 "Laird of the Apes" was a science fiction strip, milking the popularity of the big budget Charlton Heston motion picture "Planet of the Apes" which was released earlier that year.In the strip, set in the 18th century, a young Scottish laird returns to the Highlands to aid his outlaw clansmen in their struggle with the English Redcoats, bringing with him a band of highly trained Apes.An adventure strip with a sporting theme was the wrestling serial "King of the Ring", featuring Ken King, who was a champion of the grunt-'n'-grapple game (although in the earliest strips he had begun as a boxer).