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| CotW: Marvel Apes #1 |
| Thursday, 04 September 2008 | |
 This week Marvel tries to make lightning strike twice with Marvel Apes #1, a brand new series of comics starring your favorite comic book heroes, only in an alternate universe where they're all Apes. Surprisingly, Charlton Heston is nowhere to be found. Unfortunately, unlike the wildly successful Marvel Zombies series that recently closed it's second chapter, Marvel Apes doesn't really have anything going for it, proving once again that in the grand scheme of things: Ninjas > Pirates > Zombies > Monkeys > Robots. I mean, seriously - the main character is Gibbon for crying out loud. Don't know who that is without looking it up on the internet? Join the club. While I applaud Marvel for trying a variation on a popular theme, the whole premise just seems like it's trying to hard. This is the Mary Kate to Zombie's Ashley - similar, but somehow just not quite as attractive. All of the characters are requisitely simian (Dr. Octopus is now Dr. Ooktapus, etc) and it's kinda interesting to see what species of ape each hero turns out to be, but beyond that there's not much here for the average reader. While this will become insanely popular among a small group of fanatics, I just don't see it having the same broad appeal as Marvel Zombies (and subsequently Marvel Zombies 2) had. Of course, that might all change if in the second issue there's suddenly a grizzled, gun-toting homosapian cursing out monkeys and generally commenting on their uncleanliness. Other Comics of Interest Released Today:PUBLISHER TITLE, ISSUE NUMBER, PRICE IN U.S. DOLLARS DARK HORSEBuffy the Vampire Slayer #18 (Season Eight), $2.99DC COMICSArmy @ Love The Art Of War #2 (of 6), $2.99Detective Comics #848 (Batman R.I.P.), $2.99 Green Lantern #34, $2.99 Manhunter #34, $2.99 Nightwing #148 (Batman R.I.P.), $2.99 Secret Six #1, $2.99 Titans #4, $2.99 Trinity #14, $2.99 Un-Men #13, $2.99 DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENTThe Boys #22, $2.99IDW PUBLISHINGAngel After The Fall #12, $3.99Galaxy Quest Global Warning #2, $3.99 IMAGE COMICSSpawn #182, $2.95Witchblade #120, $2.99 MARVEL COMICSAmazing Spider-Man #570, $2.99Eternals #4, $2.99 Invincible Iron Man #5, $2.99 Marvel Apes #1 (of 4), $3.99 Ms Marvel Annual #1, $3.99 Punisher War Journal #23, $2.99 Secret Invasion Front Line #3 (of 5)(Secret Invasion Tie-In), $2.99 Venom Dark Origin #2 (of 5), $2.99 X-Men Manifest Destiny #1 (of 4), $3.99 X-Men Origin Beast, $3.99
Read a good comic lately? Did your weekly favorite make the list? Post a comment below! Comments (4)
  james wrote...
I agree with everything but "Monkeys>Robots". Yes, monkeys are cool, but cooler than robots? No chance. I'd like to submit Terminator vs. Planet of the Apes as evidence. Case closed.
|| September 09, 2008
 Peter wrote...
@james I politely disagree. You put an army of robots up against an army of apes, the apes are going to win every time, unless we're talking super super super high tech assassin robots, but those technically fall under the "ninja" category.
While robots may be able to take a licking, monkeys are faster and crazy strong. I saw a bonobo lift a house once, swear to god. You ever wonder why the chimps went into space first? It was to kill off the robotic Martians before we got real live humans up there. Mmmyup. 
http://www.bleepinggeek.com || September 09, 2008
james wrote...
Are you kidding me? You take your army of monkeys. I'll take Voltron. Sure, you'll beat up on me for a little while, but then guess what? "Form Blazing Sword!" It's all over. Robots win.
|| September 10, 2008
Mike Green wrote...
I've pretty much been waiting for this one since the New York Comic Con. I wasn't exactly waiting anxiously or counting down the days, but I've known about it since then and have been looking forward to its eventual arrival. Marvel Apes: the greatest gimmick of all time. Here we have your favorite Marvel superheroes and villains drawn as apes and given ape-names… Spider-Monkey, Doc Ook, Iron Mandrill, and… well, you get the idea.
http://rapid4me.com || January 19, 2010
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