“Oh wait, I was supposed to rescue a different girl in another part of the jungle. The union’s going to be maaddd!”
Jungle Comics #1
GlenKel Publishing (January, 1940)
I want to be clear here. Even if these stories are good, I’m not going to be reviewing this series further. I’m doing this as a form of curiosity. The only Tarzan stories I really got into was the cartoons. I do like the Phantom, and I reviewed a Sheena comic as part of my look at Seduction Of The Innocent because Frederic Wertham put her on his list of comics to go after, probably not having read that one, either. Jungle hero stories are just not in my field of interest. I’m checking this out as a sample of the genre from the period by a publish I have not looked into before. So enjoy this while it’s here.
Looks like Comic Book Plus fixed their server issues from earlier this week. I guess that means I’m going to have to finish Peacemaker next week. Ah, well. Can’t win them all.
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While Disparu is focused on movies for this video, TV/streaming has made a few attempts but also fall into the same old traps, while comics only change when you get people who don’t care about the old characters (another problem Hollywood has, by the way). Video games still have plenty of smaller studios who have to take risks to get noticed, while a new rise of indie comics both digitally and in print are coming up. Corporations forget what made them big, and that’s been a problem in multiple industries. Sadly, storytelling seems to be one of the biggest sufferers of the corporate mindset. That and logo creation, but that’s a whole other discussion.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on September 11, 2025 in Movie Spotlight and tagged commentary, corporate, Hollywood, movies, Storytelling.
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