Sunday, June 3, 2012

Review- PLANET OF THE APES VOL. 2: THE DEVIL'S PAWN


PLANET OF THE APES VOL. 2: THE DEVIL'S PAWN (Boom, 2012; Softcover)

Collects Planet of the Apes Nos. 5-8 (cover dates August- November, 2011)

Writer: Daryl Gregory

Artist: Carlos Magno

This is a great time to be a Planet of the Apes fan. Between the most recent movie and these comic books from Boom, quality for the franchise is at a high not seen in 40 years. Daryl Gregory is a great writer, and he gets what the Apes universe is all about. I am really enjoying seeing the relations between apes and humans strained to the breaking point, and the fallout which becomes “the way things are” in the first film. I try not to use the word great often or lightly, but this is a great title.

The OCD zone- Boom Studios' collected editions are high quality stuff. Wax coated cardstock covers and nice coated stock paper...everything that an OCD suffering boy (or girl) could possibly want.

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2 comments:

  1. Does Boom do hardcovers very often? I'm holding out.

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  2. I can't recall them doing any deluxe ones. I think that did HCs for Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, but those were PHC equivalents.

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