The Stop Button

Planet of the Apes limps off into the sunset with a new artist for this extra-special finale. Craig Taillefer, who also handles the letters, is terrible. I almost like the first artist on the book more, because you could at least tell he liked good artists. And Taillefer’s lettering is bad too. The amount of typos alone make one wonder if anyone read a copy before it shipped.

Marshall closes up all his story threads moronically. Everyone gets a happy ending. There’s no attempt at being thoughtful about the philosophical implications of apes and humans coexisting. The one dissenter changes his mind because someone says “please.”

And there’s a big battle between the two magic giants (one ape, one man). Marshall doesn’t bother accounting for it making no sense in the franchise’s continuity either.

It’s a terrible close (both in plotting and scene writing) for a sometimes worthwhile comic.