The Stop Button

And Moench is nicely back on track.

It helps he’s got Sutton back for their human and ape fugitives original story. Moench lays off the sci-fi elements and goes with the action instead. He’s made a fantastic villain out of the gorilla general—there’s a call back to the first issue in the series and it’s amazing how much weight Moench gets out of it.

Great, great stuff. Sutton goes crazy with the action too.

Unfortunately, the art on the Battle adaptation isn’t as consistent. It starts out absolutely amazing—Vicente Alcazar and Sonny Trinidad’s apes are the most detailed ever in the series—but then someone lost the interest. I actually thought Alcazar and Trinidad split the issue, but, no, Trinidad just inked. If he did all the added lines… he was the one who fell off.

Moench does a good job adapting, juxtaposing action and talking heads.

CREDITS

Messiah of Monkey Demons; artist, Tom Sutton. Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Part One: The Weapons Shop of Paradise; penciller, Vicente Alcazar; inker, Sonny Trinidad. Writer, Doug Moench; editor, Archie Goodwin; publisher, Marvel Comics.