#258: July 1975 (w/David F. Walker) - "Planet of the Apes"

David F. Walker is the multiple Eisner
Award-winning writer of Bitter Root with
Chuck Brown and Sanford Greene. He picked up another Eisner Award
with artist Marcus Kwame Anderson for The Black
Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History. Their latest
collaboration is the Alex Award-winning and NAACP Image
Award-nominated Big Jim and the White
Boy. He just launched a
Patreon and will be Kickstarting his next
graphic novel, The Death of Bobby Hart, soon!


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Stories Covered in this Episode: 


"Planet of the Apes" - Adventures on the Planet of the Apes #1,
written by Doug Moench, art by George Tuska, Mike Esposito, and
John Romita, letters by Gaspar Saladino, colors by George
Roussos, edited by Jenny Isabella, 1975 Marvel Comics


"The World Still Needs... The Champions!" - Champions #1, written
by Jenny Isabella, art by Don Heck and Mike Esposito, letters by
Dave Hunt, colors by Petra Goldberg, edited by Marv Wolfman, 1975
Marvel Comics


 


"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 4 written by Robb
Milne and performed by Robb Milne and
Barb Allen. All incidental music by Robb
Milne.


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