Day Seven: graphically speaking. Comic books have been a home for the Enterprise crew, with Gold Key, Marvel, and DC being prominent imprints. This poster promotes the "Debt of Honor" series, written by longtime X-Men writer Chris Claremont. #StarTrek50

For Day One, here is the READ poster produced by ALA featuring the original crew, circa 1991.

Day Two: home video evolution. Star Trek: The Motion Picture on VHS, LaserDisc, and DVD formats.

Day Four: a tale of two die casts. These are two die cast versions of the movie Enterprise: NCC-1701 from "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979) manufactured by Dinky, and NCC-1701-A from ""Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" (1989), manufactured by Ertl.

Day Three: technical manuals. The Star Trek Technical Manual was first published in 1975 by Franz Joseph, giving fans an insight into Starfleet technology. (This copy is a reprint published for Star Trek's 20th anniversary in 1986.) It was later followed by manuals for The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine.

Day Eight: throwback. When Star Trek celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1991, Starlog magazine (now defunct) published a special issue. It contained episode guides for both the original and animated series, a review of the first five feature films, and a look at the first three seasons of The Next Generation.

Additionally, at one of my first Trek conventions, Robin Curtis (Lt. Saavik in Star Trek III and IV) signed a page.

Day Five: clippings. I've saved various clippings of articles related to the franchise over the years (many of them digitally these days). This one comes from the April/May 1992 issue of Air & Space/Smithsonian, covering the (then) recent restoration of the original #USSEnterprise model at the museum.

Day Six: stamped out. The newest item in the collection, this series of stamps was released on Friday, September 2 by the US Postal Service to commemorate the 50th anniversary. They are also "forever" stamps, bringing a new significance to "live long and prosper."