Thun'da, King of the Congo #1

In "The Monsters from the Mists," Thun'da, the King of the Congo, finds himself captured by a tribe of savage monkeymen led by their tyrannical king, Kwa Kung. After killing Kwa Kung in a brutal confrontation, Thun'da escapes with Pha, knowing the enraged monkeymen will soon launch a devastating assault on the city of Shareen. With time running out, he rallies a desperate alliance of hill and valley tribes to stand against the coming tide of elephant-mounted warriors.

When an earthquake unseals the mountain passes into the Lost Lands, Thun'da and his companion Pha face a dire threat: a white hunter named Shiv Islip arrives with armed bearers, hungry for the valley's gold and willing to enslave its people to claim it. Outnumbered and outgunned, Thun'da must rally his people and find a way to stop the invaders before they plunder the sacred city of Shareen and return with reinforcements. This Frank Frazetta-illustrated tale captures the jungle king at his most resourceful, pitting skill and cunning against modern weapons in a desperate fight for his world's survival.

When Thun'da, his companion Pha, and the mighty tiger Sabre venture from the lost lands into the Congo jungle, they stumble into a dangerous game of Cold War espionage—Russian agents Ivan Paulonoff and Josef Dresdacovich are manipulating native tribes into rebellion by posing as a false jungle god, hoping to seize control of the uranium mines. As war drums thunder through the forest and warriors march toward conflict, Thun'da must contend with both the deception threatening to engulf the land and his own claim to the title of jungle king.