Planet of the Apes: The Human War

Rating:
Summary: Not great but entertaining
Review: I picked up this comic book since I liked Tim Burton's movie a lot and wanted to read some other stories in this world.

It takes place at least 40-50 years after the movie. The main characters are grandsons of some of the characters from the movie.

The story is pretty interesting. I liked how it was linked up with the movie. The characters were fairly good.

The artwork is somewhat cartoony and not for all tastes. I found it to be satisfactory. Because it has more of a cartoon feel, it is colorful and also clear. Although I like lots of detail in comic art, sometimes it gets annoying in the action when everything is too cluttered. This comic avoids that.

Regarding the content: there is some graphic violence and some brief cursing.

All in all it was a brisk, entertaining read. Followed by an on-going monthly series published by Dark Horse, which continues with this story and characters. I read the first three issues of that series and found it to be along the same quality, perhaps a little better.

Worth checking out if your an APES fan. If not, you might want to steer clear of this.

Rating:
Summary: Not great but entertaining
Review: I picked up this comic book since I liked Tim Burton's movie a lot and wanted to read some other stories in this world.

It takes place at least 40-50 years after the movie. The main characters are grandsons of some of the characters from the movie.

The story is pretty interesting. I liked how it was linked up with the movie. The characters were fairly good.

The artwork is somewhat cartoony and not for all tastes. I found it to be satisfactory. Because it has more of a cartoon feel, it is colorful and also clear. Although I like lots of detail in comic art, sometimes it gets annoying in the action when everything is too cluttered. This comic avoids that.

Regarding the content: there is some graphic violence and some brief cursing.

All in all it was a brisk, entertaining read. Followed by an on-going monthly series published by Dark Horse, which continues with this story and characters. I read the first three issues of that series and found it to be along the same quality, perhaps a little better.

Worth checking out if your an APES fan. If not, you might want to steer clear of this.

Rating:
Summary: The Lost War
Review: I was very disappointed with this comic. The art is very nice. However, the story is dribble. The writer assumes that you've seen the new movie and know the past characters.
Not very well written or creative. Good for a collectors item though I guess.

Rating:
Summary: It's a MADHOUSE!!!! A MADHOUSE!!!!
Review: Planet of the Apes: The Human War commits the cardinal sin for a movie tie-in: It assumes you've seen the movie, and loved it so much that you'll buy into a story that really has nothing in common with it except the basic framework.

Considering that Tim Burton's film wasn't well received by either critics OR fans (I liked it, though!), maybe Dark Horse's decision to have this book revolve around a trip to Calima (Astronaut Leo Davidson's downed ship, from which all Ape and Human life on the planet evolved) wasn't such a good idea...Why not? Well, because they assume the reader KNOWS what Calima IS, and what it's secret is, so they never tell us...we're just supposed to KNOW. I knew, and I was still unsatisfied, so I can imagine how a casual reader would feel after putting this book down. I was also disturbed by the totally out-of-place art, and the slang the Human characters use...."I am SO gonna kick your butt!!" doesn't scream out Planet of the Apes to me...it screams out sloppy writing, which surprised me, since I only bought the book because of Writer Ian Edginton, who is usually rock-solid.
All in all, a terrible effort, which makes it easy to see why Dark Horse's Ape revival only lasted a pitiful six issues. Avoid at all costs!