CREATOR

Name: Charlton Comics (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1946 as a division of Charlton Publications. Stopped in 1985. Founders were Ed Levy and John Santangelo.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Charlton in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: Charlton published stories from all genres of the comic book universe. The company was known for its low-budget activities that included the publishing of previously unpublished material from bygone companies.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1960. Stopped in 1965 after 23 issues.

The starring character is a chimpanzee that is given a serum that makes it grow to enormous proportions and go on a rampage in the city of London, England. Later on, Konga uses its immense strength to help humankind in several ways, one of which is battling aliens.

The series is loosely based upon the British monster film Konga from 1961 (see also Gorgo).

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER


Konga

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1960
#3 - 1961
#7 - 1962

#15 - 1963
#18 - 1964
#23 - 1965

 

 

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