Vooda #21
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThe issue features two main stories. In "The Truders," Ken encounters Doctor Silvera, a mad scientist who has imprisoned chimpanzees and plans to transfer Ken's brain into the body of a chimp named Felipe; Ken must escape the cage and rescue the apes, eventually leading them to safety through the jungle and back to Nairobi. In a separate story, Gunee's plan to discredit Vooda involves sending her on a false errand into the jungle, where a stone mistress uses voodoo magic to paint features on a stone statue to give it life, but Vooda ultimately foils the evil scheme and proves her worth to the jungle community.
Actress Lilli Sharon arrives in the Congo with producer Tex Miles to film a jungle picture, but her difficult behavior and scheming put her at odds with the genuine jungle princess Vooda—who soon finds herself drawn into the film production with unexpected consequences. When Lilli's jealousy and manipulation threaten everyone on set, Vooda must navigate the strange world of Hollywood filmmaking while staying true to her own nature. As danger mounts both from the jungle and from Lilli's unpredictable plots, Vooda discovers that the greatest peril may come not from wild beasts, but from human greed and deception.
Kimbo discovers that the witch doctor Taglee has acquired a mysterious ancient weapon and begun crafting deadly bows to arm his warriors—all while a gun-running merchant named Hans Bruther becomes entangled in the witch doctor's trap. When Taglee captures Kimbo's young friend Zota as bait to draw out the jungle prince, Kimbo must infiltrate the enemy kraal and navigate a deadly standoff where his friend's life hangs in the balance.
Zaan, a heavyweight boxing champion who's traded the American ring for life in an African jungle village with his father, finds himself tempted back into the fight game when promoters arrive with lucrative offers. When he discovers their scheme involves rigging matches and they kidnap his father to force his compliance, the ex-boxer must use his fists to rescue his family and reclaim his honor in the squared circle.
When Vooda leaves her kingdom to investigate distant trouble, a scheming rival named Gunee seizes the opportunity to spread word that the jungle princess has died of fever—then uses a stone statue and funeral tribute to consolidate power. But when Vooda discovers the hoax and rushes back to confront her enemy, Gunee springs a desperate trap involving a trance-inducing herb that threatens to make the false rumors all too real. Vooda must find her way out of this treacherous plot before Gunee's deception becomes permanent.
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