Summary

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Planet of the Apeshas introduced a new faction of psychic human beings to the original picture show continuity . One of the nuttier aspects ofPlanet of the Apes’lore was a group of telepathic human mutants living under the satellite ’s Earth’s surface . This element wasintroduced in one flick and subsequently forget , but inBeware the Planet of the Apes#2 , a novel colony of mutation is present .

Beware the Planet of the Apes#2 is written by Marc Guggenheim and draw by Alvaro Lopez . Cornelius and Zira are searching for Zira ’s nephew Lucius , and after entering the Forbidden Zone , meet a group of levelheaded human . trip back to the mutant ’s colony , Nova , Zira ’s human fellow traveller , has a telepathic conversation with a mutation . The mutant want to learn what Nova know about other human endure in that clock time .

An collage image of David Watson as Cornelius and Roddy McDowall as Cornelius in Planet of the Apes

Probing Nova ’s mind , she sees the events ofBeneath the Planet of the Apesunfold , namely the detonation of the atomic bomb .

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The originalPlanet of the Apesfilm , released in 1968 , was a smash-up hit , and engender four sequels as well as an entire multimedia franchise . The film ’s first sequel , 1970sBeneath the Planet of the Apes , shifted the action below the planet ’s aerofoil , where a group of homo , mutate in the wake of nuclear war , search to cleanse the macrocosm above them with a big atomic projectile . The movie ends with the projectile set up , apparently cease the world . Later films view Cornelius and Zira travel back in clip , and the mutant plot point was never followed up on .

The originalPlanet of the Apesmovie was save byTwilight Zonecreator Rod Serling

Beware the Planet of the Apes , which help as a prequel to the original picture , brings the mutants back , evidence fans another faction , one that seems , at least from the beginning , to have benign intentions . The mutants fromBeneath the Planet of the Apessought refining , and were willing to destroy the human race to reach it . This is a far cry from the mutants introduced inBeware the Planet of the Apes#2 , who are willing to work with Cornelius and Zira . These mutants also warn the apes about the wild Hominidae Empire .

Comic book art: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles leaping into action.

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What Will Become of This New Human Faction on thePlanet of the Apes?

Are They Doomed to Die Like the Rest?

The mutants Cornelius and Zira fulfil in this issue are seeking selective information about other humans who may have pull through the catastrophe . The vision they receive of the underground sport almost ensures a meeting between the two human factions . How this group meeting might go is anyone ’s guess , but the mutants from this topic are never seen in any futurePlanet of the Apesfilm , bring up the question of what happened to them . Whether they were wiped out by the hush-hush mutant is immaterial , as this new faction of psychic human is shaking up the lore .

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Robin Curtis and Kirstie Alley as Lt. Saavik in Star Trek.

The mutants in Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

Image of a human mutant hovering in the air with glowing eyes.

A mutant human explains to Nova their origins.

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Beware the Planet of the Apes #2 cover, featuring Zira and Nova in a stadium surrounded by gorillas.

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