This 63-page 'movie adaptations' special issue bessatsu ('volume') of the monthly manga magazine Bôken'ô (/ Bouken ou - 'Adventure King', first published in 1959) included an adaptation of Planet of the Apes written and drawn by Jôji Enami and was published in 1968. This adaptation was also included in an 'Adventure King' quarterly collection. Another manga adaptation of the original movie followed in 1971. Special edition magazines covered the first two Apes films, while Battle for the Planet of the Apes was also adapted in comic format in 1973.