Planet of the Apes #2

Dark Horse's 2001 continuation of Planet of the Apes turns up the tension with this striking second issue, subtitled "Bow, Human!" — a command that says everything about where the power balance stands. Kilian Plunkett's cover art fills the frame with a snarling, red-hooded ape looming against a fiery orange sky, ruined structures visible in the shadowy background, projecting a world where humanity is very much on the losing side. With Ian Edginton writing and Paco Medina on interior art, this series clearly had serious creative firepower behind it from the start.