Showing posts with label tony mortellaro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tony mortellaro. Show all posts

Monday, August 22, 2016

Marvel-ous Mondays: "The Secret" by Moench, Tuska, Esposito, and Mortellaro

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! We're kicking off the week with the final chapter of Marvel's adaptation of the classic Planet of the Apes flick! Doug Moench, George Tuska, Mike Esposito, and Tony Mortellaro get it all together with "The Secret," originally published in the b&w Planet of the Apes mag, and reprinted in color (that's it down there) in Adventures On the Planet of the Apes #6 (March 1976). Iconic final scene included, baby!
Cover art by Jim Starlin and Klaus Janson















Monday, July 25, 2016

Marvel-ous Mondays: "Into the Forbidden Zone" by Moench, Tuska, Esposito, and Mortellaro

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Today we've reached the penultimate chapter of Marvel's color reprint (from the b&w mag of the same name) Planet of the Apes movie adaptation. Yank Adventures On the Planet of the Apes #5 (January 1977) off the Waback Spinner Rack and join Doug Moench, George Tuska, Mike Esposito, and Tony Mortellaro as they take us..."Into the Forbidden Zone"!
Cover art by Rich Buckler and Klaus Janson




















Monday, May 16, 2016

Marvel-ous Mondays: "Manhunt!" by Moench, Tuska, Esposito, and Mortellaro

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Here's another ish of Adventures On the Planet of the Apes, the color comic that reprinted the POTA movie adaptation from Marvel's POTA b&w mag! "Manhunt!" from ish #3 (September 1975), by Doug Moench, George Tuska, Mike Esposito, and Tony Mortellaro, is an important chapter in Taylor's saga, and adapts some of the coolest scenes from the classic 1968 flick. Plus Taylor utters one of the most famous lines in all of pop culture on the final page. Yeah, this is a cool mag, baby!
Cover art by Ron Wilson and Vinnie Colletta





















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