Roger Drum

Roger Drum is a supporting character in the Golden Age jungle-adventure series Thun'da, King of the Congo, sharing the lost-world setting with the title hero Thun'da, his companion Pha, and the lion Sabre in stories set in a hidden prehistoric African wilderness.

Stepping out of the lost-world adventure pulps and onto the four-color page, Roger Drum made his debut in 1952's Thun'da, King of the Congo #2, brought to life by the talented Bob Powell for Magazine Enterprises during comics' Golden Age. He's a supporting player in one of that era's most gloriously wild jungle-adventure titles, sharing pages with the likes of Thun'da, Pha, and Sabre across a footprint that — remarkably — stretches all the way to 2012, giving this Golden Age figure a surprisingly long tail in the catalog. With only 13 recorded appearances, Roger Drum is the kind of deep-cut discovery that serious collectors of vintage adventure comics prize: a genuine piece of the genre's sun-baked, vine-swinging heyday, waiting to be rediscovered.