Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm #1 Sells Out

Readers can't seem to get their hands off those damn, dirty apes...comic books that is. In fact, Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm #1 has sold out at the distributor level and will be rushed to a second printing.

Writers Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman craft the tale eight years before astronaut George Taylor fell from the stars. 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.

The second print ships with a brand new cover by Peter Ngyuen and is available for immediate order under Diamond order code AUG128054. Full press release below.

PLANET OF THE APES: CATACLYSM #1
SELLS OUT
GOES TO SECOND PRINT

September 20, 2012 - Los Angeles, CA - BOOM! Studios is proud to announce another debuting title sell-out with PLANET OF THE APES: CATACLYSM #1, which has completely sold out at the distributor level and the publisher has rushed to a second printing.

Comic book fans should bear in mind first printings of PLANET OF THE APES: CATACLYSM #1 may still be found at a local comic shop near you. Not sure where to find your nearest comic retailer? Use www.comicshoplocator.com to find one!

Acclaimed writers Corinna Bechko (HEATHENTOWN, FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT) and Gabriel Hardman (HULK, AGENTS OF ATLAS) 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!

PLANET OF THE APES: CATACLYSM #1 second print ships with a brand new, must-have cover by Peter Ngyuen (INCORRUPTIBLE) and is available for immediate order under Diamond order code AUG128054.

About BOOM! Studios

Founded by Ross Richie, 2009 and 2010's "Best Publisher" BOOM! Studios (www.boom-studios.com) generates a constellation of bestselling Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic books and graphic novels with the industry's top talent, including Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning’s HYPERNATURALS, new HELLRAISER comics written by Clive Barker, PLANET OF THE APES, and Sam Humphries’ HIGHER EARTH. BOOM!'s all ages imprint KaBOOM! publishes Charles Schulz' PEANUTS, Jim Davis’ GARFIELD, Cartoon Network's ADVENTURE TIME, and 20th Century Fox’ ICE AGE. KaBOOM! recently won an Eisner Award for its first original series Roger Langridge's SNARKED. BOOM!'s lit comix-focused imprint, BOOM! Town, won an Eisner Award for its first book, Shannon Wheeler's I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE FUNNIER, and just released SPACE DUCKS, the first comic book from indie musician legend Daniel Johnston.