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Planet of the Apes comics are tie-ins to the Planet of the Apes universe. They have been released by several publishers over the years and include tie-ins and spin-offs.

Contents 1 Publishers 1.1 Gold Key Comics 1.2 Marvel Comics 1.3 Power Records 1.4 Adventure Comics 1.5 Brown-Watson Books 1.6 Dark Horse Comics 1.7 Mr. Comics 1.8 Others 2 Publications 3 See also 4 External links

Gold Key Comics produced an adaptation of the second film in 1970.

Marvel Comics released a number of titles. Planet of the Apes was a magazine format which told ongoing storylines, both adaptions of the films, and new stories. It ran for 29 issues from 1974 to 1977 with writing from Doug Moench and Gerry Conway and art from Mike Esposito,Mike Ploog, Alfredo Alcala, George Tuska, Rico Rival, Herb Trimpe, Tom Sutton and Dino Castrillo amongst others. The magazine also offered articles providing insights of the 5 films and TV series.

Then, starting in 1975 Adventures On The Planet Of The Apes offered color versions of the adaptations of the first two films in five or six issue arcs, for total of 11 issues. It was written by Doug Moench.

The stories from the U.S. magazine were edited and were released by Marvel UK in a weekly title of the same name over 123 issues from 1974-1977. This included adapted reprints of the Killraven comic, renamed as "Apeslayer" and with alien apes as enemies. The British title changed names to Planet of the Apes and Dracula Lives, then to The Mighty World Of Marvel #231-240, reprinting both Apes and Incredible Hulk stories from the U.S. runs.

Power Records made adaptations of four of the films which were included with Book-and-Record sets.

Adventure Comics produced more original storylines, set after the time of Caesar. These included a 24-ussue monthly title, a one-shot ("Sins of the Father"), a Planet of the Apes annual and five original miniseries: "Urchak's Folly," "Forbidden Zone," "Ape City," "Blood of the Apes" and a crossover with Alien Nation called Ape Nation. Adventure also reprinted Marvel's adaptations of the first three films, collected the first four installments of Marvel's "Terror on the Planet of the Apes" saga.

Brown-Watson Books published a trio of UK-published hardcover comic annuals based on the TV series.

The Dark Horse series was written by Ian Edginton and was a tie-in with the Tim Burton movie. It consisted of a film adaptation, a miniseries, a brief ongoing run, a Toys R' Us minicomic and a three-part serial in Dark Horse Extra.

Mr. Comics currently has the license and has released a six-issue miniseries, Revolution on the Planet of the Apes, by Joe O'Brien and Ty Templeton with art by Gabriel Morrissette. Further stories are slated for future release; the next planned title is Empire on the Planet of the Apes.

In addition, an Argentine company published seven Spanish-language Apes comics in the 1970s, featuring original tales about the TV series characters. It was written by Jorge Claudio Morhain, with art by Sergio Mulko.

Also, a Hungarian company published a comic adaptation of Pierre Boulle's original novel, called A Majmok bolygója, Monkey Planet in English. This adaptation was written and drawn by Hungarian comic artist Zórád Ernő.

To date, the Spanish and Hungarian stories have never been published in English, but translations have been made available on fan sites.

Some of the comics have been collected together as trade paperbacks:

• Planet of the Apes (with Ian Edginton, for Dark Horse):
  • Human Wars (with Pencils: Paco Medina, Adrian Sibar; Inks: Juan Vlasco, Norman Lee, Christopher Ivy, 2001)
  • The Ongoing Saga Volume 1: Old Gods (with Pencils: Adrian Sibar, Paco Medina; Inks: Norman Lee, Juan Vlasco, 2001-2002, Titan Books ISBN 1-84023-429-6)
  • The Ongoing Saga Volume 2: Blood Lines (with Co-writer: Dan Abnett; Pencils: Sanford Greene, Pop Mhan, Paco Medina, Adrian Sibar; Inks: Norman Lee, Pop Mhan, Juan Vlasco, 2001-2002)

In addition, Adventure Comics released trade-paperback compilations of Marvel's adaptations of the first three films.

• List of comics based on fiction
• List of comics based on films

• The Hasslein Curve: A Timeline of the Planet of the Apes -- An extremely detailed chronology of the Planet of the Apes universe.
• Dark Horse individual pages:
  • Human Wars
  • Old Gods
  • Blood Lines
• Titan's Old Gods
• Comics databse entry for the Dark Horse series as well as Marvel's Planet of the Apes and Adventures On The Planet Of The Apes
• Welcome Back to the Planet of the Apes, Comics Scene #13 (1990) about the Adventure Comics run on PotA
• Comics section of Hunter's Planet of the Apes Archive featuring complete versions of Gold Key, Marvel UK and Hungarian PotA comics
• Power Records section of Hunter's Planet of the Apes Archive featuring complete versions of Power Records PotA Book & Records
• Comics section of Planet of the Apes TV Series Site featuring fully translated Argentinian PotA comics
• People In The News preview of the Mr Comics series
• Interview with Joe O'Brien about the Mr. Comics series
• The Hasslein Curve--A Timeline of the Planet of the Apes

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Movies
Planet of the Apes | Beneath the Planet of the Apes | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Planet of the Apes (2001)
TV
Planet of the Apes | Return to the Planet of the Apes (episodes)
Characters
Aldo | Armando | Governor Breck | Brent | Caesar | Cornelius | Dr. Hasslein | Kolp | The Lawgiver | Lisa | Mr. MacDonald | Mandemus | Dr. Milo | Taylor | General Ursus | Virgil | Dr. Zaius | Zira
Print
Planet of the Apes (Monkey Planet, 1963 novel) | Planet of the Apes: The Fall | Planet of the Apes comic books
Miscellaneous
Forbidden Zone | Icarus