{"product_id":"thunda-king-of-the-congo-volume-1-hurt","title":"THUN'DA KING OF THE CONGO Volume 1 Hurt","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst 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 \u003cstrong\u003eGardner Fox\u003c\/strong\u003e and originally created by artist \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Frazetta\u003c\/strong\u003e! 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. \u003cstrong\u003eBob Powell\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eCave Girl, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich is another under-appreciated title from the same publisher, Magazine Enterprises (ME).\n\nRoger 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.\n\nThe 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, [\u003cspan class=\"sku_wrapper\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sku\"\u003eTHUK01\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. $19.99], and #2-6 in this fine new trade book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59642978894110,"sku":"THUN01R","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/thun01r-thunda-king-of-the-congo-vol-1-hurt-book.jpg?v=1784512588","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/thunda-king-of-the-congo-volume-1-hurt","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}