Sutton’s second page on he and Moench’s original story chapter (Ploog doesn’t return this issue) is one of the busiest I’ve ever seen in a comic book. It’s not scenery, it’s action and a lot of it. Sutton goes wild.
And burns out.
For the rest of the story, he’s clearly rushed. It actually looks like he’s picked up some fluidity devices from Ploog, but then inks them so thick they’re static again. His faces, too, are disastrous.
Still, it’s wonderful to read.
Moench’s sci-fi developments are a little much, but they’re passable. It’s just a Planet of the Apes comic, right?
The Conquest adaptation hurries to it’s conclusion. Alcala continues to make the adaptation significant; the humanity he brings to ape and man is just great. Not a lot of white men, I suppose. They’re not the ones with humanity here.
Moench’s adapting continues to go quite smoothly.
CREDITS
Society of the Psychedrome; writer, Doug Moench; artist, Tom Sutton. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Part Five: Army of Slaves; writer, Moench; artist, Alfredo Alcala. Editor, Archie Goodwin; publisher, Marvel Comics.
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