Tony Isabella

Bob Ingersoll

When Captain Kirk faced court-martial, he chose the best lawyer in the Federation -- Samuel T. Cogley, a cranky old man who prefers books to padds and people to computers. Now, once again, it's SAM COGLEY FOR THE DEFENSE! The planet Aneher II sits in the middle of the Neutral Zone, and neither the Klingon™ Empire nor the Federation can claim it. Under the terms of the Organian Peace Treaty, any such contested colony world will go to the party -- Federation or Klingon -- which shows it can best develop the planet. At first the two colonies live in peace, but it's a fragile peace, one shattered when Administrator Daniel Latham, the head of the Federation colony, is found murdered, and Commander Mak'Tor, the head of the Klingon colony, is found crouched over Latham's body, discharged phaser still hot in his hand. When Lieutenant Areel Shaw of Starfleet is assigned to prosecute Mak'Tor, Sam Cogley volunteers to defend the accused Klingon. But when Cogley's own investigation provides the prosecution with its key piece of evidence and his courtroom tactics unexpectedly backfire, can even the galaxy's most brilliant defense attorney win the day in...

The Case of the Colonist's Corpse

When Captain Kirk faced court-martial, he chose the best lawyer in the Federation -- Samuel T. Cogley, a cranky old man who prefers books to padds and people to computers. Now, once again, it's SAM COGLEY FOR THE DEFENSE! The planet Aneher II sits in the middle of the Neutral Zone, and neither the Klingon™ Empire nor the Federation can claim it. Under the terms of the Organian Peace Treaty, any such contested colony world will go to the party -- Federation or Klingon -- which shows it can best develop the planet. At first the two colonies live in peace, but it's a fragile peace, one shattered when Administrator Daniel Latham, the head of the Federation colony, is found murdered, and Commander Mak'Tor, the head of the Klingon colony, is found crouched over Latham's body, discharged phaser still hot in his hand. When Lieutenant Areel Shaw of Starfleet is assigned to prosecute Mak'Tor, Sam Cogley volunteers to defend the accused Klingon. But when Cogley's own investigation provides the prosecution with its key piece of evidence and his courtroom tactics unexpectedly backfire, can even the galaxy's most brilliant defense attorney win the day in... The Case of the Colonist's Corpse

The Star Trek: The Original Series: The Case of the Colonist's Corpse

The Return of Ingersoll Man Saving the world from the forces of evil? Easy! Saving the world from the forces of evil while not breaking the law? Better call Ingersoll... Over twenty-five years ago, practicing attorney and public defender Bob Ingersoll began writing a column for Comics Buyer's Guide about how comic-book authors all too often get the law wrong in their stories. In addition to exposing bad law and explaining how the likes of the Joker, Doctor Strange, and the Justice League of America might do better next time, he offered his services as a legal consultant for comic-book writers. Notables such as Tony Isabella, Marv Wolfman, Peter David, Kurt Busiek, and Mark Waid took him up on it. Ingersoll's earliest columns are collected in this book, the second in a series. With twenty more cases on the docket, from Batman's flawed guardianship of Robin and a tortious Thing, to ruminations on murder and masks, Ingersoll restores to comic books the oft-neglected ideals of truth, justice, and the American legal system. FOREWORD BY PETER DAVID

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