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Greg Champy sent in autographs from two the actors for two minor characters from the TV series, but they are credited Apes actors! Greg wrote, "I'm trying to get every actor from the TV series. I have 64 out of 105 actors and actresses listed. Plus 3 of 7 from the animated series. Not sure on the movies...." These autographs are from Andy Albin ("Human Cart Driver") and Ray Sangier, who played a villager. Planet of the Apes Autographs Thanks, Greg!

	John Farnum has colored his illustration titled "The Victors." Check out John's great Apes art on the John Farnum Art page. Thanks, John!
	Greg Champy sent in autographs from two of the voice actors from Return of the Planet of the Apes: Henry Corden and Claudette Nevins. Henry voiced "Urko" and "Cornelius," and Claudette voiced "Judy Franklin" and "Nova." Planet of the Apes Autographs Thanks, Greg!

I recently picked up a copy of Make-Up Artist #4 from December 1996. It features a lengthy interview article about Dan Striepeke, who worked on the makeup for all of the Planet of the Apes films and the TV series. The article has been added to the Magazine Articles page. Make-Up Artist #4 Purchase this issue

Mark Taylor sent in a new-to-the-site promo image for Return to the Planet of the Apes, the cartoon series. It has been added to the bottom of the Return to the Planet of the Apes Panoramas page. Thanks, Mark!

Greg Champy is back with more printable sticker pages, this time reproducing the vending machine Mego figure stickers, only he created stickers for all of the vintage Mego figures. Greg's Printable Stickers Page Thanks, Greg!

Greg Champy sent in an autograph for Jackie Earle Haley, who starred as Kraik in the TV episode "The Legacy." Planet of the Apes Autographs Thanks, Greg!

The June 25, 1967, edition of The Los Angeles Times included a full-page preview of Planet of the Apes. I've added it to the Newspaper Articles page.

Greg Champy sent in an autograph for Michael Conrad, who starred as Janor in the TV episode "The Tyrant." Conrad is best known for his role on Hill Street Blues. Planet of the Apes Autographs Thanks, Greg!

Back in 2022, Greg Champy created a complete set of trading cards for every episode of the Planet of the Apes TV Series. The backs of the cards featured GPS coordinates for the filming locations for the scenes depicted on the cards. Greg has now sent in a PDF file with hotlinks to Google Maps for all of the GPS coordinates displayed on the cards! Greg Champy's The Complete Planet of the Apes TV Series Trading Cards Download the GPS Locations PDF Thanks, Greg!

	Thanks to Derek Grant of the website VacFace: The Art & Design of Ben Cooper Boxes, I've added a new page devoted to the Ben Cooper Planet of the Apes Halloween costumes produced and sold in the mid-1970s. Derek has recreated the box artwork, as well as supplied advertising materials used to promote the costumes. Derek Grant's Ben Cooper Restorations Thanks, Derek!
	Thanks to Harry Barnes, scans of invitations to the German Premier screenings of Beneath and Escape have been added to the International Pressbooks page. German Pressbooks and Press Sheets

DJ Tenderloin Presents the Return to the Planet of the Apes Mix Series

	Greg Champy created this fun image, with this message: How about a cool printable 8.5 x 11 sticker page? Printable on sticker pages that fit in your printer to be stuck on stuff like you're a kid again. :-) Greg Greg's Printable Sticker Page Thanks, Greg!
	Greg Champy sent in an autograph for Victor Kilian, who appears briefly in the TV episode "The Legacy." Greg noted, "Victor was blacklisted in the '50s in Hollywood. He was murdered in 1979 in his apartment, and it was never solved." Planet of the Apes Autographs Thanks, Greg!

Back in March, Rob Amantea sent in an image of Mexican Todo trading cards from 1979. They featured images from the TV show. Greg Champy has sent in new scans of the individual cards, which you can find on the Trading Cards page. 1979 Mexican Todo Cards Thanks, Greg!

Greg Champy has updated The Ultimate Collector's Guide for the Planet of the Apes Trading Card Sets and Singles (1968–2025). You can download the document in both PDF and CBZ formats. Download CBZ Download PDF Thanks, Greg!

The YouTube channel Soundout12 recently posted a video of Conquest filming locations. The video was inspired from Lori's work identifying the locations. The channel has other Apes-related videos posted and in the works.

John Farnum sent in another illustration he did. This one features the gorilla hunters. John Farnum's Planet of the Apes Art

Harry has completed his collection of Italian fotobustas for Planet! The last one has been added to the site. He only needs one more from Beneath to have them all! Thanks for sharing, Harry! Planet Italian Fotobustas

In 1975, an Apes satire booklet called Ghastly Giggles was published. Scans of the booklet were provided to this site by Lori. Fifty years later, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Planet of the Apes TV show, Greg Champy has created a PDF version of Ghastly Giggles 2, using photos from the TV series! Greg Champy's Ghastly Giggles 2 Thanks, Greg!

A recent eBay auction featured a slide of the Movieland Wax Museum apes from November 1975. I've added the slide to the Exhibits page. Movieland Wax Museum, Buena Park, CA 2025-05-29: Added a scan of the slide itself, courtesy of Rob Amantea.

	Iris (Roddy McDowall Tribute) sent in scans from the May 18, 1970, issue of the German magazine Bravo, published 55 years ago today! They've been added to the Magazine Articles page. Bravo, May 18, 1970 (Germany) Thanks, Iris!
	David Feagans has created several custom Ladies of the Apes figures. One reimagines Zira from her past, while the others are new characters. Each figure has a cover photo and a bio. The page is linked to the Fan Artwork page. David Feagans's Ladies of the Apes Thanks, David!

Iris (Roddy McDowall Tribute) sent in scans from the May 6, 1968, issue of the German magazine Bravo, published 57 years ago today! They've been added to the Magazine Articles page. Bravo, May 6, 1968 (Germany) Thanks, Iris!

	Harry Barnes sent in three Colombian lobby cards: one for Planet and two for Conquest. They've been added to the Lobby Cards & Stills page. Colombian Planet Lobby Cards Colombian Conquest Lobby Cards Thanks, Harry!
	Harry Barnes also sent in scans of usher badges for Planet and Conquest. Back in the day, some theaters had ushers, and they'd wear these badges to promote the films coming to the theater. Apes Usher Badges Thanks, Harry!
	Rob Amantea sent a scan of a page from a Spanish Presto cut-out album, featuring images cut from other magazines and glued to the album page. I added it to the Bubble Gum Cards page, even though they aren't cards. Apes Bubble Gum Cards Thanks, Rob!

Derek Grant cleaned up this 1974 newspaper ad for Giantway on the Merchandise Ads page. Thanks, Derek!

Derek Grant sent in this 1968 newspaper article about a promotional stunt in New Jersey for the release of the first film. The Star Ledger, New Jersey, 1968-02-04 Thanks, Derek!

	Greg Champy sent in autographs for Eddie Fontaine ("Gorilla Sergeant" in "The Gladiators") and Jay Robinson ("Bandor" in "Twomorrow's Tide"). Greg has now contributed 89 Apes-related autographs! Planet of the Apes Autographs Thanks, Greg!
	Greg Champy sent in scans of a 2000 interview with Buck Kartalian ("Julius" in Planet of the Apes) that appeared in issue 33 of Psychotronic Video. It's been added to the Magazine Articles page. Psychotronic Video #33 Thanks, Greg!

I spent this past weekend expanding the Magazine Articles page. I've added "View scans" links for almost all of the articles, allowing you to preview each article. For many years, you had to download the PDF files to see what most of the articles were. While doing that, I also created a new page for Comic Book Marketplace #68. Greg Plonowski contributed that many years ago, but it was only available in five separate PDF files. I've now combined them into one PDF (and CBZ) and added the page of scans. Comic Book Marketplace #68

In honor of April Fool's Day, here's one panel from a parody of 2001: A Space Odyssey that begins with lampooning Planet of the Apes. Thanks, Lori! MAD Spoofs Star Wars and Other Sci-Fi

Thanks to Lori, scans of the Apes content from the Fall 2017 issue of Scary Monsters Magazine #106 have been added to the Magazine Articles page! Scary Monsters Magazine #106 (Fall 2017) Thanks, Lori!

I've added thirty-eight more vintage Apes newspaper articles and eleven vintage newspaper advertisements to the Newspaper Articles page. There are articles about the movie, reviews, and articles about the actors. Lots of fun to see the publicity machine at work! I've also added PDF and CBZ options that include all of the articles on the page so you can download them all at once, if desired. Newspaper Articles

Brian Brady sent in scans of an article about Escape that appeared in the September 1971 issue of Photoplay Film Monthly magazine. It's been added to the Magazine Articles page. Photoplay Film Monthly, September 1971 Thanks, Brian! 2025-06-24 Update: Thanks to Charles Drosos, who correctly identified that the article was from Photoplay Film Monthly, not Photoplay. The displayed cover for the magazine has been corrected.

Brian Brady sent in scans of an interview with Booth Colman that appeared in the Fall 2010 issue of Filmfax magazine. It's been added to the Magazine Articles page. Filmfax, Fall 2010 Thanks, Brian!

	Years ago, Harry Barnes sent in scans of the fronts and rears of the Austrian film programmes for the Apes movies. Thanks to Harry's re-scanning, we've now added scans of the two-page spreads in the middle of each programme. All five four-page programmes can be now be viewed on the International Pressbooks page. Austrian Film Programmes Thanks, Harry!
	In 2021, GalaxyCon hosted two Planet of the Apes Q&A panels, each featuring several actors from the Planet of the Apes movies. The panels were eventually uploaded to YouTube. I've created a page here that embeds the videos just to make them easy to find and watch. Lots of fun! GalaxyCon Planet of the Apes Q&A Panels

I recently added photos of Jimm Jenkins's paper Apes, and I just received a gift from Jimm: a paper Cornelius from Escape! Too cool! I've added photos of it to his page. Jimm Jenkins's paper Apes Thanks, Jimm!

	Thanks to Lonnie Cummins, images of two promotional masks distributed by Mexican card company Lyausa have been added to the Bubble Gum Cards page! Mexican Trading Cards by Lyausa Thanks, Lonnie and Scott!
	Rob Amantea sent in scans of more Mexican trading cards from a TV magazine! They've been added to the Bubble Gum Cards page! Thanks, Rob!
	Rob Amantea also sent in photos of his 16mm film print of "The Surgeon," episode seven of the TV series. 16mm Film Reels Thanks, Rob!

Brian Brady sent in scans of Apes content from four new-to-the-site issues of Look-in magazine from 1974 and 1975. Magazine Articles Thanks, Brian!

Rob Amantea sent in an Apes "Spot the Errors" contest drawing from 16 magazine. It's been added to the Apes Ads page. Rob also sent a TV Guide ad for Saturday morning cartoons on NBC that featured Return. You can find it on the Apes in TV Guide page.

Clay Sayre sent in three of his Apes illustrations. They've been added to the Fan Artwork section of the Archive. Artwork by Clay Sayre

	Thanks to Rob Amantea, scans of a TV Showtime guide have been added to the TV Guide Appearances page. Rob also sent scans of a library rebinding of the paperback edition of the Planet of the Apes novel. Those scans have been added to the Book Covers page.
	Unfortunately, I don't remember where I found these, but I've added three more photos of Paula Crist and Bill Blake to the "Meet Zira and Cornelius" page. These photos were taken on Black Friday 1976.

Years ago, Lori sent me carefully-curated auctions listings for Planet of the Apes items sold by Julien's Auctions and Profiles in History. I have finally added the scans from the catalogs from twenty-two different auctions from 2011 through 2023. They join the previous listings for the Blacksparrow Auction and the 2023 Propstore Auction video. I've also added the catalog pages from the Propstore auction. Auctions for Planet of the Apes items I've also made several other additions to various pages, thanks to Lori! Upgraded scans of the 1974 Screen World Film Annual Added more book covers to the Book Covers page Added scans from a 1973 French hardcover edition of Boulle's novel Added a news blurb about the Movieland Wax Museum Thanks, Lori! Sorry it took me so long to add them!

	The Fox Blu-ray releases of Conquest and Battle included galleries of stills as bonus features. I've added those stills to the Lobby Cards & Stills page. Conquest Blu-ray Stills Gallery Battle Blu-ray Stills Gallery
	I've added fifteen more uncommon stills that Brian Brady sent me. They've been added to this page: Various Stills from Brian Brady Thanks, Brian!
	Rob Amantea sent in photos of a 16mm film reel he recently acquired of the first episode of the Planet of the Apes TV show, "Escape from Tomorrow." 16mm TV episode film reel Thanks, Rob!

	I've added thirteen more portrait stills contributed by Brian Brady to the Lobby Cards & Stills page. These new images include ten portraits of Charlton Heston as Taylor, plus black-and-white stills of Zira, Cornelius, and the TV series astronauts. Various Stills from Brian Brady Thanks, Brian!
	Some new updates courtesy of Lori! I've added scans of two vintage Apes mentions from TV Week! TV Guide and TV Week Ape-pearances I also added some more vintage merchandise ads from Lori! Planet of the Apes Merchandise ads And finally (for today), a 1976 newspaper article about films made from books. Vintage Planet of the Apes Newspaper Articles Thanks, Lori!

Mark Talbot-Butler and Brian Brady were working to collect more Planet of the Apes stills in the months before Mark died in December 2020. Brian sent me the photos they'd collected, but not all of them had been cleaned up, and some of them do not have high-resolution versions available. But there are some unique images here, and four years after Brian sent them to me, I've finally posted the 65 images. The MTB/Brian Brady Work-in-Progress Thanks, Brian and Mark!

Jimm Jenkins sent in these cool paper Apes that he made! Jimm Jenkins's Paper Apes

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