Arabic Star Trek Fotonovels

The Bissat al-Rih Foundation published a series of 140 comics in Lebanon, Arabic translations of western publications, under the Beyond the Universe imprint in the late 1970s to early 1980s. Unsold issues were collected and rebound in more that 60 softcover and hardcover folders. and 20 hardcover volumes. The softcover folders collect three rebound comics. The hardcover folders collect ten rebound comics. The hardcover volumes collect seven rebound comics each, and have been reprinted at least once. Early issues of this series contained serialized Arabic translations of two Bantam Star Trek fotonovels, A Taste of Armageddon (#4) and Metamorphosis (#5). Each comic has up to four pages of a Star Trek fotonovel with Arabic word balloons. The precise number of comics, folders and hardcover volumes with Star Trek fotonovels is unclear, but it's likely that they were collected and rebound in at least the three volumes listed here.

1980s
Beyond the Universe Volume 1
Bissat al-Rih Foundation
Comics with a fotonovel have an ad featuring Captain Kirk. When translated by Google, Kirk is telling readers in the middle of this book you will find four color pages from the adventures of the starship Enterprise. Cover art is based on Marvel Worlds Unknown #4 cover art by Dick Giordano.

1980s
Beyond the Universe Volume 2
Bissat al-Rih Foundation
Google translates the Arabic title for A Taste of Armageddon as Shadow War and the title for Metamorphosis as The Lost Years. Cover art is based on Marvel Special Edition Star Wars #1 cover art by Dave Cockrum and Rick Hoberg.

1980s
Beyond the Universe Volume 3
Bissat al-Rih Foundation
I'm not certain where A Taste of Armageddon or Metamorphosis begin and end. I'll update this page as I learn more. Cover art is based on Marvel Seeker 3000 #41 cover art by Dave Cockrum and Joe Sinnott.

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