TREK TUESDAYS BONUS: The good captain turns 85.
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Wow, William Shatner is 85!
Anyway, y’know how we started TREK TUESDAYS just a couple weeks ago? Well, the man who would be Kirk was born March 22, 1931 — and this year, it turns out his birthday’s a Tuesday!
Life is good.
Here are 13 COVERS to celebrate, as we do in this sector. Also, in case you missed it, here’s Shatner talking about Leonard Nimoy and his own time in the captain’s chair.
Don’t see your fave Kirk cover? That’s cool. Just add yours in the comments below or in whatever social-media thread you found this!
Michael Stribling
Howard Chaykin
Neal Adams
John Byrne photomontage
Alden McWilliams?
Tom Sutton/Ricardo Villagran
Joe Corroney
Neal Adams
Sutton/Villagran
Greatest Kirk cover ever?
Stribling
Cover images and credits (mostly) from the staccato-speaking Grand Comics Database.
March 22, 2016
Shatner is, has been, and always will be the man to me. Can’t even describe to you how important to me!
I saw him on his 82nd birthday 3 yrs ago at his one man show in Dallas. Was right in the orchestra pit. I literally could have reached up and touched him. Best seats I’ve ever had for a show, and as a musician I’ve sat in the pit lots of times.
Happy birthday Shatner! Long live!
March 22, 2016
I think the Cover you questioned was Alden McWilliams is Ernie Colon Pencils… maybe Inks.