([December] 1970)

Western, 1970 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
44
On-sale Date
1970-09-24
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Editing
?
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched

Issue Notes

Cover code: 30044-012

On sale date from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Books and Pamphlets, July-December 1970.

Adaptation of the 1970 film of the same name. First English language Planet of the Apes comic book.

Listed in The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide under the umbrella title MOVIE COMICS, but listed here under its indicia title.

Into the Forbidden Zone of Man Rode the Master Race of Apes! (Table of Contents)

Planet of the Apes / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Major John Brent (photo of James Franciscus); Nova (photo of Linda Harrison); Colonel George Taylor (photo of Charlton Heston); Doctor Zaius (photo of Maurice Evans); Mendez XXVI (photo of Paul Richards); gorilla soldiers

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The only good human is a dead human!
Characters
Doctor Zaius (photo of Maurice Evans); Minister Sabian (photo of Thomas Gomez); gorilla soldiers

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (Table of Contents: 2)

Planet of the Apes / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti; Sergio Costa
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Major John Brent (first appearance, death); Cornelius (first appearance); Colonel "Skipper" Maddox (first appearance, death); Nova (first appearance, death); Colonel George Taylor (first appearance, death); General Ursus (first appearance, death); Zira (first appearance); Mendez XXVI (mutant leader, death); the Verger (mutant, death); Ongoro the Inquisitor (mutant, death); Albina (mutant, cameo, death); Caspay (mutant, cameo, death); Adiposo (mutant, cameo, death); mutants (deaths of all); humans (deaths of all); gorillas (deaths of all); orangutans (deaths of all); chimpanzees (deaths of all but three)
Keywords
doomsday bomb; mind control; mutants; Statue of Liberty; telepathy

Indexer Notes

Art identification/update by Alberto Becattini (December 2010). Newman credit per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol.32, No.3, March 2021.

[Ape Protest Poster] (Table of Contents: 3)

Planet of the Apes / insert or dust jacket / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
gorilla soldiers; chimpanzee protesters; human captives

Indexer Notes

4 pages fold out into a poster with a blank back.

Unofficial title taken from cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Into the Forbidden Zone of Man Rode the Master Race of Apes!
    Planet of the Apes
  2. 1. ["The only good human is a dead human!"]
  3. 2. Beneath the Planet of the Apes
    Planet of the Apes
  4. 3. [Ape Protest Poster]
    Planet of the Apes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • James Ludwig
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore