With parts from The Icarus/Liberty 1 spacecraft, Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic) has concocted an intricate Power Glove that can transfer cosmic energy.
Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic), Sue Storm (The Invisible Woman), Ben Grimm (The Thing) regain their powers from Cornelius, Dr. Zira and Dr. Zaius respectively.
Puppet President Ursus has quelled the farmer uprising/rebellion, he invites the farmers to join him on his new crusade... the eradication of the human threat.
The Red Ghost (Russian scientist Ivan Kragoff) orders his Super-Apes Peotor (orangutan) and Igor (baboon) to kill Cornelius, Dr. Zira and Dr. Zaius; the Super-Apes (Miklho, Peotor and Igor) who have become pro-ape (thanks to Dr. Zaius) refuse to obey Kragoff.
Johnny Storm (The Human Torch) regains his powers by using the Power Glove on Ursus.
Doctor Doom explains to Dr. Zaius that Kragoff used a Neural disruptor on President Gaius (supreme leader of Ape City).
Doom wants Zaius to kill President Gaius, Zaius smashes a bust of the Lawgiver into Doom's face... we discover that Doom was a Doombot robot all along.
Ben Grimm (The Thing) destroys the Doombot, Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic) uses the remains of the robot to teleport himself, his team, the Doombot and the three Super-Apes back home... stranding Kragoff on the Planet of the Apes.
To preserve the status quo, Dr. Zaius uses the Neural disruptor on his people. Zaius tries to turn the disruptor on himself... but it stops functioning.
In Doctor Doom's dimension, we see that the real Dr. has kidnaped an ape from the Planet of the Apes.
What I did like:
Sweet covers by Greg Land/Rachelle Rosenberg, Paco Medina/Federico Blee, Pere Pérez/Frank D'Armata, Edwin Galmon/Federico Blee and Mike Hawthorne/Richard Isanove.
What I did not like:
The editor is not doing his job.
The Fantastic Four are not interested in knowing more about George Taylor.
Reed can create a Power Glove within minutes.
Zaius would never turn anything on himself.
Reed lets Ben damage the Doombot, their sole option to get back home.
Reed abandons Kragoff on the Planet of the Apes.
The Super-Apes do not sniff-out Kragoff for the Fantastic Four.
Dr. Zaius is portrayed as a fanatic who was unaware of man's potential.
We do not see the face of Dr. Milo.
It is Miklho not Mikhlo.
No blue suit or Mego white-brown outfit for Dr. Zaius.
Herbie the Robot does not appear!
Needed more Minister Sabian, Astronaut George Taylor, Lucius and Nova. A lot more.
No smart aleck giant brains in jars aka The Inheritors.
The unpublished scripts of Doug Moench: Forbidden Zone Prime, The Captive of the Canals, To meet the Makers and Derek Zane + Faron in Journey to the Planet of the Apes are still not adapted!
I give it a 4/10. An extremely disappointing and embarrassing finale.
