Comic strip

A comic strip is similar to a comic book. Each strip contains a few panels of sequential illustrations, sometimes with dialogue or text. A complete story is told either in one strip, or multiple strips released separately.

Strips in publications

 * UK Comics Strips (1969-1973) – 37 TOS stories were published in serialized weekly comics, plus 11 in annual publications, printed in Britain. These were reprinted in The Classic UK Comics, Volume 1, The Classic UK Comics, Volume 2, and The Classic UK Comics, Volume 3.


 * US Comic Strips (1979-1983) – 20 TOS stories were published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. These were reprinted in The Newspaper Comics, Volume 1 and The Newspaper Comics, Volume 2.

Strips in Happy Meals

 * Strips on the boxes (1979) – Scenes from were adapted into brief color comic strips on the sides of   boxes. They were reprinted in The Newspaper Comics, Volume 1.
 * Strips in the boxes (1979) – Comic strips inside Happy Meals told very short TOS stories. They were reprinted in The Newspaper Comics, Volume 1..

Strips on spools
These comic strips were printed on paper spools, read through a toy viewer.
 * Kenner Strips (1974) – The Kenner Give-A-Show Projector featured two color TOS stories, Space Cowboy and Project Iceberg. Both stories were reprinted in The Classic UK Comics, Volume 3.
 * Larami Strips (1979) – Larami Corp. Star Trek Space Viewer featured two color TOS stories, Star Trek Adventure and Star Trek in the Black Hole, each printed on a small paper spool. The ship was depicted pre-refit, the uniforms post-refit. Both stories were reprinted in The Classic UK Comics, Volume 3.

Related media
These stories had illustrations printed on film, read through a toy viewer.
 * Chemtoy Strip – Gold Key Comics #1,, was partially reprinted as a comic strip. The Chemtoy Corp. Star Trek Movie Viewer (1967) contained two b/w 16mm filmstrips seen one panel at a time through a viewer. (StarTrek.com)


 * ViewMaster – The was adapted onto three paper discs in 1974 for Mr. Spock's Time Trek. Each disc contained seven 3D illustrations printed on film to be seen through a viewer, with captions printed underneath each image.