Planet of the Apes: The Long War Part 1

The Planet of the Apes brand has had it’s ups and downs. The original movie series, a few are considered classics others, not so much. Tim Burton did a remake that wasn’t received so well. Well, Boom has come out with a comic that goes back before the basic movie. This shows the base of why humans end up under the thumb of the Ape Nation. This has been approached in one movie but it wasn’t done that well, in my opinion. (I have to say this, reading it, I had that one classic line from Charlton Heston running through my mind, “Get your stinking paws off me you damned dirty apes!”)

Reading through this, the writing was good, it told me what I needed to know to have a solid idea on what’s going on, just in case I didn’t see the movies. They didn’t have any ape sounds, which I’m not sure if it would have added or taken away from the story and there were no accents, something I think would have helped. The art has a gritty feel to it, taking you into a world that isn’t ours, that has that uneasy feeling between the two inhabitants, to me it added and worked.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book and look forward to this series succeeding and expanding on the classic idea. Other than the point I made about the lack of accents and the ape calls, this was a good read that is setup the way a first edition should be, introduce you to the characters, situation and the conflict. In my humble opinion, you should get this and follow along on the ride as everything starts coming to light in the future issues. I give it 4 caps out of 5.