Planet of the Apes: The Forbidden Zone
Malibu · 1992–1993 · 4 issues
About the series
In 1992–1993, Malibu Comics expanded the Planet of the Apes mythos with The Forbidden Zone, a four-issue miniseries written by Lowell Cunningham and drawn by Leonard Kirk. This grim, survivalist tale follows a band of human and ape explorers venturing into the radioactive wasteland beyond the civilized ape society, confronting the literal and metaphorical ruins of humanity’s past. Cunningham and Kirk’s work stands as a key entry in the franchise’s 1990s comic revival, offering a stark, atmospheric bridge between the original films’ themes of prejudice and apocalypse.