From the Earth to the Moon stories of Baron Munchausen and Cyrano de Bergerac. In 1889 Verne wrote a second sequel to the novel, "The Purchase of the North Pole", which has the Gun Club members (led by J. T. Maston) plan to use the "Columbiad" to alter the tilt of the earth to enable the mineral wealth of the Arctic region to be put within reach of exploitation. In March 1953, the Gilberton Company published a comic-book adaptation of "From the Earth to the Moon" as issue No. 105 in its Classics Illustrated series. An unidentified scriptwriter combined Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon"
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon originally much tighter screenplay. During production, the film was known as "Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon", but when it was screened by the British censors on 21 February 1967, it was registered as "Rocket to the Moon" (unusually, it was presented to the BBFC by the producer, Harry Towers, instead of the distribution company, which indicates that no distribution deal had been struck at the time). However, by the time it was released, on 13 July 1967, it was once again known as "Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon". "The Times"' reviewer, Michael Billington, was not impressed: Inspired by