When Worlds Collide: Spock Confronts the Ultimate Challenge

When Worlds Collide: Spock Confronts the Ultimate Challenge is a six-page comic published in the May 2009 issue of Wired magazine, which was edited by J.J. Abrams, the director of the film Star Trek. The story was written by the film's wirters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, with art by Paul Pope.

Characters

 * James T. Kirk • Spock • Nyota Uhura

Amanda Grayson • Sarek • Khan Noonien Singh • Hikaru Sulu

Starships and vehicles

 * USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) • USS Reliant (NCC-1864)

Locations

 * Delta Vega • • Vulcan Atheneum • Vulcan's Forge

Races and cultures

 * Human • Vulcan

States and organizations

 * Starfleet

Other

 * Battle of the Mutara Nebula • emotion • logic • photon torpedo • Sa-te kru • Surak's dilemma • tal'oth • three-dimensional chess • Vulcan harp • Vulcan nerve pinch

Related stories

 * Star Trek (TOS movie) - This comic shows elderly Spock on Delta Vega setting the scene for his appearance in the Star Trek film.
 * Yesteryear (TAS episode) - Spock being status as an outcast among his peers at school was established in this episode.
 * Displaced (VOY episode) - The Tal'oth test shown in this comic was first established in Voyager in a reference by Tuvok to how it made Starfleet training seem comparitivly less challenging.
 * Charlie X (TOS episode) - Uhura singing along with Spock while he played the Vulcan harp was seen in this episode. Indeed, the character which looks like Janice Rand in the background may indicate the scene in the comic is a recreation of the scene in the episode (albeit with Uhura's hair modelled after the new movie's Uhura rather than the original 1960s version).
 * The Wrath of Khan (TOS movie) - This comic recreates a portion of the Battle of the Mutara Nebula from this movie.