On This Date in 1974...
...the Planet of the Apes TV series debuted on CBS.
Though Marvel was publishing a Planet of the Apes magazine, and running comic adaptations of the movies and original stories based in the movie universe (though featuring new characters), they decided to not do tales based on the live-action TV series...or the animated series that ran the next year.
(Interestingly, both those TV series were adapted into prose paperback series!)
In England, where Marvel was reprinting the American-produced PotA material through its' British affiliate, another company, Brown-Watson, who published numerous annual hardcover anthologies based on movies and TV shows, did a Planet of the Apes Annual from 1975 through 1977.
It featured both illustrated prose tales and comic strips.
Starting today, and continuing through the rest of September, we'll be running several of the comic strips, beginning with this one...
(Interestingly, both those TV series were adapted into prose paperback series!)
In England, where Marvel was reprinting the American-produced PotA material through its' British affiliate, another company, Brown-Watson, who published numerous annual hardcover anthologies based on movies and TV shows, did a Planet of the Apes Annual from 1975 through 1977.
It featured both illustrated prose tales and comic strips.
Starting today, and continuing through the rest of September, we'll be running several of the comic strips, beginning with this one...
Illustrated (and likely written) by John (V for Vendetta) Bolton, this story apepared in the final PotA Annual, published in 1977.
You'll note there's a lot of action in it, unlike the TV series itself, which was limited by both the "Family Viewing Hour" programming rules instituted by the networks and a limited stunt budget!
A lot of the money went for ape makeup for regulars Roddy McDowall (Galen), Mark Lenard (Urko) and numerous guest apes!
(There were several "speaking part" apes in each episode, along with ape background extras)
A lot of the money went for ape makeup for regulars Roddy McDowall (Galen), Mark Lenard (Urko) and numerous guest apes!
(There were several "speaking part" apes in each episode, along with ape background extras)
Next Friday, Another Chapter in the Comic Strip Saga of the Planet of the Apes TV Series!
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Reprinting the Prose Adaptations by Noted Sci-Fi Author George Alec Effinger of Eight TV Series Episodes
Originally-Published in Four Separate Volumes in 1974-75!
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