 The "Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales" comic strip ran an adaptation written by Frank Reilly and drawn by John Uslher that appeared between April 2, 1972 and June 25, 1972.The movie received a mixed reception.A negative review came from "The New York Times", which accorded, "Now with all due respect to children's intuition and judgment, may we suggest that they now try the Real McCoy, if they haven't already.