"Resident Evil 2" was the basis for several licensed works and later games. Ted Adams and Kris Oprisko loosely adapted it into the comics "Raccoon City – R.I.P." and "A New Chapter of Evil", which were released in the first and second issues of "Resident Evil: The Official Comic Book Magazine" in March and June 1998. The 60-issue Hong Kong comics "Biohazard 2" was published weekly from February 1998 to April 1999. A romantic comedy retelling of the game's story, centered on Leon, Claire and Ada, was released as the Taiwanese two-issue comic "Èlíng Gǔbǎo II" (lit. "Demon Castle II"). "Resident Evil: City of the Dead", a 1999 book written by author S. D. Perry, is a more direct adaptation of the narrative, and is the third release in her series of "Resident Evil" novelizations, published by Pocket Books in 1999.