Jo-Jo Comics #28
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis issue contains two adventure stories. "Congo King" follows a hunter who encounters a python in the jungle, then becomes entangled with a woman named Sally Benson, an evil maiden, and a lion in a pit, culminating in Sally finishing Jo-Jo's life story a week later. The second story, "Jo-Jo," depicts Jo-Jo and a companion encountering an "evil maiden" and jungle boy while escaping by boat, with Jo-Jo ultimately helping police capture criminals; the tale concludes with the characters being commended for their efforts against evil forces. A third sequence involves a watchman, mummies, and Inspector Dixon investigating a mummy theft and attempted murder, with a man in disguise revealed as the culprit attempting to steal mummies under the guise of Ramzu's mummy.
When an ambitious journalist named Sally Benson tracks down Jo-Jo in the jungle to write his life story, she unwittingly sets off a chain of dangerous events—including a sabotage plot by a rival newspaperman named Joe Garson, who'll stop at nothing to beat her to the scoop. Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee must navigate treacherous traps, wild attacks, and assassination attempts while Jo-Jo decides whether helping tell his story to the world is worth the bloodshed it's bringing to his jungle home. As Garson's desperation grows and he incites the fierce Sarombi people to strike, Jo-Jo must outwit killers driven by ambition and greed.
When the Commissioner summons Jo-Jo to the city on an urgent mission, the jungle king finds himself tangled in a baffling murder case: police are stumped by a series of robberies and killings where the bullets mysteriously vanish from the victims. Jo-Jo's investigation leads him to discover a sinister scheme involving special ammunition crafted from a strange jungle material—and he must race against time to stop the criminals before they escape to their island hideout. With Captain Parker and his men at his side, Jo-Jo fights to unravel the wicked mystery of the disappearing bullets before the culprits strike again.
When gold bracelets mysteriously resurface in Jo-Jo's village, the discovery sets off a chain of treachery that threatens his tribe. Jo-Jo must battle the scheming Tinko and his wife Shira, who plot to claim the riches for themselves—but the jungle's true king has powers his rivals didn't anticipate. Danger, deception, and the clash of wills in the untamed Congo await in "The Medicine Men Murders!"
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Reprinted in Jo-Jo Comics #11 (1949), Startling Terror Tales #13 (1952), Terrors of the Jungle #8 (1954)
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