American Update: Jo-Jo, Congo King
*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: Jungle Comics were de rigeur back in the 1940’s, no more so than at Fox Publications, where if there was a bandwagon to jump on, they headed straight for it. But transcending the genre somewhat, Victor Fox produced a brand of schlock adventure, where scantily-clad jungle princesses starred in lurid adventures, often punctuated by scenes of gore, torture and mayhem. Enter Tarzan alike Jo-Jo (so named because he inherited the funny animal title from the first 6 issues of the comic before it was rebranded) and his mate Tanee; #14 featured here is a fine example of the type of thing we’re on about: three stories, two with wickedly seductive villainesses, and one with an English heroine, wherein Jo-Jo bizarrely ends up in Stonehenge. A very presentable VG copy at £85, with some edge wear, nice page quality and other than being off top staple, no significant defects.