Editing Star Trek: The Original Series (section)

===Comic books===
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The first ''Star Trek'' comics were published by [[Gold Key Comics]] between 1967 and 1978. These comics were highly stylized and diverged wildly from the TV series continuity. Most storylines used in the Gold Key series featured original characters and concepts, although later issues did include sequels to the original series episodes "[[The City on the Edge of Forever (TOS episode)|The City on the Edge of Forever]]", "[[Metamorphosis (Star Trek: The Original Series)|Metamorphosis]]" and "[[I, Mudd]]". Writers included George Kashdan, [[Arnold Drake]] and [[Len Wein]]. Originally they were illustrated by [[Alberto Giolitti]], an Italian artist who had never seen the series and only had publicity photos to use as references. Since Giolitti didn't have a publicity photo of [[James Doohan]], early issues of the series had Mr. Scott drawn differently. The original issues, most of which featured photographic covers showing images from the series, are highly collectable. They are fondly remembered by fans, and a series of reprints ("The Key Collection") of these original titles began to appear in 2004, published by Checker. The Gold Key series had a run of 61 issues. Gold Key lost the ''Star Trek'' license to [[Marvel Comics]] in 1979 (although Marvel's license from Paramount prohibited them from utilizing concepts introduced in the original series).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://curtdanhauser.com/Main.html|title=Guide to the Gold Key Star Trek Comics|author=Curt Danhauser|access-date=December 25, 2006|archive-date=January 9, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020109150718/http://curtdanhauser.com/Main.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

From 1969 to 1973, a series of weekly ''Star Trek'' [[comic strip]]s ran in the British comics magazine eventually known as ''[[TV Century 21]]''. A total of 258 issues were produced, as well as various annuals and specials. All were original stories. Two more annuals, under the ''Mighty TV Comic'' banner, also produced original ''Star Trek'' materials. In addition, the weekly ''[[TV Comic]]'' reprinted serialized versions of the U.S. Gold Key comics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rhandley.0catch.com/trekstrips |title=The Star Trek Comic Strips |access-date=December 25, 2006 |author=Rich Handley |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060212005514/http://rhandley.0catch.com/trekstrips |archive-date=February 12, 2006 }}</ref>

In 1977–1978, before [[home video]] was widely available, Mandala Productions and [[Bantam Books]] published [[Photonovel|FotoNovels]] of ''TOS'' that included direct adaptations of actual color television episode frames (with [[word balloons]]) in comics format.

From February 1984 through February 1996, [[DC Comics]] held the license to publish comic books based upon the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise, including ''Star Trek: The Original Series''. The main DC Comics ''Star Trek'' title was published in two series, comprising 136 issues, 9 annuals, and a number of special issues, plus several mini-series that linked ''TOS'' and the subsequent series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (''TNG'').

Marvel Comics again obtained the ''Star Trek'' license in 1996. Marvel (under the "Marvel/Paramount comics" imprint) published various one-shots and the quarterly ''Star Trek Unlimited'' series, which covered ''TOS'' as well as ''TNG''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startrekcomics.info/marvel2unlimited.html|title=Star Trek: Unlimited monthly series from Marvel Paramount Comics, 1996–1998|access-date=December 29, 2006|archive-date=August 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829104112/http://www.startrekcomics.info/marvel2unlimited.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They also introduced the new series ''[[Star Trek: Early Voyages]]'', which dealt with [[Christopher Pike (Star Trek)|Christopher Pike]]'s adventures as captain of the ''Enterprise'' (as depicted in the rejected ''TOS'' pilot "[[The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Cage]]"). Fan acceptance of these comics got off to a shaky start when Marvel's inaugural publication of its new ''Star Trek'' line turned out to be a crossover between ''TOS'' and Marvel's popular superhero team, the [[X-Men]]. However, the series turned out to be relatively popular, registering strong sales.

Beginning in 2006, [[Tokyopop]] published two projects based upon the original series. The new comic anthologies, produced by [[Joshua Ortega]], were released annually in September 2006 (''Shinsei Shinsei'') and 2007 (''Kakan ni Shinkou''). Five artists and writer teams presented five new stories, per volume, based on the original series.<ref>[http://store.yahoo.com/omegapp/tokyopop.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204041025/http://store.yahoo.com/omegapp/tokyopop.html|date=February 4, 2012}}</ref>