Marvel Apes TPB

by Karl Kesel

Just when he thinks life can't get any worse or weirder, Marty Blank - a.k.a. that lovable loser, the Gibbon - finds himself and the brilliant-and-beautiful Dr. Fiona Fitzhugh transported to a world where monkeys rule and humans don't exist!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Marvel, Superheroes, Fiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published April 29, 2009

About the author

Karl Kesel (Victor, New York) is an American comics writer and inker whose works have primarily been under contract for DC Comics. He is a member of Periscope Studio. In 2017, he started Panic Button Press with Tom Grummett to publish the creator-owned graphic novel Section Zero.

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was fun but, even at just four issues, it felt overlong to me. They always seem to want to get too much mileage out of what is a pretty one-note joke. Still, as I say, a fun read.

[Shaun Byrne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have yet to read many literary epics, Moby Dick, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or Dante's Divine Comedy. I no longer need to, for I have read humanity's peak.

[Shane Stanis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Chrises on Infinite Earths: The Below is Apes

What do you get when you take a totally bananas (pun intended) story and try to give it an actually coherent plot? A hot mess. I love stupid stuff, so I had high hopes for these apes, but honestly found this long and tedious….hence it taking me a week to read through 4 issues…

Read for ape puns, Bruce Bannaner, Cap as a [spoiler], and a story that takes itself entirely too seriously

[Sie Kensou · Rating 4 out of 5]

Que decir de este título, a ver el solo nombre nos indica de que va. Y es que no es posible tomárselo en serio y afortunadamente los autores son concientes de ello y nos regalan una historia en tono de parodia que se disfruta desternilladamente. Eso sí no le pongas lógica esto está hecho solo para el disfrute. Nada más decir que hay monos vampiros nazis y te puedes imaginar el resto. Punto aparte para el dibujo que es excelente y los nombres adaptados de los personajes. Si pueden leerlo en inglés mucho mejor, sin demeritar la traducción claro está. Solo que algunos chistes se entienden mejor en su idioma original.

[Henry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wait, why is this really good? It's really good! I'm a sucker for seeing alternate worlds and versions of characters, and the only thing I was missing was some more differences as a result of apes ruling the world instead of humans. But a really fun and focused story with some wild twists and turns

[Timothy Pitkin · Rating 2 out of 5]

What starts off as a very silly concept especially with some of the puns for the ape versions of the marvel characters. But it does get kind of dark with a very weird twist but still not a bad story.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

One Line Review: Interesting concept, full of potential, I would have done it slightly differently though.

[J.]

Fun for people who don't take their comics too seriously. This one managed to be the entertaining kind of goofy without straying too far into the unbearable kind of goofy.

[La Revistería Comics · Rating 3 out of 5]

¡¡Son los Marvel, Manaaaaaa!!