Zago #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Red Witch," the 1949 Fox comic Zago #4 delivers a gripping tale of betrayal and power, as Lotaa, after murdering her husband the witch-doctor of the Banco tribe, teams up with the enigmatic Benton. With Benton’s weather machine manipulating the skies, she rises as the Red Witch, claiming divine authority to rule—setting the stage for war against Zago’s village. Jack Kamen handles both art and inks, while Matt Baker’s striking cover captures the witch’s ominous presence.
In the heart of the jungle, Lotaa—once a witch-doctor’s wife—transforms into the feared Red Witch after murdering her husband and allying with the cunning Benton. With Benton’s weather machine manipulating the skies, she rises as a dark force, claiming dominion over the Banco tribe and turning their fury toward Zago’s village. As war looms, the balance of power shifts with every storm and shadow.
When a New York City newsboy named Thomas wins a week-long adventure with the jungle explorer Zago, he’s thrilled—until he’s whisked into the wild and captured by Ktal and her girl warriors, who mistake him for Zago’s long-lost son. With Commissioner Blodgett watching from afar and Zago racing to prove Thomas’s innocence, the jungle becomes a testing ground for belief, courage, and the bonds that defy blood.
In the heart of the African jungle, heiress Polly Marston seeks refuge from a world on the brink, only to face dangers far more immediate—and personal. With her aide Renfrew dead and her life hanging in the balance, she finds herself at the mercy of the wild, pursued by a gorilla and haunted by the presence of Itiwa and Hamu, whose roles in her fate remain shrouded in mystery.
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Reprinted in Terrific Mystery #36 (1952)
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