At the height of its cinematic popularity, Marvel Comics released
a number of titles and series based upon Planet of the Apes (the longest
lasting published under their black & white Curtis Magazines format), which
ran for twenty-nine issues from 1974 to 1977. Besides adaptations of all five original
films, the magazine featured original Apes stories written by Doug Moench and Gerry
Conway and artwork from Mike Esposito, Mike Ploog, George
Tuska, and many others. Articles about the making of the five movies and the short-lived
spin-off Planet of the Apes television series were a mainstay.
During 1975, Marvel also released “Adventures on the
Planet of the Apes” which offered fully colorized versions of their
adaptations of the first two films in five or six issue arcs running for a total
of 11 issues. The stories from the U.S. editions were also edited and released
under the Marvel UK banner for a weekly title lasting 123 issues from 1974
to 1977.
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| Planet of the Apes #1 (Aug.1974) |
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