As promised, today's adventure tale starring Kara the Jungle Princess is from Exciting Comics #43 (Jan.1946) with art by Al Camy.
The Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC starts today and I can't wait to hit the floor of the Charlotte Convention Center. Among this years huge guest contingent are such luminaries as Neal Adams, Geof Darrow, Darwyn Cooke, Jim Starlin, Adam Hughes, Matt Fraction, Frank Cho, Nick Cardy, Ryan Sook, Kevin Nowlan, Michael Golden and hundreds more. Heroes stands as the best of the regular summer comic conventions by a damn sight. Trust me!
The Catacombs is grateful to Don "Zu-Gogo" Falkos for providing the scans for this story. Note: The copyright for this issue, its contents and artwork belong to the original publisher and/or the creators and is reproduced here solely for entertainment purposes.
Enjoy!
The 29th annual Heroes Convention kicks off this week in Charlotte, NC and I can't wait to cruise into the Queen City of the Carolina's for some pure comic book fun with my friends & family; plus hundreds of industry professionals and fans. For the moment I prefer to ignore the breaking news from DC Comics, and in order to channel a sufficient degree of "zen" to carry me until Friday, here is the spiffy Nedor Cover Gallery that I promised for today to edify us all. The characters represented on the covers of Exciting Comics, Mystery Comics, Startling Comics and Thrilling Comics include The Black Terror & Tim, Judy of the Jungle, Rick Howard (Mystery Rider), Billy West, Brad Spencer (Wonderman), Lance Lewis (Space Detective), Doc Strange and Princess Pantha.
The artwork on these classic covers is by the legendary Alex Schomburg. Enjoy!
The Catacombs is grateful to Don "Zu-Gogo" Falkos for providing the scans for this story. Note: The copyright for this issue, its contents and artwork belong to the original publisher and/or creators and is reproduced here solely for entertainment purposes.
I'm devoting a portion of this weeks posts to one of my favorite golden age publishers, known variously as Better/Standard/Nedor/Pines. Two stories starring Kara the Jungle Princess will be featured this week, along with a spiffy Nedor Cover Gallery on Wednesday. Kara originally appeared in Exciting Comics #39 (1945) and despite most folks having never heard of her, she managed to log almost a dozen adventures before disappearing in 1946 with her last story appearance in Exciting Comics #49.
This tale is from Exciting #42 with art by Al Camy, who was a regular artist for Better Publications titles on such features as 'Jill Trent', 'Crime Crushers', 'Grim Reaper', 'Phantom Detective' and 'Spectro'. Before she became a jungle princess called Kara, she was army nurse Jane Howell who stumbled upon the lost civilization of Arohiti in the jungles of Africa. There she was elevated to ruler of the Arohitans, a people possessing a charm against physical harm, where she must always stay alert for the evil machinations of the priest Targala. Major Kit Kendall was with her to help out with the tougher problems.
The Catacombs is grateful to Don "Zu-Gogo" Falkos for providing the scans for this story. Note: The copyright for this issue, its contents and artwork belong to the original publisher and/or the creators and is reproduced here solely for entertainment purposes.
Enjoy!
