All of the art is bad. takes over the original story. His apes are slightly better than his humans. His many-eyed alien might be the best. There’s a scene where it appears a Viking ship (this story introduces apes living like Vikings) is floating on air, because Trimpe doesn’t work the perspective on the scenery to show it’s on water.

Still, Moench has really shaken up the character relationships–some expectedly, some surprisingly. I’m hopeful for the writing anyway.

As for the Battle adaptation, it’s a little better. Not the art, of course. Marvel didn’t even want to pay Sonny Trinidad, so they got Dino Castrillo, who’s even worse. The battle scenes are laughable and the apes are short and squat.

Moench fails to address the ludicrousness of gorillas as commanders. They’re clearly morons and it strains the internal logic. But I doubt he cares at this point.

CREDITS

Northlands; penciller, Herb Trimpe; inker, Virgil Redondo. Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Part Five: Assault On Paradise; artist, Dino Castrillo. Writer, Doug Moench; editor, John Warner; publisher, Marvel Comics.