COMIC
Door in the Cage
Cover by Jerome Moore & Russell Walks
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series, No. 61
Writer(s):	Steve Wilson
Penciller(s):	Rod Whigham
Inker(s):	Arne Starr
Publication information
Publisher:	DC Comics
Published:	July 1994
Chronology
Date:	2288
Stardate:	8684.2

Contents 1 Summary 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Starships and vehicles 2.3 Locations 2.4 Races and cultures 2.5 States and organizations 2.6 Other references 3 Appendices 3.1 Related stories 3.2 Timeline 3.3 Images 3.4 External link

SummaryEdit

Spock has traveled to Talos IV in order to offer Captain Christopher Pike, now 70 years old, the chance of a return to the Federation. Upon arriving, Spock unexpectedly meets a young boy who seems to recognize him. Captain Pike appears and identifies the boy as his son with Vina, Philip Pike. Pike and Vina invite Spock to dinner, and Spock observes that Pike, Vina, and Philip appear to be reclaiming the surface of Talos IV, cultivating vegetables, and beginning to overcome the ecological disaster of Talos IV. Given the danger of losing oneself in illusion, Spock is uncertain about the reality of the situation. His offer of medical help that would enable the family to leave Talos causes Pike and Vina to consider their situation, but they decide to stay. When Spock is attacked by a le-matya, then a Klingon, Number One, and then Pike himself, he realizes that Philip is real and trying to scare him off with illusions. Pike explains how he and Vina were able to have a son and Spock accepts their decision. He returns to the Enterprise-A and recommends that Captain Pike be returned to Starfleet's active duty roster.

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ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Christopher Pike • Philip Pike • Spock • Vina

Referenced only 

Number One • Talosian Magistrate • illusory Klingons

Starships and vehiclesEdit

shuttlecraft

Referenced only 

USS Enterprise-A (Enterprise-subclass refit Constitution-class heavy cruiser)

LocationsEdit

Talos IV

Races and culturesEdit

Human • Vulcan

Referenced only 

Klingon • Talosian

States and organizationsEdit

Federation • Starfleet

Referenced only 

Klingon Empire • Klingon Defense Force

Other referencesEdit

animal • captain • commander • commanding officer • ecology • first officer • fourth planet • government • humanoid • lifeform • magistrate • medicine • nation-state • phaser • planet • plant • races and cultures • rank • shuttlecraft • starship • technology • telepathy • title • vegetable

AppendicesEdit

Related storiesEdit

Stories featuring Christopher Pike
Comics	Early Voyages	"Flesh of My Flesh" • "The Fires of Pharos" • "Our Dearest Blood" • "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" • Cloak and Dagger (1 • 2) • "The Flat, Gold Forever" • "Immortal Wounds" • "One of a Kind" • The Fallen (1 • 2) • "Futures, Part One" • "Future Tense" • "Futures" • "Now and Then" • "Thanatos" • "Nemesis"
	other	"All Those Years Ago..." • "To Walk the Night" • "Door in the Cage" • "Return to the Forbidden Planet" • "A Prelude to War" • "Alien Spotlight: Vulcans" • "Alien Spotlight: Orions" • Mirror Images (1 • 2 • 4 • 5) • "Shadows of the Past" • "The Ends of Eternity" • "Spock: Reflections, Issue 2" • Star Trek Movie Adaptation (2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • "Captain's Log: Pike"
Novels		Enterprise: The First Adventure • Vulcan's Glory • Legacy • The Rift • Where Sea Meets Sky • Burning Dreams • "A Less Perfect Union" • The Children of Kings
Short stories		"Conflicting Natures" • "A Private Anecdote" • "Sins of the Mother" • "The Greater Good"
Episodes		"The Cage" • "The Menagerie"	Movie	Star Trek

TimelineEdit

Published Order
Previous comic: "No Compromise, Part III"	DC Comics, second series	Next comic: "The Alone"
Previous story: "A Little Man-to-Man Talk"	Stories by: Steven H. Wilson (as Steve Wilson)	Next story: "A Question of Loyalty"
Chronological Order
Previous adventure: "No Compromise, Part I"	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: "Bait...and Switch"

ImagesEdit

External linkEdit

• Door in the Cage article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Star Trek Vol 2 61 article at DC Comics Database Project, the Wikia for DC Comics sources.