Leonard Nimoy as Spock

The first publication of the Virgil Finlay drawing of Leonard Nimoy as Spock was in Worlds of If, Vol. 18, No. 9, September 1968, on page 48. The illustration accompanies the poem 'The Elf in the Starship Enterprise' by Dorothy Jones.

Page 48: Portrait by Virgil Finlay

Page 49: Poem by Dorothy Jones

Virgil Finlay drew his pen and ink portrait of Leonard Nimoy as Spock presumably working from a publicity still from an early promotional photoshoot. Judging by the clothes and the wide black collar, the photoshoot is the one that the Site My Startrek Scrapbook places before or after the production of the second pilot, but before the first regular episode was filmed. It seems that the "in-between" design of the custumes with the wide black collar and straight-edged rank stripes on the cuffs were worn only for the publicity stills.

Portrait by Virgil Finlay

Publicity still 1

Publicity still 2

The drawing by Virgil Finlay was apparantly also used for the cover of a mini-convention magazine in the mid-70's. Emmanuel Maris later issued a postcard and a poster, in various formats.

Reference:

• Postcard of Spock Emmanuel Maris.
• Poster of Spock issued by Emmanuel Maris.
• Poster of Spock issued by Gothic Castle Publishing Company.
• Leonard Nimoy as Spock.