You know, when I started reading Adventure’s Planet of the Apes series, I complimented Marshall for his intelligence.
As the series winds down, this penultimate issue leaves me considering him beyond dumb.
There’s a big canonical change here—Caesar (you know, Roddy McDowell’s chimp) is resurrected as the Lawgiver (John Huston’s orangutan). So, the way Marshall sees it—a guy writing a comic book about apes—there’s no difference between chimps and orangutans. You know, genetically.
It’s a stunningly terrible thing. But I guess Marshall is rushing headstrong into his final issues. The plot points are stupid and the narrative feels disjointed, but at least he’s trying.
Oh, wait, he’s really not. He’s doing all these wacky things with the characters to make it fit the finale… he’s not fitting the finale to his characters.
The art, after a brief uptick, is dreadful once again. Maybe the worst Wyman ever.
