into my (1968?) Halloween bag by an older neighborhood kid on the next
block.
No doubt, for him, merely one of his 'dupes', it was loosely covered in one
of the wrappers the cards came in, which I didn't hang on to. Eagerly
unwrapping it, and trying to see it in the dark I was a bit let down by seeing
only the back of Dr. Zaius. (Presumably not a double).
He should turn around---well, turn it over and he sort of has, only as a
drawing. But, the text cautiously adds the bit about lobotomy, so, I was
still sufficiently staggered.
I was a bit too young to know about the first movie when it came out, so
could only rely on my aunt's recall of the cornfield scene, which I also
caught on the otherwise highly avoidable Academy Awards show on one
of our three TV channels. I went on to get my paws on the Gold Key comic
of 'Beneath' and from then on spotted the rest in the paper in time to go
see and sit throo twice. A drive-in marathon and the TV series pretty much
moved me to satiation. By then I was a teenager, and they were doing it
all to death with the (very) limited animation cartoon and the over extended
Mike Ploog run in the Marvel magazines.
I often forget that Dr. Zaius' other council members are standing nearby up
there for a dramatic little three way 'loom down' at the smelly, raving human.
