Robby the Robot robot designed to care for children. In "Tom Swift on The Phantom Satellite" (1956), it is also the name given to a small four-foot robot designed by Tom Swift Jr., the boy inventor in the "Tom Swift Jr." science fiction novel series by Victor Appleton II. Robby the Robot originated as a character in the 1956 MGM science fiction film "Forbidden Planet". The story centers on a crew of space explorers from Earth who land their starship, the C57-D, on the planet Altair IV, ruled by the mysterious Dr. Morbius. Robby is a mechanical servant that Morbius has designed, built,
Planet of the Apes (comics) original mini-series: Urchak's Folly, Forbidden Zone, Ape City, Blood of the Apes and a crossover with "Alien Nation" called Ape Nation. Adventure also reprinted Marvel's adaptations of the first three films as well as a four-issue mini-series featuring installments from Marvel's Terror on the Planet of the Apes saga. In the 1990s, a Filipino parody adaptation called Planet op di Eyps was serialized in Pilipino FUNNY Komiks. Beware The Beast was a 2004 fan-produced comic strip written by Dave Ballard, edited by Michael Whitty and illustrated by Neil T. Foster, set alongside the events of "Beneath the Planet of the