Terrifying Tales #14
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"The Weird Idol" depicts a jungle adventure in which a demon in female form rules a jungle civilization and demands sacrifice from those who threaten her power. A man named Tim and his wife Rulah become entangled in the demon's schemes; after Rulah defeats panthers and gains favor, the demon attempts to turn them against each other through manipulation and combat challenges. When a fire breaks out aboard a nearby ship and Rulah helps rescue survivors, the demon's control weakens, and a man named Iron Hand arrives offering friendship and alliance to overthrow the demon's rule, though Rulah remains conflicted about abandoning George Mosby, the ship's captain whose wife she has pledged to protect.
In the jungle, the ambitious priestess Sivo seizes power with the aid of a golden idol called Fata, vowing the blood of the jungle leader Rulah to cement her reign—but Rulah proves far more formidable than Sivo bargained for. Meanwhile, Timothy Pointer recovers from amnesia thousands of miles away and learns his lost love, Joan, vanished over Africa years ago, driving him to mount a desperate search into the jungle itself. When Tim and Rulah meet face-to-face in Sivo's prison, a staggering truth emerges that neither expected, setting the stage for a clash between faith, fate, and the power of Fata itself.
When modern-day treasure hunter Elsie sets out to claim the pirate fortune her infamous ancestor Black Elsie lost at sea two centuries earlier, she and her ruthless crew discover the jungle beach is already claimed—by Rulah, the jungle goddess who won't tolerate the slaughter of the native people in her care. As Elsie pursues the treasure and Rulah fights to protect her own, the two formidable women collide in a battle where greed and justice can't both survive.
Rulah, the jungle goddess, investigates when wealthy hunters move into her domain and discovers something far more dangerous than the wildlife they're stalking—George Mosby's beautiful wife Nita appears to be plotting his murder with the expedition's guide Guido. Playing detective, Rulah devises a scheme to expose the conspiracy and save an innocent man from his own wife's deadly ambitions.
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↩ Reprints Rulah #20 (1948)
Reprinted in Alter Ego #103 (2011), Roy Thomas Presents Rulah - Jungle Goddess #2 (2015)
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