orbit • planet • plant • sheep dog • space • spore • star • stardate • technology • thorn • universe • weapon

Appendices

Background

Images

Connections

published order
Previous comic:
First issue 		TOS comics
Gold Key Star Trek 		Next comic:
#2: The Devil's Isle of Space
Previous comic:
#28: The Mimicking Menace 		TOS comics
Gold Key Star Trek 		Next comic:
#30: Death of a Star
chronological order
Previous Adventure:
Prophet of Peace 		Memory Beta Chronology Next Adventure:
Shadow Lord

Production history

July 1967
First published by Gold Key Comics
1967
Reproduced on b/w filmstrips for Star Trek Movie Viewer (Chemtoy Corporation)
1969
Printed in hardcover in Star Trek Annual 1969 (World Distributors Limited)
1971
Printed in oversized hardcover in Star Trek Television Picture Story Book (PBS Limited)
1972
Printed b/w in Australia in Star Trek #22063 (Rosnock Publications)
1972
Printed b/w in Hong Kong and the Philippines in Star Trek #22063 (South Pacific Publications)
March 1975
Reprinted with a new cover image by Gold Key Comics as issue #29
August 1976
Printed in the omnibus The Enterprise Logs, Volume 1 (Golden Press)
18 September 1976 - 4 December 1976
Serialized weekly in Mighty TV Comic #1292 - 1303
1978
Printed b/w in Australia in Star Trek #28004 (Rosnock Publications)
1978
Printed b/w in Hong Kong and the Philippines in Star Trek #28004 (South Pacific Publications)
June 2004
Printed in the omnibus The Key Collection, Volume 1 (Checker Book Publishing Group)
2004
The cover, two images and a quote were reprinted on Gold Key Chase Card #1 in the card set Quotable Star Trek (Rittenhouse Archives)
September 2008
Included on The Complete Comic Book Collection DVD (Graphic Imaging Technologies)
August 2014
Remastered in hardcover in the omnibus Gold Key Archives, Volume 1 (IDW)
5 January 2017
Remastered in hardcover in the omnibus Graphic Novel Collection #1 (Eaglemoss)
February 2017
Remastered in Star Trek 100-page Spectacular #5 (IDW)

Translations

December 1971
Portuguese: As "O Planeta da Morte" in b/w in Jornada Nas Estrelas #1 (1st series) (Ebal)
18 March 1972
Spanish: As "El Planeta de la Muerte" in TV Mundial #218 Viaje a las Estrellas (Editorial Novaro)
April 1972
Italian: As "KG, Pianeta della Morte" in Star Trek Albi Spada #1 (Edizioni Fratelli Spada)
11 June 1972
French: As "Planète de la Mort" in Les Héros de L'aventure #2 (Remparts)
1972
French: In the omnibus Star Trek Album #1 (Remparts)
1973
German: As "Der Staat der Mörderischen Pflanzen" in Zak Comic Box #8: Neue Adbenteuer De Enterprise (Koralle)
1974
Dutch: As "De Staat van de Bloeddorstige Planten" in Star Trek #A1 (De Vrijbuiter)
1974
Finnish: As "Kasviolennot" in Avaruusmatka Star Trek #9 (Apulehti)
14 June 1975
Serbian: in TV 3AБABHИK
August 1975
Portuguese: As "Os Monstros Vegetais" in Diversões Juvenis Presents Jornada Nas Estrelas #1 (Abril)
15 March 1978
Portuguese: In b/w in O Caminho das Estrelas #1 (Aguiar)
August 1978
French: As "La Planète sans Retour" in Rin Tin Tin et Rusty #103 (Sagédition)
1979
Dutch: In the omnibus Ruimteschip Enterprise Classics Strip-Paperback #3 (De Vrijbuiter)
1979
German: As "Der Staat der Mörderischen Pflanzen" in the omnibus Raumschiff Enterprise Comic Taschenbuch #3 (Condor)
1980
German: As "Der Staat der Mörderischen Pflanzen" in some editions of Condor Superheiden #1: Star Trek Jahrbuch (Condor-Verlag)
2005
Italian: In the omnibus The Gold Key Collection, Volume 1 (Free Books)

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