The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, commonly shortened to
The Land of Oz, published on July 5, 1904, is the second of
L. Frank Baum's books set in the
Land of Oz, and the sequel to
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). This and the next 34
Oz books of the famous 40 were illustrated by
John R. Neill. The book was made into an episode of
The Shirley Temple Show in 1960, and into a Canadian animated feature film of the same name in 1987. It was also adapted in comic book form by
Marvel Comics, with the first issue being released in November 2009. Plot elements from
The Marvelous Land of Oz are included in the 1985 Disney feature film
Return to Oz.