"Spore of the Devil" was a comic book story published by Gold Key Comics in 1978. It was the 18th of 22 stories drawn by Alden McWilliams and the 19th of 20 stories written by Arnold Drake.
Summary
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Kirk, Scotty and Spock discover an alien directing the development of a medieval world. The alien does not know where he is from.
ReferencesEdit
CharactersEdit
- James T. Kirk • Ledoy • Mixodar • Rolano • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Sylva • Vrunon • Wobine
- Referenced only
- King Arthur • Sir Galahad • Saint George • Hikaru Sulu • Unnamed USS Enterprise personnel (2260s) (transporter operator)
Starships and vehiclesEdit
- emergency capsule • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • imperial barge • rowboat • Vrunon's spacecraft
LocationsEdit
Races and culturesEdit
States and organizationsEdit
Science and technologyEdit
- bio-energy • brain • cloning • electric generator • electricity • holography • orientation tape • phaser • printing press • radar • radio • radio energy • rifle • seizure • tricorder • video tape
Ranks and titlesEdit
Other referencesEdit
- arena • armor • bear • bull ring • castle • cave • chivalry • coronation • crystal • dancer • day • dragon • empire • feudalism • gold • gong • gordoon • helmet • Homeric ship • horse • iron • joust • lizard • magic • marriage • medieval • meteorite • moat • mountain • oar • penny • planet • river • science • shield • shrine • standard • sword • toreador • trumpet • volcano • war • water • winged kurgo • year
AppendicesEdit
Related mediaEdit
- TOS comic: "Child's Play" – In 2266, Argylus had an advanced society with a feudal-looking appearance, complete with castles, warlords, kings and robotic knights.
- TOS comic: "Day of the Inquisitors" – In 2268, the Galileo crashes on a world in the Dark Ages, prompting Spock, Pavel Chekov and Claire to sneak into a castle and avoid Inquisitors.
- TOS comic: "Goodbye to Spock" – In 2279, Kirk was drugged and forced into jousting combat in a feudal society while trying to rescue Spock.
BackgroundEdit
- The gordoon and winged kurgo were strikingly similar animals. When McCoy heard the name gordoon, he thought it was the kurgo, as if its name had been unintentionally changed by the writer. Both were blue hawk-faced dragons, but they did have different tails, wing textures, tongues, and number of back ridges.
- No reason was given why Starfleet officers would mingle with a feudal society. However, the locals hailed them as “visitors from space,” so this was not a first contact mission.
ImagesEdit
Cover image.
The crew.
Emperor Ledoy.
Vrunon as seen thanks to a holographic projector.
Guard Rolano.
Adjutant Mixodar.
Vrunon suffered from migraines.
Imperial barge approaching the Shrine at Dafu.
A bear threatens Vrunon.
A gordoon.
A winged kurgo.
ConnectionsEdit
TimelineEdit
| published order | ||
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| Previous comic: No Time Like the Past | TOS comics (Gold Key) | Next comic: Brain-Damaged Planet |
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External linksEdit
- Saint George and the Dragon article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- King Arthur article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Spore of the Devil article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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