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The Planet of the Apes franchise has been on ice for the reason that reboot films wrapped up with 2017’s Struggle for the Planet of the Apes. Fox is getting ready to begin the movies up once more in 2024, that means we’ll see what the collection is like now that Disney has a maintain of it. And with Disney comes Marvel, which implies some new comics.
Beginning subsequent yr, Marvel might be publishing a model new Planet of the Apes ongoing collection from author David F. Walker (Bitter Root, Energy Man & Iron Fist) and artist Dave Wachter (Weapons of Shadow Valley, Aliens: Aftermath). The comedian was initially introduced again in June, with editor-in-chief CB Cebulski saying on the time that the brand new comedian “goes discover the boundaries of what this beloved franchise has to supply by means of daring comics storytelling, and we sit up for setting foot on this new journey!”. Earlier than the brand new ongoing’s launch, the Apes will headline variant covers for a number of Marvel Comics all through February, together with Venom, Avengers, and Miles Morales: Spider-Man.
As a comic book e-book collection, Planet of the Apes has been printed by quite a few comedian publishers over time, together with Boom! Comics extra not too long ago. Marvel acquired a maintain of the property again in 1974 underneath its Curtis Magazines imprint, which ran from that yr to 1977. Throughout that point, Marvel additionally printed comedian variations of the then-first 5 Apes movies, and coloured variations of the unique two movies. These Seventies comics, printed underneath the title of Adventures of the Planet of the Apes, might be reprinted and launched throughout 2023.
Presently, this new Apes comedian is the one one from Marvel being launched. With its Fox franchises like Alien and Predator, comics for these collection haven’t ballooned in measurement like Star Wars has, however don’t be shocked if there are some tie-in books coming across the time that fourth film is gearing up for launch.
Planet of the Apes #1 will launch on print and digital in April 2023.
[through GamesRadar]
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