CREATOR

Name: Dell Publishing Co. (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1921. Stopped in 1973. Formed partnership with Western Publishing from 1938 to 1962. First editor was Harry Steeger.
Other creations
: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Dell in the Creators section.
Successors
: None.
Comments
: Dell divided their comic book activities between original stories and stories based on films.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1962. Stopped in 1967 after 20 issues.

The title character supposedly lives on a Pacific island that is teeming with dangerous wildlife of the gigantic and prehistoric types such as man-eating plants, mutated insects, and the odd dinosaurs. To add to Kona's troubles he also has to take care of a family who got marooned earlier on.

The full title of the series is Kona Monarch of Monster Isle.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER

Kona

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#3 - 1962

#7 - 1963

#11 - 1964

#13 - 1965

#17 - 1966

#21 - 1967

 

 

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