Okay, enough about obscure sexploitation movies that played 35 years ago in theaters that no longer exist. For now anyway. On to important stuff, like......the splash page to ADVENTURES ON THE PLANET OF THE APES #7, published by Marvel in August 1976. By writer Doug Moench and artist Alfredo Alcala, this page had originally been produced for Marvel's black-and-white PLANET OF THE APES magazine in 1975. After reprinting the b&w adaptation of the 1968 film in #1-6, AOTPOTA #7 began reprinting the adaptation of the first film sequel, BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES. Alcala apparently was forbidden to use the likenesses of actors Charlton Heston, Linda Harrison, and James Franciscus, so he did the best he could.
This splash is great, because it dramatically captures one of the most stunning denouements in cinema history.
Oh. SPOILER, I guess.
I'm happy to see they were still able to use Linda Harrison's body in the character of NOVA. I still remember seeing that full-length poster of her after the movie came out.
ReplyDeleteNow that was stunning...
I love that the comic book has to censor a monologue from a "G" rated movie.
ReplyDeleteI was less pleased when the "PG-13" remake also censored that line of dialogue when it "quoted" it, although that was done subtly and most likely had to do with Heston's relationship with the Republican party and its Christian wing.