Must I remind you that the Lawgiver personally appointed me as Peace Officer of this city--?! -- and that he has requested full reports on anyone who interferes with the facilitation of law enforcement procedures. 
Appearing in "Terror on the Planet of the Apes"
Planet of the Apes #3
Featured Characters:
- Alexander
- Arr
- Brutus
- Em
- Jason
- Lawgiver
- Xavier
- Zee
- Gestalt Commander
- Be-One
- Be-Two
- Be-Three
Locations:
- New York City area
- Ape City
- Forbidden Zone
Items:
- Scorch Weapons
- Mutant War Machine
Synopsis for "Terror on the Planet of the Apes"
Planet of the Apes #3
Alexander and Jason continue their flight through the subterranean mutant caverns in search of the missing Lawgiver – the only ape that can clear Jason’s name. A squad of Brutus' renegade gorilla soldiers closes in on them, but they manage to divert their course into the path of a gang of angry mutant drones. While ape battles mutant, the two refugees sneak off further into the tunnels.
Another throng of mutants manages to corner them, but Jason succeeds in grabbing one of their scorch weapons. They blast their way past several mutant guards until they find an abandoned railcar.
An elite unit of mutants known as the Inheritors stops the car and capture Jason and Alexander. They bring them to the Gestalt Chamber where they encounter the Inheritor leader – a collective consciousness constructed of three disembodied brains. The Inheritor tri-brain sentences them for execution in a battle arena.
In the pit arena, Jason and Alexander find another prisoner – one of Brutus' renegade gorilla soldiers. All three are forced to team-up in order to fight up against several horrific monsters.
Escaping from the pit, the three fight through several more drones until they come to the prison cell of the Lawgiver. Jason frees the Lawgiver who tells them of a tunnel that will lead them to a sky-ship. They find a futuristic hover-ship and miraculously discover how to operate it. As more mutant drones converge on their position, Jason, Alexander, and the Lawgiver rocket their way to freedom.
Notes
- Official movie adaptation.
- This issue was originally printed in Planet of the Apes Magazine #3. While the original printing is in black and white, this issue is in color.
- Dodge appears as a head mounted on a wall only in this issue. He was killed in Adventures on the Planet of the Apes #1. In the original movie, Dodge's body was stuffed and placed inside of a glass display case in a museum.
Trivia
- Additional information is based on material originally supplied in the 1968 Planet of the Apes movie.
- The line of dialogue, "Get your filthy paws off me, you damn dirty ape" is one of the more infamous scenes taken from the 1968 Planet of the Apes film. The original line is actually, "Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"
See Also
- 1 image(s) from Adventures on the Planet of the Apes Vol 1 3
- 2 reprint(s) of Adventures on the Planet of the Apes Vol 1 3
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- Planet of the Apes article at Wikipedia
- Planet of the Apes (1968 movie) article at Wikipedia
- Planet of the Apes comic series index at the Grand Comics Database
- The Sacred Scrolls - a Planet of the Apes Wikia