Star Trek Comic Strip (UK)
Star Trek Comic Strips (UK) refer to a series of weekly comic strips based on Star Trek released in the United Kingdom from 1969-1973, with two additional stories that appeared in 1978 and 1979 respectively. The entire run comprised 638 pages.

Published concurrent with the US Gold Key comics, these stories appeared in the pages of Joe 90: Top Secret, TV21 and Valiant. Strips appeared as two- and three-page spreads in magazines printing Star Trek and other adventure-based titles. 257 issues were published over the course of five years, with additional stories running in one Joe 90 annual, three TV21 annuals, a Valiant Super Special, two TV Comic annuals and an issue of Radio Times magazine.

The strips were reprinted by IDW Publishing over three volumes beginning in  in the Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics series; the series was also collected in volumes 10, 20 and 29 of the Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection in 2017 and 2018.

Setting
The comics were loosely based on the  during James T. Kirk's first five-year mission. There are several appearances of Dave Bailey, which may place some stories at the beginning of the mission, while others have appearances by Pavel Chekov, placing them toward the latter portion of the mission. Hikaru Sulu is often seen in a blue uniform, but this may be a coloring error; Kirk often wears a red uniform, and Scotty a blue one.

Guest appearances and cameos included Andorians, Klingons, and Romulans. Aliens were often anthropomorphic animals, including birds, cats, gorillas, fish, and insects.

Essayist Alan J. Porter wrote in the book New Life and New Civilizations: Exploring Star Trek Comics, "The writers and editors who worked on the strip failed to grasp one essential point: that Star Trek is an American show driven by America’s vision of itself as pioneers. So instead of a “wagon train to the stars,” the British version of Star Trek became, like , more a “Royal Air Force in space.”

Summaries

Untitled weekly story arcs

Annual stories

Collections 
 Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Volume 1
 Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Volume 2
 Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Volume 3
 As part of the Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection:
 Volume 10 - The Classic UK Comics, Part 1
 Volume 20 - The Classic UK Comics, Part 2
 Volume 29 - The Classic UK Comics, Part 3

External link 
 Wixiban's Star Trek Collectables Portal - British Comic Strips index
Comic Strips (UK)