Jungle Comics #79
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Death Has a Thousand Fangs" delivers a pulse-pounding jungle thriller in Jungle Comics #79, a 1946 gem from Fiction House. Written by Pierre La Rue and illustrated with raw intensity by John Celardo, the story follows Terry as he’s duped by a pair of impostors posing as a father and daughter, all while hunting a mysterious human/ape hybrid. Cover by Joe Doolin captures the tension perfectly, setting the stage for a showdown where a broken man, lost in the wild, finds a new kind of family among the apes.
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A pair of thieves trick Terry into believing they are a father and daughter, seeking a human/ape hybrid. The real Dr. Barth arrives at the outpost after the impostors leave, explaining that he was in the jungle looking for an associate named Snyder, lost there since the end of the war. Terry and Keeto catch up to the impostors after they have captured Snyder, who they are hoping will lead them to a gold mine. Snyder's mind has snapped and he believes himself to be an ape. His ape friends come to rescue him, killing the impostors. Terry and Barth elect to leave Snyder with his ape friends.
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