Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Black and White Wednesday: "Spawn of the Mutant-Pits" by Moench, Ploog, and Chiarmonte

Dig it, Groove-ophiles! We're back with the third chapter of Doug Moench and Mike Ploog's original POTA serial from Planet of the Apes #3 (September 1974)! "Trapped between killer apes and mutant monsters, Jason and Alexander come face-to-face with the secret of the Forbidden Zone!" (That's how the contents page summed it up!) Inks by Frank Chiarmonte, cover by Bob Larkin!


























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6 comments:

  1. CharlesJanuary 7, 2015 at 6:43 AM

    Superb!

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  2. Mike MikulovskyJanuary 7, 2015 at 7:37 AM

    Planet of the Apes was IT for a lloonnggg time! Until Star Wars came out in 77. Every kid went Ape Shit for the Apes. From movies, comics, models, the mego figures, halloween masks! I wish I had owned stock in PotA's & Star Wars! These covers were always beautifully painted! Ploog's run on this series were the best!

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  3. BobJanuary 7, 2015 at 8:24 AM

    You have brought back many happy memories....

    Honestly, the Jason and Alexander Apes saga is simply Marvel's finest black and white serial.

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  4. Dave BlanchardJanuary 7, 2015 at 1:35 PM

    After the Jason & Alexander saga ran its course, Tom Sutton drew one of the weirdest series ever, set entirely on some massive ship-city -- the Future History Chronicles. Now there's something that needs to see the light of day again!

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  5. RussJanuary 7, 2015 at 8:13 PM

    If you're taking votes, I agree with Dave on the Sutton stories. Moench was an idea dynamo during this period, and Sutton did some of the best halftone work Marvel ever published.

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  6. keythd23January 10, 2015 at 10:44 AM

    Although Chiaramonte wasn't Ploog ' s best inker they still looked great in beautiful black and white. Later on things got even better when PotA started shooting the series directly from Mike Ploog ' s pencils.

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