Nick Peron

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Jungle Action #6

Menace from the Past

Lo-Zar spots a group of natives fleeing from something his friend Papai calls a "menace from the past", and goes to investigate. He comes across a tribe of Egyptians who fled their country centuries ago to live in the jungle. Their wiseman spots Lo-Zar and claims that he is the "Monarch of Evil" and orders his minions to attack. Lo-Zar puts up a fight but is easily captured and soon learns that this group fears the so-called Monarch of Evil, whose visage in effigies resemble Lo-Zar. According to their legends this group fears that the Monarch will slay their ruler Princess Keah.

Unwilling to harm the girl, Lo-Zar agrees to go with them and is chained despite his warnings that the chains will not work. As they head to a nearby cliff, Lo-Zar spots snake in a tree about to strike the princess and breaks free from his bonds and saves her life. Agreeing to go with them, Lo-Zar then saves the princess from a zebra stampede and later when she purposely jumps off the cliff meant for Lo-Zar, the jungle hero swings on a vine and saves her. Keah then reveals that she intended to kill herself so that Lo-Zar would not be put to death for her. However, realizing that their legends are false in light of the fact that Lo-Zar saved the princess three times, the wise man of the group proclaims that Lo-Zar is not the "Monarch of Evil" and orders the effigy smashed. Lo-Zar then bids farewell to the Egyptians and returns to the jungle.

Recurring Characters

  • Lo-Zar

Jungle Boy

Jungle Boy is helping his father, Jack Spears, pen in animals for Mr. Haskel whom is studying the animals. Jungle Boy does not like nor trust Haskel and likes the idea of his animal friends being penned up even less. Despite the assurances that no harm is going to come to the animals, Jungle Boy decides to hang back and keep watch to make sure they are not harmed.

Later, the boy catches Haskel's assistant Carney slipping something into the animals drinking water and attacks him. Jack and Haskel pull the boy off Carney and point out that he was only giving the animals medication to prevent motion sickness when they are taken out to sea. However when the animals begin to run riot, Jungle Boy goes to free them. Carney attempts to shoot the boy but is stopped by and Haskel. Jungle Boy then releases the beasts and they all appear to charge at Carney. Jungle Boy subdues Carney and they all watch as the animals stop at a stream to drink. Carney then confesses that he gave the animals a drug that made them crazy with thirst in the hopes of discrediting Haskel and getting his job so he can reap the money it pays.

Recurring Characters

  • Jungle Boy

  • Jack Spears

The Test of the Mighty!

After saving some deer from a lion, Man-oo battles an elephant. When the elephant is knocked into a nearby swamp, Man-oo saves its life and the pair become friends.

Recurring Characters

  • Man-oo

The Lair of the Fang!

Leopard Girl is relaxing in the jungle when she spots a lion about to attack an antelope and her child and fights the lion off. She then leads the lion to a cache of meat that she discovered so that the lion can have something to eat. Later, Leopard Girl is suddenly attacked by an elderly leopard named Fang and is easily defeated. Fearing that the other leopards will side with him and lead a revolt, Leopard Girl goes searching for Fang to rematch him.

Along the way she runs into Peter and she explains what happened and Peter decides to solve the problem his own way: By shooting Fang. However, as he charges off he runs into a stampede of elephants and needs to be rescued by Leopard Girl. Leopard Girl then finds the leopards den and fights off the others to get into the cave where Fang is hiding. There she attacks him but finds that the jungle cat is not fighting back. Stopping, Leopard Girl opens his mouth and finds that he has no teeth. Realizing this is why Fang attacked her to begin with -- to prove himself worthy among his peers -- Leopard Girl agrees to keep it a secret and Fang becomes docile like a kitten to her.

Recurring Characters

  • Leopard Girl

  • Peter