Star Trek #40

This 1976 Whitman issue pulls readers straight into the action with a cover by George Wilson showing a massive purple alien creature clutching a woman in red — identified by the cover text as McCoy's daughter — while a crewmember scrambles desperately down a curved stairway below. Portrait photos of Spock and another crew member anchor the top corner, grounding the scene firmly in the Star Trek universe. "Triangle of Peril: an alien beast — McCoy's daughter — and the Enterprise!" promises writer Arnold Drake and artist Al McWilliams have packed plenty of tension into "Furlough to Fury.