Planet Of The Apes Returning to Comics in New Marvel Series
After nearly 50 years Marvel Comics has reacquired the rights to the iconic Planet of the Apes franchise and will release new comic adventures set in the series' the dystopian future. Planet of the Apes is one of the longest-lasting and most beloved science fiction franchises, and most recently regained popularity due to the prequel trilogy of films that ended in 2017.
Marvel Comics has a long history of acquiring the rights to movie and television franchises, making new comic stories from beloved classics. While Planet of Apes has had many comics adaptations since the original movies premiered in the 1960s, Marvel's adaptations in the 1970s were some of the most well-received. The original Planet of the Apes films, adapted from the 1963 novel La Planète Des Dinges from French author Pierre Boulle, ended after five films, The final movie in the original series, 1973's Battle for the Planet of the Apes, finally see the leader of the apes Caesar recognizing the destructive cycle of oppression between the humans and apes, leading to a far future where the two species coexist.
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In Marvel Comics' announcement about the upcoming comic series, the publisher acknowledges the massive cultural and societal impact that thePlanet of the Apes franchise has had around the world, while also naming the deep history Marvel has with the apes. In 1974 Marvel began publishing black-and-white comics adaptations of the original films as well as new stories in the universe, before publishing full color adaptations of the first two Planet of the Apes films in 1975. Marvel's new Planet of the Apes comics will feature new stories, collections, and reprints, and while
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