Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm Vol. 1 (comics)

A brand-new Planet of the Apes series featuring all of your favorite classic characters. Following their two hit limited series, acclaimed writers Corinna Sara Bechko (Heathentown) and Gabriel Hardman (Hulk) start a new chapter of the PLANET OF THE APES saga, launching the fan-favorite franchise into its most exciting era yet! Eight years before astronaut George Taylor fell from the stars...the stars fell on the PLANET OF THE APES! Once the destroyer of human civilization, the Alpha-Omega bomb of yore has slept silent in the dark side of the moon. One mad monk seeks to wake the beast...and all of ape society is at risk. It's a race against time as Doctor Zaius struggles to find an end to the madness that has engulfed all that he knows! This first volume collects the first four issues of the Apes series that will appeal to both longtime fans and newcomers, featuring art by Damian Couceiro (INCORRUPTIBLE).

Writers Corinna Sara Bechko and Gabriel Hardman began their professional collaboration with the 2009 original graphic novel, Heathentown, which Bechko wrote and Hardman illustrated. Since then, the couple has co-written several collaborations as co-writers including BETRAYAL OF THE PLANET OF THE APES and EXILE ON THE PLANET OF THE APES. In addition to being a writer, Bechko works as a zoologist. Hardman is a successful comic artist working regularly for Marvel Comics as well as a storyboard artist for films including INCEPTION and DARK KNIGHT RISES.

Gabriel Hardman has drawn HULK, and AGENTS OF ATLAS for Marvel Comics as well as HEATHENTOWN for Image/Shadowline. He is an accomplished motion picture illustrator whose credits include Spider-Man 3, X2: X-Men United, Superman Returns, Tropic Thunder and Inception. He also directed the prize winning short film Wrong Way Up, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival. Corinna Bechko is a Los Angeles-based writer known for her work on the graphic novel HEATHENTOWN and the BOOM! Studios series BETRAYAL ON THE PLANET OF THE APES. Marc Laming an illustrator and comic book artist living in the UK. He has worked on comic books for DC/Vertigo, Fleetway and currently Boom! Studios, as well as television & animation projects and storyboards, and visuals for record companies.