The
Gold Key Archives is a series of
Star Trek comic omnibuses published by IDW Publishing from 2014 onwards. Each hardcover book collects six issues from the first ever series of
Star Trek comics, originally published by Gold Key Comics from 1967 to 1979.
The Gold Key Comics have previously been printed in omnibus books, by Golden Press in the 1970s, as
Enterprise Logs, and Checker Books'
The Key Collection, in the 2000s - Neither series managed to reprint the entire run. What sets the
Gold Key Archives apart from both previous efforts is the substantial remastering of the artwork, replacing previously quite drab reproductions with vibrant, clean, and crisp new colouring.
Each book features new cover artwork by Michael Stribling, and new introductory texts from a variety of contemporary
Star Trek comics experts. Some volumes also feature short biographies of the original creators.
Gold Key Archives, Volume 1
- Contents: Issues #1-6:
- 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
- Contributors:
- Writer: Dick Wood.
- Artists: Nevio Zeccara and Alberto Giolitti.
- Introduction by Tony Isabella.
- Published: April 2014.
- Coverage: Excerpt.
- Notes: This is the only book in the series that doesn't feature new artwork for the cover; the image first appeared as a retail incentive cover for Burden of Knowledge #1.
- Purchase: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es, Amazon.it, Amazon.co.jp, Things From Another World, Hastings, Forbidden Planet, iTunes.
Gold Key Archives, Volume 2
- Contents: Issues #7-12:
- The Voodoo Planet
- The Youth Trap
- The Legacy of Lazarus
- Sceptre of the Sun
- The Brain Shockers
- The Flight of the Buccaneer
- Contributors:
- Writers: Dick Wood and Len Wein.
- Artist: Alberto Giolitti.
- Introduction by Scott and David Tipton.
- Published: October 2014.
- Coverage: Excerpt.
- Purchase: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es, Amazon.it, Amazon.co.jp, Things From Another World, Forbidden Planet, iTunes.