Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern
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Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Boom! Studios[1] |
Format | Ongoing series |
No.of issues | 6[2] |
Main character(s) | Green Lantern Planet of the Apes |
Creative team | |
Written by | Justin Jordan Robbie Thompson |
Artist(s) | Barnaby Bagenda |
Green Lantern on-the Planet of the Apes(first published asPlanet of the Apes/Green Lantern) is a 2017comic bookseries.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Plot
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When temporally displaced astronaut Colonel George Taylor goes missing on the alternate future Earth known as the "Planet of the Apes",Corneliusinvestigates and discovers an ancient ring, unlike anything his universe has ever seen. As its power echoes through the multiverse, theGuardians of the Universemust reveal to the Green Lantern Corps a secret they had hoped would remain buried. With theGreen Lantern Corps,led byHal Jordan,racing to get to the source of this power beforeSinestrocan get his hands on it, they will discover a secret concealed by the Guardians of the Universe on an alternate Earth trapped within a time loop: the setting ofPlanet of the Apes.
After the Sinestro Corps drains energy from members of the other Lantern Corps for a specific objective, on the alternate Earth ofPlanet of the Apes,chimpanzee scientist Cornelius finds a mysterious artefact in a newly formed crater. Due to Sinestro's machinations, Hal Jordan and Sinestro are transported across the multiverse and trapped in thePlanet of the Apesuniverse. Jordan is captured by Ape City security personnel, while Sinestro captures Doctor Zaius, the orangutan leader of Ape City. Back in Earth-0's universe, the Guardians reveal to members of the Green Lantern Corps that one of their earlier experiments after the creation of the Manhunters was a Universal Ring, which possessed the power to tap into the entire emotional spectrum. Realising that it was too powerful to control, although they lacked the ability to destroy it, the Guardians instead trapped the universal ring in an alternate Earth that is trapped itself within atime loop.On this world, humanity destroyed itself in a nuclear war and is replaced by sapient apes, assisted by a genetically engineered virus. While Hal breaks out of Ape City prison with the assistance of Zira and other dissident chimpanzees and Sinestro abducts Dr. Zaius and attempts to stage a coup, the Green Lantern Corps decide to "recruit"Gorilla Groddto assist in their recovery of Hal Jordan and the Universal Ring. Meanwhile, in the underground settlement of telepathic mutants within the ruins ofNew York City,Cornelius has used the Universal Ring to repel attackers and discovered 20th-century astronaut Colonel George Taylor dead from a bullet wound. Angered at the loss of life and the presence of acobalt bombdoomsday device worshipped by the mutants, he dismantles the device. Matters get more complicated when Cornelius's efforts provide the mutants with power rings of their own, while theRed Lantern Corpsdiscover the existence of the Planet of the Apes and the presence of the Green Lanterns there and give pursuit. Sinestro and Dr. Zaius discover a long-concealed secret about the origin of this future alternate Earth.
Reception
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The comic has received positive reviews.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^"Creators Revealed For 'Planet Of The Apes/Green Lantern'".17 November 2016.Retrieved20 January2017.
- ^"'Power Corrupts' In GREEN LANTERN / PLANET OF THE APES Crossover ".13 May 2024.
- ^Elderkin, Beth (19 November 2016)."Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern Crossover Covers Show Cornelius in Action".Retrieved20 January2017.
- ^Whitbrook, James (18 November 2016)."Green Lantern and Planet Of The Apes Get The Comic Crossover We Never Knew We Needed".Retrieved20 January2017.
- ^Schedeen, Jesse (17 November 2016)."BOOM! Studios Reveals Gorgeous Cover for Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern #1".Retrieved20 January2017.
- ^"The Green Lantern Corps. heads to the Planet of the Apes in wild new comic crossover".18 November 2016.Retrieved20 January2017.
- ^"More PLANET OF THE APES / GREEN LANTERN Art".Retrieved20 January2017.
- ^"A New Power Ring Debuts in Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern, And Here's Your Exclusive First Look!".Retrieved20 January2017.
- ^"Here's The Deets On That Planet Of The Apes/Green Lantern Crossover".17 November 2016.Retrieved20 January2017.
- ^"Best Shots Advance Review: PLANET OF THE APES/GREEN LANTERN #1".Newsarama.Retrieved2 February2017.
- ^"Planet Of The Apes/Green Lantern #1 Review - An Unlikely Success".