No, it's not an adaptation of Vol 3 of the novelizations of TV series episodes...
...though it shares the title!
It appears to be a comic story prepared for an American publisher which ended up in British hands!
We'll see that attempted rescue...TOMORROW!
With the extremely-uneven quality of the four-color separations (some pages are almost complete with 25% and 50% tints, some have only basic solid Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow color laid down), I suspect that this was being prepared for either Marvel or Gold Key (both of whom had done previous Planet of the Apes material) before work was halted mid-way, probably because whoever commissioned the story couldn't reach an agreement with 20th Century Fox in time.
To recoup costs, it likely ended up being published as part of Brown-Watson's first Planet of the Apes Annual in 1975.
Apparently, the British, who were used to receiving completely-prepared printing film, didn't realize the coloring was incomplete until they burned the printing plates from the negatives sent by America, and by then it was too late to correct it!
The art appears to be by Alden McWilliams, who had worked for both Marvel and Gold Key, but not, AFAIK, for any British publishers, except when they reprinted American material!
To recoup costs, it likely ended up being published as part of Brown-Watson's first Planet of the Apes Annual in 1975.
Apparently, the British, who were used to receiving completely-prepared printing film, didn't realize the coloring was incomplete until they burned the printing plates from the negatives sent by America, and by then it was too late to correct it!
The art appears to be by Alden McWilliams, who had worked for both Marvel and Gold Key, but not, AFAIK, for any British publishers, except when they reprinted American material!
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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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