Apes and comic books have been intertwined for as long as I can remember. For my money, nobody illustrates primate action better than Art Adams. That's just one reason that his Monkeyman & O'Brien stories are such a fun read.
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You could have thrown in Prof Hulk for this meeting too! An airy cover while we are coming out of the ice is appreciated. Nice having Barry back. Fun cover.
ReplyDeleteOr Wally, if it's him. Since Kong was "covered" yesterday, i'll guess these monkey shines are just coincidental.
ReplyDeleteExcellent premise! Now if we could just get these two to meet Detective Chimp, or Plastic Man (alias Eel O'Brian). O maybe even the Hit Monkey!
ReplyDeleteComing soon: Planet of the Marvel Apes!
ReplyDeleteAt one stage comics with apes or monkeys on their covers seemed to sell better than ones without, and DC actually set a limit on how often their comics could use them in order to prevent potential over-use...
ReplyDeleteAnd, yet, Marvel has no trouble recycling the pun "Ape X". From the still-comatose simian cyborg of Squadron Supreme fame...to the were-gorilla luchador who helped stopped a zombie invasion of Ape Earth-8101!
DeleteOn the subject of Ape-related puns, I remember the time when one of Grodd's schemes involved a satellite-based ray that transformed all humans within its are of effect into Ape versions of themselves... and one of the results was Chimpulse... :)
DeleteHow many gorillas do you need to make up an STF team? How about settiline the question for us, Ross?
ReplyDeleteHow about an even half-dozen? That way, Ross could alliteratively label them...the Simian Six!
DeleteHow many gorillas do you need to make up an STF team? How about settiling the question for us, Ross?
ReplyDeleteSorry, anon above was me.
I mean, in addition to Grodd, there's Brainiape and/or Cy-Gor (both from Image Comics). Plus, all three of Red Ghost's Super-apes! Although, technically, the shapeshifting trick-shooter is actually a baboon.
DeleteI'd also love to see these two caught in the middle of a turf war between Ultron and Grodd vs. Cy-Gor.
ReplyDeleteAngel and The Ape?
ReplyDeleteThe Charlton Planet of the Apes comes to mind. They had the best licensed comics ever.
Including a limited series based on Konga!*
Delete*The British pastiche of King Kong that starred Michael Gough (pre-BATMAN 1989) as a mad scientist.
Speaking of pastiches: with another Kong/Godzilla sequel coming out next year, how about cover-sims depicting Godzilla vs. Gorgo or Godzilla vs. Reptilicus? Charlton also did spin-offs of those movies, too!
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