Hell in a Handbasket

Background information

• The fifth chapter in the Who Killed Captain Kirk? storyline, collected in that book.
• This was part of Peter David's first storyline as a Star Trek comic book writer.

Creators

• Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
• Writer: Peter David
• Artists:
  • Tom Sutton (pencil art)
  • Ricardo Villagran (inking)
  • Michele Wolfman (color art)
  • Tim Harkins (letter art)
  • Mitch O'Connell (cover art)
• Editor: Robert Greenberger

Characters

Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in DC TOS volume 1 characters.

James T. Kirk

USS Enterprise-A captain.

Spock

Vulcan Enterprise-A exec and science officer.

Leonard McCoy

Enterprise-A surgeon.

Uhura

Enterprise-A communications officer. Kirk leaves Uhura in command of the vessel while he leads the bridge crew into the pit below.

Pavel Chekov

Enterprise-A and security chief.

Konom

Klingon Enterprise-A ensign.

William Bearclaw

Enterprise-A security ensign.

Arex

Enterprise-A birdge officer, ordered by Kirk to help Uhura man the bridge in the rest of the staff's absence.

M'Ress

Enterprise-A bridge officer.

Castille

Mentite Enterprise-A lieutenant.

Lucifer

Charon

Boatman at the banks of one of Hell's rivers.

Nancy Bryce

Enterprise-A navigation ensign.

Dante

Ancient Earth author.

Plato

Ancient Earth scholar. Plato was one of many images in limbo as the crew journeyed through Hell, having been born before the time of Christ.

Euclid

Ancient Earth scholar. Euclid was one of many images in limbo as the crew journeyed through Hell, having been born before the time of Christ.

Socrates

Ancient Earth scholar. Socrates was one of many images in limbo as the crew journeyed through Hell, having been born before the time of Christ.

Medusa

Bloemker

Enterprise-A crewmember. Kirk and company discover her body encased in ice in the ninth circle of Hell, foreshadowing her involvement in later events.

Tanner

Enterprise-A crewmember.

Martell

Enterprise-A crewmember.

References

Centaurs

Cerberus

Dante's Inferno

USS Enterprise-A

Constitution II-class Federation starship.

Hell

Italian language

karate

Le Guin's Syndrome

Melkotians

Mentite

Species of super-telepaths.

Minotaur

Phlegethon

Timeline

2286

Enterprise reconnoiters in the Omicron Ceti system investigating the destruction of the Federation colony and the hijacking of USS Zephyr.