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British Marvel Apes Colour Pictures


These images were printed on the back cover of Marvel's "Planet of the Apes" comic which was published in the U.K. from October 1974 to February 1977 when it was merged into the "Mighty World of Marvel" weekly comic. The U.K. Apes comic also included some interior black and white text and photo features about the Apes T.V. series that were never published in the U.S. edition of the magazine. I will scan and post these extra text features at a later date...
Planet of the Apes U.K. issue 3 Cover dated  November 9th 1974

Planet of the Apes U.K. issue 5 Cover dated November 23rd 1974
Planet of the Apes U.K. issue 9 Cover dated December 21st 1974
 Planet of the Apes U.K. issue 10 Cover dated December 28th 1974

Planet of the Apes U.K. issue 11 Cover dated January 4th 1975
Planet of the Apes U.K. issue 15 Cover dated February 1st  1975


Planet of the Apes U.K. issue 16 Cover dated February 8th 1975
Planet of the Apes U.K. issue 19 Cover dated  March 1st 1975
Planet of the Apes U.K. issue 32 Cover dated  May 31 1975
Planet of the Apes U.K. issue 33 Cover dated June 7th 1975
Planet of the Apes U.K. issue 34 Cover dated  June 14th 1975
Planet of the Apes U.K. issue 35 Cover dated June 21st 1975
Planet of the Apes U.K. issue 72 Cover dated March 6th 1976


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