List of fictional primates in comics
Appearance
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This is a list of fictional non-human primates in comics. It is a subsidiary to the list of fictional primates.
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Ape | Species | Origin | Creator | Notes |
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Ampersand | Capuchin monkey | Y: The Last Man | Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guera. | A macaque monkey that Yorrick attempts to train to help the disabled. |
An-Nin | Monkey | Tokyo Mew Mew | Reiko Yoshida | |
Ape-X | Ape | Squadron Supreme #5 | Roy Thomas and John Buscema | A member of The Squadron Supreme; Also the name of a super hero who becomes a powerful gorilla after donning a magic Mexican wrestling mask. |
Belzébub | Gorilla | Corentin | Paul Cuvelier | Corentin's pet gorilla.[1] |
Beppo | Monkey | Rupert Bear | Mary Tourtel | The pet monkey of the twin rabbits Reggie and Rex.[2] |
Beppo | Monkey | Superboy v1 076 | Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster | Superman's pet monkey. |
Chee-Chee | Francois' langur | Tor | Joe Kubert and Norman Maurer | The only friend of Tor the caveman. |
Detective Chimp | Chimpanzee | Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #4 | A superintelligent ape that first appeared in the silver age of DC. Has recently returned in the Infinite Crisis mini-series Day of Vengeance. | |
Dr. Chimp | Orangutan | Rupert Bear | Alfred Bestall | Teacher at Rupert's school.[3] |
Mr. Chimp | Chimpanzee | Rupert Bear | Alfred Bestall | Shopkeeper.[4] |
Choco | Chimpanzee | Jommeke | Jef Nys | A playful chimpanzee in a sailor suit, named after the fact that he likes to eat chocolate paste. |
Congorilla | Gorilla | Secret Origins #40 | Featured in Secret Origins #40 - an 'all gorilla issue' that featured an editorial discussion of the Silver Age phenomenon and the issue sported a campy cover that featured a number of tricks formerly used to sell comics such as go checks, fires, motorcycles and questions.[5] | |
Djuba | Showcase #66 | B'wana Beast's friend. | ||
Doctor Pogo | Chimpanzee | The Umbrella Academy | A chimpanzee from the six-part comic book, written by My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way. | |
Don Uggie Apelino | Gorilla | Judge Dredd | John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra | Head of the Ape Gang, a criminal mob of sentient gorillas in Judge Dredd. |
Dum-Dum | Gorilla | Boner's Ark | Mort Walker | One of the passengers on board of Boner's Ark.[6] |
Forever | Orangutan | Stardust Crusaders | Hirohiko Araki | An orangutan who uses its Stand ability 'Strength' to attack Jotaro Kujo and his allies. |
Gabby | Monkey | Smash Comics #21 | Surgically given human-level intelligence and speech, he became the first loyal if rambunctious sidekick of Quality Comics' Midnight. | |
Gorilla Boss | Gorilla | Batman | Originally a Mobster by the name of George Dyke, he was set to be executed but had his brain removed from his body by his henchman and it ends up transplanted into the body of a towering gorilla by a disgraced surgeon named Doc Willard. | |
Gorilla Grodd | Gorilla | The Flash #106 | A psychic gorilla supervillain that battles The Flash. | |
Gorilla-Man | Gorilla | Men’s Adventures #26 | After operating his own team for a while, Ken Hale then "retired", and lived in a large treehouse near the Congo. He served as a guide for the original X-Men, and proved himself to be a formidable guide. He was given a special yearbook, and was acknowledged as an ally, or "X-Ape". | |
Hit-Monkey | Japanese macaque | Hit-Monkey | Daniel Way and Dalibor Talajić | A monkey assassin and martial artist, who wears a suit. |
Gusten | Gorilla | Gorilla Gusten | Jan Romare | A gorilla in a pantomime comic.[7] |
Jacko | Chimpanzee | Jungle Jinks | Arthur White [8] and Mabel Francis Taylor[9] | Main cast member. |
Jacko | Chimpanzee | Tiger Tim | Julius Stafford Baker | Friend of Tiger Tim.[10] |
Jocko | Chimpanzee | Jo, Zette and Jocko | Hergé | Playful chimpanzee, who is Jo and Zette's pet. |
Kiligolo | Perlin et Pinpin | Claude Dubois | Pet monkey of Perlin and Pinpin, two characters created by Maurice Cuvillier.[11] The monkey itself was a creation of Cuvillier's successor Claude Dubois, who eventually created a spin-off around Kiligolo.[12] | |
Koko | Monkey | Philly Peno and Koko | Frank Crane | Talking pet monkey, owned by the Filipino boy Philly Peno.[13] |
Lex Lemur | Lemur | Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! #14 (1983) | Roy Thomas and Scott Shaw | A lemur version Lex Luthor in Just'a Lotta Animals. |
Lichi | Monkey | Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! | Akira Amano | |
Mataboe | Gorilla | Jommeke | Jef Nys | A talking gorilla. |
McGimben Gimbensky | Gorilla | Grease Monkey | Tim Eldred | A gorilla who happens to be Chief Mechanic for Barbarian Squadron. A self-styled artist who cares nothing at all for regulations. Robin becomes his assistant and close friend. |
Mickey the Monkey | Chimpanzee | Mickey the Monkey | Dudley D. Watkins | A cheerful monkey, who always gets himself into trouble or manages to act revenge upon those who did him harm. |
Mikhlo | Fantastic Four | Super-strong and super-durable; Killed by Red Hulk | ||
Monsieur Mallah | Gorilla | Doom Patrol (vol. 1) #86 | An intelligent homosexual gorilla created by an evil brain in a jar. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Evil, enemies of the original Doom Patrol. | |
Nnamdi | The Flash vol. 2 #194 | Solovar's son and successor. | ||
Rudy | Chimpanzee | Rudy (daily comic strip 1983-1985) and Rudy in Hollywood (collection of those strips) | William Overgard. | He lives in Los Angeles. His profession is past-his-prime comedic entertainer. His distinction is the only talking (in English) chimpanzee. |
Sam Simeon | Gorilla | Angel and the Ape (comic book) | E. Nelson Bridwell and Bob Oksner. | A comics artist and talking gorilla who is a partner, with human woman Angel O'Day, in the O'Day and Simeon Detective Agency. |
Shampoo (Gaylord) | Gorilla | Boes (Ox Tales) | Wil Raymakers and Thijs Wilms. | Recurring opponent of Boes. |
Sim and Pans | Chimpanzee | Sim en Pans | Wim Lensen | Two mischievous little kid chimpanzees.[14] |
Sky Ape | Gorilla | A millionaire gorilla with a jetpack, written by Phil Amara & Tim McCarney. | ||
Solovar | Gorilla | The Flash (vol. 1) #106 | A heroic counterpart to Grodd, later the leader of Gorilla City. | |
Tangle the Lemur | Ring-tailed lemur | Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Publishing) | An adventurous, action-loving lemur with a stretchable, prehensile tail, and an ally of Sonic the Hedgehog in the IDW comics adaptation. | |
Titano the Super-Ape | Superman | A villain. | ||
Tytus de Zoo | Chimpanzee | Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek | Henryk Chmielewski (comics) | An intelligent monkey created from an inkblot, seeks to become more human with the help of his friends. |
Ultra-Humanite | Gorilla | Action Comics #13 | A mad scientist who took many forms, most famously that of an evil albino ape. While he first appeared in the Golden Age, his gorilla form first appeared in the Silver Age. | |
Uncle Gabby | Monkey | Maakies | Tony Millionaire | A drunken Irish monkey. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Paul Cuvelier". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Mary Tourtel".
- ^ "Alfred Bestall". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Alfred Bestall". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Secret Origins #40, 1989". Comic Treadmill. 2005.
- ^ "Mort Walker". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Jan Romare". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Arthur White". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Mabel F. Taylor". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Julius Stafford Baker (II)". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Maurice Cuvillier". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Claude Dubois". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Frank Crane".
- ^ "Wim Lensen".