Second UK Story Arc " Cast adrift by insane mutineers , Captain Kirk of starship " Enterprise " is marooned on the alien planet Vultra – a doomed planet ruled by military dictator , Zellar ( sic ) . When the strange Mr . Spock sees Kirk ' s space wagon blasted apart he goes berzerk [ sic ] – and invades the mutineers ' quarters with a raiding party . . . " Summary . While a landing party of seven explores the planet Crucial - 3 , Spock ' s scans determine that the planet is about to explode . The crewmen quickly return to the ship , and the planet explodes within five minutes , with the ship narrowly escaping . In the ship ' s workshops , crewmen from the landing party express resentment that they are often sent on dangerous missions instead of Spock . They are tired of being ordered around and plan a mutiny . Confronting Kirk and McCoy in a hallway , the doctor determines that the men suffer from a pollen infection . The crewmen shove Kirk , McCoy , and a few other loyal men into a space wagon , sabotage the radio , and set them adrift . Assuming command , Spock orders the bridge sealed off from the rest of the ship and orders a pursuit course for the " Space Bug " . Kirk crashes his space wagon on the nearby planet Vultra , with only minor damages . He is greeted by Zella , Chief of the Vultran Army . Zella is happy to find Kirk and expresses hope of being rescued from his icy planet . The Vultran star is cooling off , slowly freezing the planet and dooming the inhabitants to death . Suspicious as to why only Zella should escape the planet and not the rest of his people , Kirk puts a voice - lock on the space wagon . Furious over his plan to hijack the shuttle being thwarted , Zella throws Kirk and his men into a holding cell with a group of savage animal - men . Kirk and his men are beaten with clubs by the savages and then released , but Kirk still refuses to allow Zella to steal the " Space Bug " . Kirk is escorted to a Vultran scientist , who explains that although his people have spacecraft , they are very limited in range and are thus not adequate for escaping the planet . Zella and the scientist take Kirk on a tour of the frozen wasteland that remains of their planet . They trick Kirk into saying the keyword that opens the " Space Bug " while they record him . Returning to the space wagon , they gain access and flee the planet . Back on the " Enterprise " , the mutineers have nearly taken the entire ship . Seeing the " Space Bug " approaching and assuming it to be Kirk , they fire on it and destroy it , killing Zella and his scientist companion . Shocked over Kirk ' s apparent death , Spock makes an unsuccessful attempt to directly engage the mutineers . He heads back to his lab and develops a cure for the pollen effects , sprays it on his uniform , and meets the mutineers face to face . They quickly snap out of their stupor and abandon the mutiny . On Vultra , Kirk is free to help the remaining Vultrans . Seeing that their space fleet is antiquated and limited in power , he has the ships modified , joining them together to double their power and upgrading their propulsion systems . The recovered mutineers land a space wagon and rescue Kirk and his men . Returning to the ship , they watch the mass exodus of modified Vultran ships leaving the planet . Memorable quotes . " " I have faith in Spock , Jim ! He ' s a genius ! He won ' t fail us ! " " " " Voice - lock activate ! Shut now ! Open only when I speak ! You ' ll never get my space wagon , Zella ! Your kind deserve to die ! " " " " No ! It can ' t be ! Oh , captain . . . I ' ll make them pay ! Every one of them ! Find every last one of them ! Kirk is dead ! His killers must be destroyed ! " " " Background information . Publishing history . None of the UK weekly stories had titles . Each installment was two pages in length .