Marvel has released a first look at a new comic series set in the original Planet of the Apes era.Marc Guggenheim and Álvaro López’s Beware the Planet of the Apes #1 will go on sale Jan. 3, beginning an all-new chapter that serves as a prequel adventure to the 1968 film Planet of the Apes that launched the franchise. Marvel’s first look at the new comic’s debut issue shows some of the franchise’s most beloved characters who will appear in the new series, including scientist apes Cornelius and Zira, and their human ally Nova. The prequel story is set in a hostile world run by aggressive gorillas where the human race is mute and dumb, and when Cornelius and Zira’s nephew Lucius goes missing, the two apes cautiously turn to Nova for her help in finding him.Marvel has described the four-issue limited series as being “seeped in appreciation for the classic style of the initial films”, and Guggenheim also shared his love and appreciation for the franchise. “I’ve been entertained and intrigued by Planet of the Apes ever since I got a Mego Doctor Zaius doll as a birthday present, and my local television station ran the original pentalogy every afternoon for a week in the summertime,” he said. “In many ways, Apes is one of the OG franchises, filled with mystery, fascinating characters, and some truly off-the-wall surprises. That’s the spirit I’m working to evoke with Beware the Planet of the Apes.”Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Director Compares Sequel to a Star Wars Movie
Marvel has released a first look at a new comic series set in the original Planet of the Apes era.
Marc Guggenheim and Álvaro López’s Beware the Planet of the Apes #1 will go on sale Jan. 3, beginning an all-new chapter that serves as a prequel adventure to the 1968 film Planet of the Apes that launched the franchise. Marvel’s first look at the new comic’s debut issue shows some of the franchise’s most beloved characters who will appear in the new series, including scientist apes Cornelius and Zira, and their human ally Nova. The prequel story is set in a hostile world run by aggressive gorillas where the human race is mute and dumb, and when Cornelius and Zira’s nephew Lucius goes missing, the two apes cautiously turn to Nova for her help in finding him.
Marvel has described the four-issue limited series as being “seeped in appreciation for the classic style of the initial films”, and Guggenheim also shared his love and appreciation for the franchise. “I’ve been entertained and intrigued by Planet of the Apes ever since I got a Mego Doctor Zaius doll as a birthday present, and my local television station ran the original pentalogy every afternoon for a week in the summertime,” he said. “In many ways, Apes is one of the OG franchises, filled with mystery, fascinating characters, and some truly off-the-wall surprises. That’s the spirit I’m working to evoke with Beware the Planet of the Apes.”
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