Big Book O' Ditko #[nn]

In "Monster Hunter," a famed big game hunter tracks the legendary Konga to a remote South Seas island, only to find the beast in distress—trapped by a giant clam. When he frees Konga, an unexpected bond forms between man and creature, turning predator into protector. Years later, fate brings them together again when a storm threatens the hunter’s life, and Konga once more comes to his aid, repaying a kindness long forgotten.

In "Menace from the Deep," a catastrophic undersea nuclear test unleashes a bizarre ecological horror: towering, kelp-based humanoid creatures known as Chloryllfids begin spreading across a remote South Seas island, draining animals of their fluids and driving the native population to flee. As the Chloryllfids multiply, a desperate new threat emerges—starving sea creatures called the Gorgos, ravaged by radiation, venture ashore in search of food, drawn to the island’s unnatural abundance.