Military Comics #23
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"King Kono" kicks off in 1943 with a jungle-bound tale of survival and power, as Mike Kono—once a fugitive from Devil’s Island—rises to become the feared king of a remote Jivaro tribe. When two Japanese soldiers crash-land in the Orinoco wilderness and are taken in by Kono, their alliance sets the stage for tension in the jungle. The Blackhawks are soon dispatched to Venezuela, drawn by whispers of a hidden Japanese airbase, but the truth beneath the surface is far more complex. Written by Bill Woolfolk and illustrated by John Cassone, with a striking cover by Alex Kotzky, this issue blends wartime intrigue with the mythic scale of a jungle kingdom.
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In 1932, two escapees from the French Penal Colony of Devil's Island make their way to the banks of the Orinoco, in the Venezuelan jungles, where they encounter Jivaro headhunters. One of the escapees, Mike Kono, offers the head of the other to the witch doctor. Over the next decade, Kono becomes the king of the tribe. In 1942, two Japanese soldiers crash in the area and are captured. They make an alliance with King Kono. Months later, the Blackhawks are sent to Venezuela to investigate rumors of a Japanese airbase hidden in the jungle.
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