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  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   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

  Refit-type  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.

Comics