The Primate Directive

Star Trek - Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive is a comic produced jointly by IDW Publishing and BOOM! Studios. The series was written by Scott and David Tipton with art by Rachael Stott. The series is a crossover between Star Trek: The Original Series and the original Planet of the Apes film.

Plot[edit | edit source]

With the Klingons secretly backing a renegade gorilla general in a coup for control of Ape City, Captain Kirk finds himself in the uncomfortable position of having to help out Dr. Zaius' orangutans.

References[edit | edit source]

Characters[edit | edit source]

Brutus • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Cornelius • Handley • James T. Kirk • Kor • Korenman • John Kyle • Marius • Leonard McCoy • Milo • Nova • Rogers • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • George Taylor • Nyota Uhura • Ursus • Weaver • Zaius • Zira

Issues[edit | edit source]

Title/Number	#Issue 1	#Issue 2	#Issue 3	#Issue 4	#Issue 5
Writer	Scott & David Tipton
Artist	Rachael Stott
Published	December 2014	January 2015	February 2015	March 2015	April 2015
Cover A
Cover B
Subscription Cover
Sketch Cover
Retailer Incentive Cover A
Retailer Incentive Cover B
Retailer Incentive ThinkGeek
Retailer Incentive Nerd Block

Appendiecs[edit | edit source]

Background[edit | edit source]

According to the Tiptons and Stott, the story takes place shortly after the first Planet of the Apes film and before the events of Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

Images[edit | edit source]

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Connections[edit | edit source]

IDW Publishing miniseries
Completed series	The Space Between • Klingons: Blood Will Tell • Year Four • Alien Spotlight • Intelligence Gathering • Turnaround • The Enterprise Experiment • Assignment: Earth • Mirror Images • Romulans: The Hollow Crown • The Last Generation • Countdown • Alien Spotlight II • Crew • Mission's End • The Wrath of Khan • Spock: Reflections • Nero • Romulans: Schism • Ghosts • Fool's Gold • Star Trek Movie Adaptation • Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor • Burden of Knowledge • Countdown to Darkness • Captain's Log • Khan: Ruling in Hell • Infestation • Star Trek—Legion of Super-Heroes • Assimilation² • Hive • Khan • Strange New Worlds • New Visions • Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever • The Primate Directive • The Spectrum War • Starfleet Academy • Manifest Destiny • Star Trek • Stranger Worlds • Waypoint • Mirror Broken • Boldly Go • Through the Mirror • The Light of Kahless • Succession • Terra Incognita • Star Trek vs. Transformers • The Q Conflict • Aftermath • Picard: Countdown • Too Long a Sacrifice
Future series	Assignment: Earth II • Year Five • Seven's Reckoning

Crossover comics
DC Comics	Star Trek-Legion of Super-Heroes (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • issue 4 • Issue 5)
DC Comics	Green Lantern	The Spectrum War (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 • Issue 6) • Stranger Worlds (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 • Issue 6)
Marvel Comics	X-Men (Star TreX • Second Contact)
IDW Publishing
	Doctor Who	Assimilation² (Isssue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 • Issue 6 • Issue 7 • Issue 8)
	Transformers	Star Trek vs. Transformers (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5)
BOOM! Studios	The Primate Directive (Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5)

External Link[edit | edit source]

The Primate Directive article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Kirk And... Those Damn Dirty Apes? at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
Star Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive at The Sacred Scrolls
TIPTONS, STOTT MAP OUT THE "STAR TREK/PLANET OF THE APES" CROSSOVER