The Comic Book Catacombs: Zegra in "The Black Pool" (Fox; 1949)

Monday, September 16, 2013

Zegra in "The Black Pool" (Fox; 1949)

Zegra returns to the Catacombs today in a fun adventure called "The Black Pool" from Zegra, Jungle Empress #4 (Feb.1949); originally published by Fox Feature Syndicate. There are no identified creator credits available. The Catacombs acknowledges "Comic Book Plus" as the source of this classic comic story. Note: The copyright for this issue, its contents and artwork belongs to the original publishers and/or the creators and is reproduced here solely for entertainment purposes. Enjoy!

1 comment:

Pearse O'Leary said...: Wow. Why didn't Talya listen to Zegra? It's so tragic. No one will ever know what happened to her. I can just imagine a follow up strip where Zegra fruitlessly combs the jungles searching for her lost friend, putting up posters, chasing down leads for years, until she finally winds up drinking her life away in some dingy colonial bar, passing out ever night whispering "Talya...."

Also, "I am slain. My spine bone breaks." is my new favorite comics dialogue. It might even beat out my old favorite "Maybe it was a passing flock of vampire bats."; September 17, 2013 at 11:19 AM

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In 1933, publishers at Eastern Color Press, intent to make better use of their printing equipment (which frequently sat idle between jobs), came up with the idea of printing an 8-page comic section that could be folded down from the large broadsheet to a smaller 9-inch by 12-inch format. The result was the first modern comic book. Containing reprints of newspaper comic strips, this experimental comic book titled "Funnies On Parade" was given away for free. It proved so popular that the following year Eastern published "Famous Funnies" and took the bold step of selling the comic for ten cents through chain stores. The enterprise was a smashing success and Eastern began churning out numerous reprints on a monthly basis. Other publishers, eager to get in on the profits, jumped on the bandwagon and the comic book industry was born!