The ApeCast

Jack & Geoff shift their focus towards their televisions for a robust discussion of Season 2 of Apple TV's Monarch: Legacy of Monsters! While the first season of this Monsterverse series did feature Kurt Russell meeting Godzilla, ApeCast all-star Kong was barely a presence. This has been rectified, and so your Ape hosts are here to unpack all the globe-trotting, time-jumping family drama/monster-smashing goodness!

Worlds collide in a new combination as Jack & Geoff discuss the first issue of Predator vs. Planet of the Apes! On a POTA, ANSA continues its all-timer crash-landed ship streak while a deadly Yautja also makes its presence known! Meanwhile, Zira and Cornelius marvel at new scientific discoveries, and General Ursus plans a genocidal expedition!

The 90s edginess continues as Jack & Geoff conclude Malibu Graphics' miniseries Blood of the Apes! As human-loving Valia's pleas for decency start to have an effect on the murderous heart of Tonus the Butcher, a new gorilla general arrives from Ape City with a simple plan to deal with the humans: kill them all! Things come to head in an ending that is both bleak and shocking—even by Planet of the Apes standards—leaving your Ape hosts with a lot to chew on!

Things get dark and edgy 90s style as Jack and Geoff look at the first two issues of Malibu Graphics' Blood of the Apes! In the city of Phis on the banks of the mighty Mizziph, an ape named Tonus scoffs at the Lawgiver's most sacred of scrolls through word and action alike! Meanwhile, a group of cutoff-jean-shorts-wearing humans are attempting to rebalance the pecking order on the POTA! If you're wondering how much 1991-ness can be fit into an Apes comic, let your Ape hosts tell you all about it here!

Delightful surprises abound as Jack & Geoff look at the final issue of Planet of the Apes vs. Fantastic Four! While Ape City burns, the Fantastic and Ape-tastic Fours work to transfer cosmic powers, stop the villainous General Ursus, Red Ghost and Doctor Doom, and figure out how to get home! But what of the Super Apes? This concluding chapter has a lot of ground to cover, and your Ape hosts are here with the insightful analysis and propensity for tangents only they could provide!