(1952)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- Magazine Enterprises
- Brand:
- Magazine Enterprises ME
- Editing:
- Raymond C. Krank
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age US
- Paper Stock:
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
Issue Notes
Indicia reads: THUN'DA, King of the Congo. No. 2 (A-1 No. 56). Date listed is copyright date.
[The White Goddess of Kotangu!]
Thun'da, King of the Congo / cover / 1 page
- Pencils:
- Bob Powell (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Powell (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Genre:
- jungle
- Characters:
- Thun'da; Kuviroo; Pha; Wanda Henderson
- Keywords:
- bondage; human sacrifice; stereotyping of African natives
Indexer Notes
The title is from the interior story.
The White Goddess of Kotangu!
Thun'da / comic story / 9 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Powell (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Powell (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- jungle
- Characters:
- Thun'da; Pha; Kuviroo; Sabre (sabre-toothed tiger); T'ska (wild boar); Looroo (buzzard); Wanda Henderson
- Synopsis:
- A white castaway is kidnapped by Kuviroo, who hopes to rule the jungle through her, disguised as a great white goddess.
- Reprints:
-
in Action Series (L. Miller & Son, 1958 series) #7 (1957) -
in Thrilling Wonder Tales (AC, 1991 series) (Spring 1991)
-
- Keywords:
- bondage; Bwakka (African tribe); human sacrifice; idol of Ahoob; Kotangu (African ruins); stereotyping of African natives; storms; tiger traps
The Diamond Death
Thun'da, King of the Congo / comic story / 7 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Powell (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Powell (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- jungle
- Characters:
- Thun'da; Slinky James; Sabre (sabre-toothed tiger); Ra'aka Din (rhinoceros)
- Synopsis:
- A diamond thief makes his way into Thun'da's jungle.
- Reprints:
- Keywords:
- Basiri (African tribe); diamond mines; diamonds; South Africa; stereotyping of African natives; toupees
Jungle Killers!
Thun'da / comic story / 7 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Powell
- Inks:
- Bob Powell
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- jungle
- Characters:
- Thun'da; Pha; Muka (elephant); Sabre (sabre-toothed tiger)
- Synopsis:
- Berber slavers capture Pha and Thun'da, but Muka comes to their rescue.
- Reprints:
- Keywords:
- bondage; elephants' graveyard; ivory; slavers; slavery; slaves; stereotyping of African natives; stereotyping of Berbers
The Ape God of Kor
Cave Girl / comic story / 7 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Powell (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Powell (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- jungle
- Characters:
- Thun'da; Pha; Cave Girl; Boorg; apemen; Sabre (sabre-toothed tiger); Ap'aan (ape)
- Synopsis:
- Thun'da and Pha return to the Dawn Lands where they meet Cave Girl. They are all taken captive by the apemen of Kor and it is only through Cave Girl's ability to talk to all animals that they escape.
- Reprints:
- in Action Series (L. Miller & Son, 1958 series) #6 (1958 ?)
- in Golden-Age Greats (AC, 1994 series) #14 (March 1999)
- in Bob Powell's Complete Cave Girl (Dark Horse, 2014 series) (November 2014)
-
- Keywords:
- bondage; caves of Klaa; Dawn Lands; human sacrifice; Kor (lost Atlantean city)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[The White Goddess of Kotangu!]
Thun'da, King of the Congo -
1.
The White Goddess of Kotangu!
Thun'da -
2.
The Diamond Death
Thun'da, King of the Congo -
3.
Jungle Killers!
Thun'da -
4.
The Ape God of Kor
Cave Girl
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- Jeremy Patterson
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
- Gregory Fischer
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- Jim Walls
- Peter Croome
- Len Wolinsky
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