Novelization - Comics

Comics

A similar practice is an adaptation of a film in comic book form, essentially an illustrated novelization. The art in a comics adaptation can vary from original perspectives to directly copying still scenes from the film, though issues of actors' personality rights may prevent exact likeness of film characters. The majority of Marvel Comics' Super Special series featured film adaptations; DC Comics customarily prints adaptations as stand-alone, one-shot issues. Sometimes a comic book adaptation can lead to an ongoing licensed series by the same publisher; examples of these include Marvel's Star Wars series based on the original trilogy and DC's various series based on the first six Star Trek films, both of which featured stories set during the "gaps" between the films.