Terrifying Tales #12

A movie crew ventures into the Congo to film an adventure picture, but their production becomes entangled in real danger when technical advisor Roy Blake goes missing and a sinister plot emerges from within their own ranks. Jo-Jo and his ally Tanee must navigate jungle perils and human treachery to protect Julie Hawken and uncover the truth behind the mounting horrors threatening the expedition.

In the heart of the Congo, the Jester runs a brutal gladiatorial arena where captive warriors are forced to fight for the entertainment of his court—until Jo-Jo returns to his village to find it ravaged and his people imprisoned for the games. Captured and thrown into the arena himself, Jo-Jo must face Torro, the Jester's most fearsome gladiator, in a fight where only one can walk away alive.

When Jo-Jo rescues an exotic stranger from a raging ape in his jungle home, he finds himself reluctantly drawn into Carol Locke's dangerous quest for the legendary Talisman Pearl—a fabulous gem hidden in a sacred, ice-cold crater lake guarded by the formidable Zazula. As Jo-Jo leads the determined woman and her porters toward the treacherous waters, he discovers that Zazula's welcome masks a sinister plot, and deadly surprises lurk beneath the surface far beyond what even the jungle king anticipated.