Template:Realworld Pocket Books released two Star Trek "Photostory" books in the early 1980s. These were published sometime after Bantam Books had finished publishing their series of Star Trek Fotonovels (and the Trek publishing rights had subsequently been passed to Pocket). Like their predecessors, these books adapted Trek stories into comic book-style stories. However, instead of adapting Original Series episodes, these two books were adaptations of the first two movies, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
Both books are credited to Richard J. Anobile; the first book's cover states it was "Edited by Richard J. Anobile", while the second carries the moniker "By Richard J. Anobile". In each case, both credit the original story and screenplay authors.
In addition, both books' styles differ greatly. The adaptation of TMP is done in similar style to the older Fotonovels; the images are in full color with "word bubbles" for the characters dialogue and comic-style text boxes around the expositionary text. However, the TWOK Photostory's pictures are all in black-and-white, and all the text is simply printed near or on the given images.
As with the Fotonovels before, the novelty of these types of visual adaptations fell from grace with the advent of home video, and no other official Trek stories have since been so adapted.
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| Star Trek: The Motion Picture ISBN 0671830899 |
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ISBN 0671468820 |