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Konga #8

Charlton · Series began 1960 · September 1962

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Copies of #8 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition12¢ cover
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UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover

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Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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pencils: Steve Ditko, Russ Heath, Bill Molnoinks: Steve Ditko, Russ Heath, Bill Molnoscript: Joe Gill

The Land of the Frozen Giants · 20 pages
Konga leaves his island after he gets hit by an H-Bomb dropped by Soviet warplanes. He tires of humans and heads south. After brief landfalls in New Guinea and Australia, he eventually reaches Antarctica. He comes ashore but gets frozen by the subzero temperatures. His massive body falls through the ice and enters an underground tropical world where dinosaurs still exist. He thaws out just as he's attacked by 2 Tyrannosaurus, a Triceratops, and a Pteranodon. Defeating all 4 dinosaurs, Konga returns to the surface and leaves the South Pole behind as he heads north to a tropical island.
The Meldown Man · 2 pages
A man is found alive in the ruins of the Meldown castle. He claims to be centuries old and was kept alive by a spell. He's then offered the gold kept in the estate since he's the only heir. It all turns out to be a hoax.
Why He Survived! · 3 pages
About how man evolved.
The Witch Doctor's Cure · 2 pages
A mysterious witchdoctor appears and uses his magic to save a boy and a western doctor from a poisonous snake bite.

The Lonely One (1989), Konga (2018), Ditko Monsters: Konga! (2013), Ditko's Shorts (2014)