The best Post-Apocalyptic Comics: From nuclear fallout to gender-centric genocide, comics love to end the world in big ways
When you think about it, the end of the world almost feels like it’s low-stakes when it comes to comic book storytelling; almost since their inception, superheroes have been facing that potential outcome on a monthly basis, and have moved on to far greater concerns: The end of multiple worlds! The end of the multiverse! The end of all of reality itself!
Thankfully, comics still have a lot of time for post-apocalyptic fiction, and no shortage of skill in telling those kinds of stories. Even putting aside genre classics like Days of Future Past — the post-apocalyptic flash-forward that arguably rewrote superhero comics — comics have produced some of the finest, more enjoyable takes on the post-apocalypse that have ever been created, and done so in ways that make other media feel tired, grounded, and lifeless in comparison. (Although, when it comes to dystopian futures, perhaps that’s somewhat appropriate…)
Anecdotally inspired by Planet of the Apes, Jack Kirby’s final grand creation for DC is part-Saturday Morning Cartoon, part-classic sci-fi action-adventure story in the tradition of Flash Gordon, and a story that makes the Planet of the Apes franchise look unimaginative in comparison, as one of the last humans alive has to contend with a world filled with anthropomorphic animals ruling the world in broad satirical swipes of the society of the era. Breathlessly, perpetually moving forward with excitement and no small amount of joy, it’s that rarest of things: a post-apocalyptic storyline that fans were probably very excited to be part of themselves.
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