I See Monkeys

This post is inspired by my friend Kate. Hope it makes you laugh. Tonight I will be taking a look at primates in comics.

We start off with the upcoming Marvel Apes. This miniseries will feature the Gibbon finds himself transported to an alternate reality in which humans do not exist and primates run the world. We are advised that we will be meeting Spider-Monkey, Doc Ook, Iron Mandrill, Simian Torch, and the Ape-Vengers. From the looks of the artwork I found, we will also be seeing a howler monkey version of Wolverine. I’m looking forward to this one.

 

Next, we look at Guerillas from Image Comics. This mini focuses on a troop of Special Forces touring in the  Vietnam War. Here’s the twist – the troop is made up entirely of chimpanzees. The first issue is due out next week and it sounds like it is going to be one of the most interesting war comics yet. You can check out a preview here.

 

 

 

 

Within the DC Universe there exists a superintelligent, superstrong villain called Gorilla Grod. Wikipedia describes him as”

Gorilla Grodd is a hyper-intelligent telepathic gorilla with the power to control the minds of others. At one time he was nothing more than an average ape, but after an alien spacecraft crashes in his African home, Grodd and his troupe are imbued with super-intelligence by the ship’s pilot. Grodd and fellow gorilla Solovar also develop telepathic and telekinetic powers. Taking the alien as their leader, the gorillas construct a super advanced home named Gorilla City. The gorillas live in peace until their home is discovered by prying explorers. Grodd forces one of the explorers to kill the alien, and takes over Gorilla City, planning to conquer the world next. Solovar telepathically contacts Barry Allen to warn him of the evil gorilla’s plans, and Grodd is defeated. The villain manages return again and again to plague the Flash and his allies.

Perhaps no other franchise is more famous for its monkeys than Planet of the Apes. No stranger to comics, it has been carried by 13 publishers, including two Japanese manga adaptions, a UK adaption, a Agentine adaption, a Hugarian adaption, and a Filipino parody.

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