Ploog looks so loose in his portion of this issue, I’m wondering if he didn’t have inking help. The art’s still good… it’s just not of Ploog’s usual caliber when he’s inking himself.
The group—the human, the ape, the girl—are sitting around in the President’s secret residence in Mount Rushmore. Their guide has electricity and it’s all very post-apocalyptic, realizing what was before stuff.
It’s a good story. Moench is a lot more interested in that aspect of Planet of the Apes than the ape society. Maybe because no one ever concentrated on the realization stuff in the movies.
The Escape adaptation continues. Moench’s script is good. He doesn’t pause on the jokes, waiting for a smile, he just includes them. It makes it a lot smoother than otherwise.
Rival keeps caricaturing, even when the villain appears. It just makes the villain look more evil, which works.
CREDITS
Up the Nose-Tube To Monkey-Trash; writer, Doug Moench; artist, Mike Ploog. Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Part Three: Trouble In Paradise Lost; writer, Moench; artist, Rico Rival. Editor, Archie Goodwin; publisher, Marvel Comics.