Kong on the Planet of the Apes

Kong on the Planet of the Apes #1-6

by Ryan Ferrier

Ryan Ferrier (Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II, D4VE) and Carlos Magno (Kong of Skull Island, Planet of the Apes) present the damn dirty crossover event you demanded! ! Following the events of the first Planet of the Apes film (1968), Dr. Zaius and General Ursus lead a small group of soldiers to the Forbidden Zone to destroy any remaining evidence of Taylor’s time among them. To their surprise, they discover...a Kong! Now they must venture to Skull Island with Cornelius and Zira to discover the truth, but they may not survive the deadliest journey of their lives! Collects the complete 6-issue series.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Alternate History, Fantasy

160 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 16, 2018

Reviews

[Jesús De la Jara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cuando vi por internet que existía esta serie me animé a verla pues aunque descabellado sonaba bastante interesante. Y creo que no me confundí, es una historia alternativa mezclada con mundos paralelos probablemente.
La acción empieza cuando Taylor se ha ido y quedan el Dr. Zaius, Cornelio y Zira, quienes son notificados de la existencia de un gorila gigante muerto, efectivamente lo ven y se trata de un especimen de tamaño descomunal. Piensan acertadamente que debe haber otros como él y es así que viajan con el apoyo del ejército de los simios (comandado por el Gral. Ursus) para conocer e investigar.
Desde luego como se supondrá las cosas se salen de control y quizás el final no es tan de mi gusto pero la historia es entretenida, los dibujos y los colores muy buenos y el argumento bastante coherente con los personajes con los cuales muchos nos hemos familiarizados.

[Bill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some comic crossovers work really well, & this is one of them. Here, some of my favourite characters from Planet of the Apes encounter my favourite giant ape.
There are times when the story gets a bit bogged down with characters just bickering, but most of it is fast paced & engaging. The artwork is, however, impressive throughout.

[Christopher Desruisseau · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting cross over of classic planet of the apes and Kong. Takes place between first and second movies.

[Jason Carpenter · Rating 3 out of 5]

If not for the nostalgia involved, I’m not sure I would have enjoyed this book much at all. The writing wasn’t that great; at times it seems a bit confusing, and I was left wondering what was actually supposed to be happening. Other than Kong, I thought the artwork was pretty good; I just didn’t care much for the way he was drawn.

[Robert · Rating 1 out of 5]

A confused concept that bogs down in minutia and makes no sense. Plus the art makes Kong look retarded rather than fearsome. Not in the colloquial sense. Kong looks clinically retarded.

[Tommy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absolutely incredible artwork, simply beautiful. Thought provoking writing as well

[L-J Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

So, that was something different for me to read. But you know what isn't different? Poor Kong - things never go well for him.

[Jared · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is such an incredibly wasted opportunity, made all the more disappointing by how well-planned it is. The concept is amazing, and it's written in a way that actually does a pretty good job fitting the story into the gap between Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes. It even helps to bridge that gap, in fact. Unfortunately, the whole enterprise is more or less sunk by some of the most amateurish writing I've encountered in a professional comic.

The attempt to revisit the themes of science vs. faith is a well-conceived idea that is executed in the most trite and shallow way. The characters wax eloquent with all sorts of soliloquys that are I assume meant to be profound, but . . . aren't even intelligent. They sound deep if you aren't paying attention, without actually meaning anything at all. Worse still, the characters are written so badly. It's not even that there seems to be no understanding here at all of who Zira, Cornelius, and Zaius are, it's that their personalities and motivations turn on a dime between one page and the next. You'll get whiplash watching a character passionately advocate a point of view and then loudly argue the exact opposite point of view a few panels on. The result is an incoherent mess for trying to be something that no one needed this to be, and which was apparently beyond the skill of the writer to achieve. What a shame.

[Jim Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's Kong. And he's on The Planet of the Apes.

What more really needs to be said?

Are there some story issues? Some things that just don't make a lot of sense?

Cut that out.

It's Kong.

And he's on The Planet of the Apes.

3 freaking stars.

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this at the Epiphany Library (New York Public) to read on the train to the Ridgewood Library (Queens) to pick up a book I had on hold there after finishing the book I had been reading. With the bikini babe on the cover, my expectations fror this were quite low, but it's really an extremely thoughtful bridge between Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes, events that Cornelius, Zira, and Zaius are under a gag order to not mention. Managing to deal with issues of prejudice, religion vs. science (or whether such a conflict should exist at all), the Dunning-Krueger Effect, and exploring parts of the planet that we did not see in either of those films (without giving away the ending of Beneath, the last three films of the original quintet are on a bit of a different track), this os an eloquent, beautifully drawn, and at times gruesome page turner. It's generally easy to tell the apes apart by face, although there are so many images of Cornelius and Zira that from certain angles it can be difficut to distinguish them from each other, although Zira's brashness in the dialogue sometimes makes this easier. Ferrier surely knows the films better than I do (I think I've seen the first one at least five times and the others more than once) because he knows the characters extremely well--every one seems right, including the difficult character of Zaius. I have a friend who considers Zaius a villain--I think he's much more nuanced and certainly more well-intentioned than that in the film (in the novel, he tries to have Ulysse, the central character, executed, but he exits the story when his superiors transfer his position as punishment). The credit for who created Kong seems interesting--Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsak are not credited, nor are Pierre Boulle, Rod Serling, Franklin B. Schaffner, or Arthur P. Jacobs, but the creator of an earlier Boom! conicbook is credited with creating Kong of Skull Island. I do not know if this means he created this book's supporting characters on Skull Island, all of whom are new to me.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was actually a really strong story up until the ending. The ending just fell flat.

The idea is Monster Island has survived the apocalypse that created the Planet of the Apes. When the body of a giant ape washes up on the beach, the apes decide to find out what's going on here and travel to the island. Then the stupid Gorilla Generals mess things up and there's plenty of death and mayhem. Then we have an ending which seems to tie into Beneath the Planet of the Apes, but it was really just confusing and a flat ending. Overall it was an entertaining read, just wish it would have wrapped up better.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

For the most part I enjoyed this one, and it could've been 4 stars, but the ending sucked, so I'm subtracting a star.

Premise is, what if Planet of the Apes took place within the same universe, and somewhere off shore was Skull Island. The adventures starts when a giant ape corpse washes ashore in the Forbidden Zone. Believing it to be a fallen god, Zira, Cornelius, Zaius, and Ursus and a garrison of gorillas set sail with the hopes of finding out more about the fallen deity. What they find is a surprise to them and makes them question everything they've come to believe so far.

[Francesca Giardiello · Rating 2 out of 5]

Narrazione interessante che però porta a poco. Si tenda di fondere Il pianeta delle scimmie con Kong ma ne esce un gran mischiume dove regna sovrano il senso d'impotenza in cui al solito, un solo personaggio, riesce ad imporsi e spadroneggiare, rovinando il rovinabile.
Mi aspettavo sinceramente di meglio perché tutto ciò per ora non porta da nessuna parte, anche guardando a un quadro generale più complesso.

[Henry · Rating 2 out of 5]

Does it sound obvious to describe a Team Up of Planet of the Apes and King Kong as, "a bit silly"?
I love POTA and Kong but apart from some action fun this adds nothing to either of their universes.
And there are major issues with inserting a massive plotlines between POTA 1968 and POTA 2.
They find Kong! On a beach! Just before the earth explodes! And and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and

[Luke Shea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Starts stronger than it ends, but extremely fun and extremely for me. It's essentially a clean one-off what-if, were the direct sequel to the first APES is also King Kong, with Zaius playing a sort of fanatical angle on the Carl Denham role. If you, like me, would buy this based on the cover art alone, you'll probably have a great time.

[Jeff Mayo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so close to getting five stars from me. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. Cornelius and Zira were too hard to tell apart. Other than that, I have no complaints. The crossover is a concept that rarely works. But this one did. Go into this knowing it is the Planet of the Apes of 1968 and King Kong of 1933 that it is crossing over. Really well done.

[Timothy Benoit · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent art, decent story. Picks up after the first film and ties in some neat parts of continuity. Could have been more story-centric. I felt like it was padded with some action scenes.
Fun read. Worth picking up for big Planet of the Apes fans.

[Mhorg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly well done

I was quite surprised that, as a longtime planet of the apes fan, that i enjoyed this as much as i did. While it didn't fit perfectly within the apes timeline, it fit well enough. It was better than the recent book takes from the forbidden zone.

[Ray Perdue · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a lot better than I expected. I'm fact, I thought it was pretty good, and I'm not much for crossovers. Well, crossovers are fun, and I enjoy them, but they're rarely great comics. This was surprisingly a good POTA story.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Planet of the Apes is one of my favorites, book and the movies original and the new ones (Walberg's not so much but I did like the ending). Inserting Kong and Skull Island into the story was so well done. I loved the art, too.


Loot Crate Edition.

[Chris Young · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful, detailed artwork which deserves 5 stars! The dialogue, however, is at times confusing and inconsistent, which is a shame. But don't let that put you off, because these Planet of the Apes comics are worth reading, flaws and all (although I haven't read them all).

[Jasher Drake · Rating 4 out of 5]

king kong and planet of the apes feel like they were made to be together! really enjoyed how much this story delves deep into all the political/religious stuff that i love from the original planet of the apes movies and carlos magno invokes their look and feel perfectly through his artwork too.

[Tim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not entirely what I was expecting, but it was an enjoyable enough read.

[Alfred · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book! Tragic. Poetic. Politics. Very very good!!! Even dead Stewart makes an appearance!

[Gerry · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was almost completely incoherent. The story made no sense, the art was horrifically bad. Big disappointment.

[Eddie Arafat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun crossover, great art.

[Marra Pionek]

Not going to give this a rating because I don’t think it would be fair. I tried a comic series. It’s not my cup of tea. Others probably love it.

[Chase Bouzigard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its fine the art is really good, Kong rampage is resolved to quickly.

[David Cavaco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intelligent crossover of King Kong into the Planet of the Apes multiverse. Excellent.

[Elizabeth Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hehe Kong is my favorite.