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SAM HUMPHRIESFRANCESCO BIAGINI

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HIGHER EARTH CHARACTER DESIGNS BY SANFORD GREENE AND JAB

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HIGHER EARTH #3 — July 2012. Published by BOOM! Studios, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc., 5670 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 450, Los Angeles, CA 90036-5679. Higher Earth is Copyright © 2012 Boom Entertainment, Inc. and Sam Humphries. All rights reserved. BOOM! Studios™ and the BOOM! Studios logo DUH�WUDGHPDUNV�RI�%RRP�(QWHUWDLQPHQW��,QF���UHJLVWHUHG�LQ�YDULRXV�FRXQWULHV�DQG�FDWHJRULHV��$OO�FKDUDFWHUV��HYHQWV��DQG�LQVWLWXWLRQV�GHSLFWHG�KHUHLQ�DUH�¿FWLRQDO��$Q\�similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, events, and/or institutions in this publication to actual names, characters, and persons, whether living or dead, events, and/or institutions is unintended and purely coincidental. BOOM! Studios does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork. For information regarding the CPSIA on this printed material, call: (203) 595-3636 and provide reference #RICH – 441986. PRINTED IN USA.B O O M - S T U D I O S . C O M

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BRAND-NEW ONGOING SERIES! GREAT JUMPING-ON POINT FOR NEW READERS! 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! Don’t forget to ask your retailer about the rare ALEX ROSS Black and White CGC 9.8 Near Mint variant!

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