Line #18 ComicBook/MarvelApes


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4	''Marvel Apes'' is a four-issue limited series by Creator/MarvelComics written by Karl Kesel with art by Ramon Bachs and covers by John Watson. The series was released in October 2008.
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6	With his personal life in shambles, Martin Blank A.K.A. the Gibbon is sucked into another dimension populated by simian versions of Marvel characters while helping scientist Fiona Fitzhugh.
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9	!!''Marvel Apes'': provides examples of:
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11	* AffablyEvil: From a human perspective, certainly from Martin's, the ape heroes come across as this. They're ruthless, violent and murderous, but unless you're a villain who refuses to reform, or have earned their ire in some other way, they're fairly polite and accepting, even friendly.
12	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The apes, though sapient and capable of developing civilization and advanced technology, [[FurryReminder are still apes]] and deal with antisocial behavior like criminals and supervillains with extreme prejudice. Anyone breaking the law is forced to either comply or be beaten to death.
13	* {{Deconstruction}}: The ''Marvel Apes'' storyline deconstructs the FunnyAnimal. A reality ruled by non-human primates would most likely be ''far'' more violent than ours, since most primates don't have human-level empathy. Even heroes like Captain America sees nothing wrong with beating villains to death since that's just how apes are.
14	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Speedball]] looks like he's been killed in the final battle, but he turns out to have survived and joined Marty and Fiona in the 616 universe.
15	* KilledOffForReal: Happens to both [[spoiler:Otto Ooktavius and Reed Richards. The former is beaten to death by the Ape-vengers, the latter is killed by Vampire Captain America for figuring out that he's a vampire.]]
16	* MainCharacter: Martin Blank/The Gibbon.
17	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: There is also a ''ComicBook/MarvelApes'' universe, where everyone is an ape. Some of the ape superheroes are also vampires, and one of them is an ape ''Nazi'' vampire. In ''Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution'' there is ''Marvel Apes vs Marvel Zombies'', during which Comicbook/{{Iron Man}}drill gets infected with the zombie virus, becoming a super-intelligent zombie ape in a suit of {{powered armour}}.
18	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: If villains refuse to submit and reform then they're beaten to death.
19	->''Then all hell broke loose. It wasn't a trial. It wasn't even a lynching. '''[[TakeOurWordForIt It wasn't human.]]'''''
20	-->-- '''The Gibbon'''
21	* SillySimian:
22	** The comic sets up this trope pretty expertly, being [[http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/04/simian-super-he.html an alternate universe where everyone is a monkey except the Inhumans and Sue Storm.]] At first, the world seems goofy and friendly... but Martin quickly discovers that a world ruled by apes is also ruled by the Law of the Jungle, and you do ''not'' want to get on the wrong side of these apes.
23	** Spider-Monkey plays the trope straightest, but as an alternate Spider-Man being silly is kind of par for the course. In the ''Spider-Monkey'' special he also proves to be more of a NiceGuy than most of the other apes.
24	* TrappedInAnotherWorld: While trying to discern whether or not Gibbon is from another dimension, he and Fiona Fitzhugh are transported to the Marvel Apes universe.
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