Congo Bill was a long running DC Comics adventure comic strip, first published in More Fun Comics #56 (June 1940), created by Whitney Ellsworth and George Papp. The strip ran in various DC Comics titles until Action Comics #248 (January 1959), when Congo Bill was transformed into Congorilla, which ran until April 1961. Congorilla was created by Robert Bernstein and Howard Sherman. DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Vertigo logo Vertigo is an imprint of comic book and graphic novel publisher DC Comics. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... More Fun Comics was a DC Comics title which began as New Fun Comics in February 1935 and changed to More Fun with its seventh issue. ... George Papp (1916-1989) was a U.S. cartoonist and comic book artist. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... More Fun Comics was a DC Comics title which began as New Fun Comics in February 1935 and changed to More Fun with its seventh issue. ... George Papp (1916-1989) was a U.S. cartoonist and comic book artist. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Robert Bernstein (died circa 1988, age 69), sometimes credited as R. Berns, is an American comic book writer active from at least 1946. ...

Congo Bill

The Congo Bill strip was a standard jungle adventure strip, reminiscent of Alex Raymond's Jungle Jim newspaper strip. The strip was a moderate success and switched from More Fun to Action Comics with issue #37, where it stayed until issue #248 when it was transformed into Congorilla. Alex Raymond (October 2, 1909- September 6, 1956) was an American comic strip artist, best known for his work on Flash Gordon. ... Jungle Jim was created in January 7, 1934 by writer Don Moore and artist Alex Raymond, who had been known for aiding the production of comics such as Tim Tylers Luck, Tillie the Toiler, Blondie, Secret Agent X-9, and Rip Kirby. ... Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ...

Motion Pictures

Congo Bill was filmed as a 12 chapter movie serial by Columbia Pictures in 1948. The series starred Don McGuire and Cleo Moore and was produced by Sam Katzman. The series was reissued in 1957 when Moore had become a famous film star. Movie serials were short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a feature film. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cleo Moore Cleo Moore, was a blonde bombshell of 1950s Hollywood films born October 31 1928 (some sources state 1923) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ...

Congorilla

In Action Comics #228, Congo Bill had met a strange golden gorilla, much more intelligent that normal gorillas. Twenty issues later, Bill's friend, the witch doctor Chief Kawolo, told him that he could control the gorilla by way of a mysterious ring, which allowed him to change minds with the gorilla. Shortly after Kawolo told Congo Bill this, he died, Bill used the ring to get out of a cave he was trapped in and Congorilla was born. Type Species Troglodytes gorilla Savage, 1847 distribution of Gorilla Species Gorilla gorilla Gorilla beringei The gorilla, the largest of the living primates, is a ground-dwelling herbivore that inhabits the forests of Africa. ...

The Congorilla series ran in Action Comics until issue 262, after which it was transferred to Adventure Comics, where it ran until issue 283. Since the demise of its own series, Congorilla has mainly been seen as a guest star in other titles, including as part of the Forgotten Heroes. In 1999, DC Comics revived the Congo Bill character as part of a four-issue limited series under the company's mature readership Vertigo imprint. Adventure Comics #296 Adventure Comics is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983. ... The Forgotten Heroes were a team of DC Heroes who had faded from the limelight. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Vertigo logo Vertigo is an imprint of comic book and graphic novel publisher DC Comics. ...

References

• Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Congo Bill and Congorilla
• DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes by Les Daniels (1995)

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External links

• A Comprehensive Index of Congo Bills appearances
• DCU Guide: Congo Bill