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I think I remember reading the joke. It was from one of those Q&A sessions with Joe Q. (Joe Quesada) and he joked about “Marvel Apes” as a cousin to Marvel Zombies. Now, as I read about it on news sites, I just can’t believe he was serious. Or was he? “Marvel Apes” is a crazy idea that I wouldn’t take seriously, but is this crazy idea good enough for a real book?

Joe Q. is good at what he does; he makes people talk about Marvel and Marvel Comics. Whether it’s the death of Captain America, destroying Spider-man’s marriage to Mary Jane, or even showing up on The Colbert Show, Joe Q. is out there talking up Marvel comics. Sometimes what he says is true, other times it’s a big lie. “Marvel Apes” is one of those concepts that seem too crazy to be true, no matter how much he talks about it. I guess I was wrong, “Marvel Apes” is really happening.

For those of you who haven’t been reading the news sites, “Marvel Apes” is going to be a mini-series in which all the Marvel heroes are apes. I can’t recall any of the hero names, save for Spider-Monkey, which really just writes itself for a name, but I have to wonder can Captain America translate to ape name as easy. Will it be Captain Apemerica? Will there be a United States of America in this universe? I find it hard to say at this moment, I’ll have to wait for the story.

From what I’ve read the writer, Karl Kesel, is going to be taking this whole thing seriously. He’s going to develop a background and try to truly make these apes as natural to their universe as humans are to the mainstream Marvel Universe. It’s strange to think all this is happening due to a joke. It’s going to be an ape story and I’ll think it’ll be great, good if not great. If Marvel Apes turns out to be the worst idea out there and flops horribly, it’ll be remembered. Not just because of the flop, but because it was so crazy that it was worth a shot.