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The <I>U.S.S. Enterprise</I> encounters the Strand, forty-six small planets and moons linked together in a gigantic double helix, all rendered uninhabitable due to high levels of radiation, toxic pollution and climatic devastation. Beaming down to investigate, Kirk, Spock and McCoy meet Doctor Othello Beck, one of the greatest medical minds of all time. Beck is using the Strand’s incredible scientific laboratory facilities to uncover cures for countless diseases that have plagued the galaxy; however, Beck’s intentions are far from altruistic, for the misguided doctor harbours a dark secret…

<BR><BR><B>Art by Steve Conley
<BR>Colors by Leonard O'Grady

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<BR><BR><B>Notes:</B>
<BR>*Featuring Captain James Tiberius Kirk, Mister Spock, Doctor Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu, Lieutenant Uhura, Lieutenent Arex, and Lieutenant M’Ress 
 <BR><BR>*Published by IDW

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