THUN'DA KING OF THE CONGO Volume 1

First appearing in comics in 1952 and on film in Columbia Pictures serial "King of the Congo" starring Buster Crabbe, Thun'da was a fictional Tarzan-esque character scripted by Gardner Fox and originally created by artist Frank Frazetta! Thun'da was Roger Drum, a World War II United States Air Force officer who was shot down while flying over a lost civilization, deep in the heart of Africa. Bob Powell took over and did a superb job on #2 through #6, collected here -- but Powell's fine work has always been in the shadow of Frazetta's work in issue #1. Powell's at his best here, with Thund'da and his voluptuous girl friend...it's as exciting as the work he did on Cave Girl, which is another under-appreciated title from the same publisher, Magazine Enterprises (ME). Roger Drum was captured by hostile ape-men but managed to escape and wandered through the valley, pushing his exercise daily to become a paragon of physical perfection with the help of Pha, the gorgeous queen of the valley people, who worshiped him after he killed "the mother of all serpents" with his last three bullets. The legend has it that Frank did #1 as a tryout to do the Tarzan syndicated Sunday page. He put his heart and soul into this one and only solo comic he ever did -- it has beautiful Frazetta girls, dynamic action, a brave, powerful and smart hero, dinosaurs, cave-men. What's not to like!! Now its entire run is collected for the first time; #1 as a separate facsimile edition, [THUK01. $19.99], and #2-6 in this fine new trade book.