Planet of the Apes #23
"Prologue: Future Imperfect!" presents a chilling vision of a post-apocalyptic Earth, where humanity’s survival hinges on machines built to serve—until those machines evolve beyond their programming. Sid Check’s stark, expressive art brings to life a world reborn from ruin, where the line between creator and conqueror blurs. The cover by Ron Wilson and Mike Esposito captures the eerie stillness of a forgotten world, setting the stage for a story that lingers long after the final page.
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Following an atomic war, the human survivors live underground, building machines to do their work for them. Years later, they return to the surface, leaving the machines behind, but the machines begin to think for themselves, and rise up to conquer the surface world.
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