The Jungle King was an American adventurer fighting slavers in Africa.
History
In 1940, noted scientist-adventurer Lee Granger made a secret solo flight across the most dangerous part of Africa, investigating reports of a renewed slave trade in the region. The reports were true, and some slave traders had already managed to plant a bomb on Granger's light plane. Surviving the explosion and the fall, Granger encountered an isolated tribe of Pygmy people, and was able to win their friendship by using modern first-aid techniques to save the life of their wounded, poisoned chief.
Granger built himself a brick house in the Pygmy village, and taught his new friends how to capture and domesticate zebras, for farm work, and how to smelt and forge iron ore into tools, and how to make electrical batteries from acid and metals. Over time, the Pygmies built themselves a sturdy little town.
One day, using only ropes and raw strength, Lee Granger captured a lion, and brought it back to his laboratory. There, he performed an electrical experiment on the lion, which gained the ability to speak. Lee teamed up with the Lion, who was soon named Eric, and with the Pygmies, to defeat the Arab slave traders, when they returned to that part of Africa. After this, the little people declared Lee Granger to be their Jungle King.
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Notes
- This series ran in Slam-Bang Comics (Volume 1) #1, March 1940 through #7, Sep 1940, then moved to Master Comics (Volume 1), where it ran from #7, Oct 1940 to #10, Jan 1941, a total of eleven episodes.
Related
- 11 Appearances of Lee Granger (Earth-S)
- 2 Images featuring Lee Granger (Earth-S)
- 1 Quotations by or about Lee Granger (Earth-S)
- Character Gallery: Lee Granger (Earth-S)
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