Hell in a Handbasket

The crew must fight off hellish hallucinations as the Enterprise transforms into a Divine Comedy.

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

 * James T. Kirk : USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-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.

Timeline

 * 2286 : Enterprise reconnoiters in the Omicron Ceti system investigating the destruction of the Federation colony and the hijacking of USS Zephyr.