Ape Nation was a 4-issue Planet of the Apes and Alien Nation crossover comic mini-series written by Charles Marshall, published by Malibu Graphics from February 1991 on their Adventure Comics imprint. Malibu's main Planet of the Apes comic series was still in the development stages when Alien Nation became a surprise hit in 1988. Starring James Caan and Mandy Patinkin, the movie followed a group of aliens, the Tenctonese, who crash-landed on Earth and attempted to fit in to American society. Malibu's Scott Rosenberg noted that both Alien Nation and Planet Of The Apes were 20th Century Fox properties. In a conversation about his upcoming Planet of the Apes series, Charles Marshall mentioned that he had seen that Malibu Graphics had the Alien Nation license as well: "What I really had in min