Was the 1968 film “Planet of the Apes” really the first time that we see astronauts return to a devastated Earth and find a shattered Statue of Liberty?
No. A lot of people may think this but I have found, through chance, two prior examples of this pivotal and even controversial scene being played out in visual form. Both of these scenes were drawn by Alex Shomburg and graced the covers of two pulp science fiction magazines, the oldest example being a color cover printed a full 15 years before POTA’s 1968 release date! AMAZING STORIES, February 1964 issue FANTASTIC UNIVERSE August / September 1953 issue shown. Astronauts return from space and find a devastated planet but Lady Liberty still survives! A source of inspiration for the original writers of the unique 1968 POTA script? It’s entirely possible…
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