Exciting Comics #59
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Deadly Quest!", hunter Red Adams takes on a dangerous mission to capture the legendary Judy, a creature rumored to be more than just a beast. With artist Frank Frazetta bringing the raw intensity of the jungle and the stakes to life, this 1948 adventure blends peril and wonder, culminating in a dramatic showdown where fate meets the wild. The cover by Alex Schomburg captures the tension perfectly, a striking image of danger and mystery.
In "The Deadly Quest!" from Exciting Comics #59, hunter Red Adams takes on a dangerous mission to capture the legendary Judy, a creature rumored to roam the wild jungles. When Judy and her companion Pistol Roberts are finally trapped, their fate hangs in the balance—until Judy summons an enormous elephant in a moment of desperate hope. The story unfolds with tension and peril, as Adams' greed sets off a chain of events that leads to his downfall.
When a crooked boxing promoter schemes to frame the Black Terror by hiring imposters to pose as him at a charity milk fund event, Bob Benton and Tim Roland must expose the con before the stolen money disappears and Jean—who believes the Terror has gone rogue—loses faith in her hero. As the real Terror Twins burst into action at the climactic fight, they'll have to battle their counterfeits and unmask the criminals behind the double-cross.
Strut Simmons, a decorated former fighter pilot, takes a stunt job on an aviation picture at Atlas Movie Studios—only to discover the production is plagued by deliberate sabotage orchestrated by a combine trying to force the studio to sell. When Strut survives what should have been a fatal crash and outwits the conspirators in the desert, he uncovers a treacherous scheme involving one of the film's own stars.
Steve and Ploopie find themselves caught up in chaos when real bandits—fleeing the law with stolen pearls—burst into Dr. Voliva's wax museum and hide their loot among the exhibits. The two Crime Crushers decide to stake out the museum as living statues, ready to intercept the crooks when they return to retrieve their prize. What unfolds is a wild mix of mistaken identities, museum mayhem, and unexpected weaponry as Steve and Ploopie work to outsmart the would-be thieves and recover the fortune in pearls.
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Reprinted in Golden-Age Greats #14 (1999), Classic Jungle Adventures #1 (2006), Telling Stories: The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta #[nn] (2008), Jungle Girls #[nn] (2018)
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