Astonishing Tales #14
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Night of the Looter!", Jann ventures deep into the swampland on a desperate mission to save her jungle friends, who fall ill from the scent of a rare red orchid. With the help of her animal companions, she pushes further into the wilds to find the elusive black orchid, facing prehistoric dangers and a living wall of thorns along the way. Written by Don Rico and illustrated by Jay Scott Pike, with a striking cover by Gil Kane, this 1972 Marvel tale blends adventure and mystery in a lush, untamed setting.
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Jann goes deep into the swampland to get the rare red orchid for Pat Mahoney to photograph, unfortunately, the smell of this orchid causes a fever in Jann's jungle friends so she has to go even deeper into the swampland to find the rare black orchid which can cure the fever. She finds it but has to fight off dinosaurs and a living wall of thorns to get it. She is almost trapped by the wall of thorns but her jungle friends, who had followed her into the swampland, save her after they are cured by her bringing the rare black orchid near them.
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