Konga
#5
(March 1962)
Charlton,
1960 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Pat Masulli (Executive Editor)
Issue Notes
Cover states "Based on An American International Picture".
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in PS Artbooks Softee: Konga (PS Artbooks, 2023 series) #1 (February 2023)
-
The H Bomb
Konga / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko; Dick Giordano (see notes)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko; Dick Giordano (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Konga
- Reprints
-
in Ditko Monsters: Konga! (IDW, 2013 series) #[nn] (June 2013)
-
- Keywords
- fighter aircraft; giant apes; monsters
Indexer Notes
Cover image of Konga is taken from page 17; panel 5 of Konga # 1. Planes and background art added by Dick Giordano. Info per Nick Caputo, March 2017.
[The H Bomb]
Konga / comic story / 20 pages
- Job Number
- A-937
- Genre
- science fiction; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Konga; Bob; Sandra
- Synopsis
- Bob and Sandra return to Konga's island and give him another injection of the shrinking serum which works for a brief time. They leave the island only to be marooned on another island during a storm. They find out that the island is going to be used for an H-Bomb test by the U.S military. Just as Konga returns to his full size he helps them operate a mirror to signal the island is inhabited. A U.S plane arrives and rescues Bob and Sandra but Konga is left behind as the H-Bomb blows up the island.
- Reprints
- in Ditko Monsters: Konga! (IDW, 2013 series) #[nn] (June 2013)
- in Ditko's Monsters (IDW, 2019 series) (2019)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Story continues from issue #4; title taken from cover.
Dig For A Dragon
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Synopsis
- As he nears the end of his life, an American man talks about an expedition he was a part of that went to China in 1908. During that expedition, he and his colleagues dug into the Earth and encountered a huge 300 foot long dragon. By stirring the dragon, it helped kick off the Xinhai Revolution three years later.
Strange Animals
comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- A-1135
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Synopsis
- Facts about marsupials.
Indexer Notes
Credits per Nick Caputo, March 2017.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The H Bomb
Konga -
1.
[The H Bomb]
Konga -
2.
Dig For A Dragon
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3.
Strange Animals
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4.
Lore of the Jungle
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- Mike White
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