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18 Ridiculous Comic Book Covers Featuring Gorillas

Detective Comics #339

Detective Comics #339

"Hold that gorilla, Batman! The instant he touches the ground, the bombs strapped to his body will blow up Gotham City!"

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From Beyond the Unknown #23

From Beyond the Unknown #23

So apparently this gorilla possesses the intelligence necessary to speak, but is still, generally, not that smart.

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Action Comics #238

Action Comics #238

The missing link in Kryptonian evolution

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Jimmy Olsen #98

Jimmy Olsen #98

Superman's kind of a dick.

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Strange Adventures #88

Strange Adventures #88

Why would he lie about something like that?

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Strange Adventures #39

Strange Adventures #39

And everyone who had jury duty knew it was going to be a long, long, trial.

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House of Secrets #6

House of Secrets #6

Let a gorilla explain? Never!

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House of Secrets #16

House of Secrets #16

How embarrassing, this gorilla can speak and we humans put him on a game show. I guess even hyper-intelligent primates need to pay the rent somehow.

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Superboy #142

Superboy #142

Talk about gorilla warfare, amirite??

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Strange Adventures #117

Strange Adventures #117

Real dick move there, Van Horne.

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Strange Adventures #239

Strange Adventures #239

Surely this violent outburst will convince them.

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Strange Adventures #32

Strange Adventures #32

Apparently the sound gorillas make is "ik! ik!"

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Flash #127

Flash #127

The lamest super villain.

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Tales of the Unexpected #2

Tales of the Unexpected #2

And it seems he wrote half his message on this paper, even though there's plenty of room on the blackboard!

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Strange Adventures #108

Strange Adventures #108

"What about talking apes"
"We've done that"
"Talking apes in the position of humans"
"We've done that too"
"And the humans are the size of hamsters."
"… Make it happen."

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Strange Adventures #186

Strange Adventures #186

Gorilla witches have eye patches?

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Strange Adventures #201

Strange Adventures #201

Can't wait to go home and get out of this monkey suit.

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Prize Comics #59

Prize Comics #59

Ah, simpler times. A simple comic about boxing an animal for no reason.

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It's Comic-Con week! Today we celebrate those moments when someone said "I don't know, how about a Gorilla or something." Strange Adventures in particular seems to have some strange preoccupation with the relationship between humans and apes. All these Gorillas make for some pretty bizarre comic book covers, whether they're covered with bombs, marrying Jimmy Olsen, or plotting the doom of mankind.