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Jo-Jo, Congo King

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Fox Feature Syndicate declared bankruptcy in 1950, selling off many of its creative assets. Versions of Jo-Jo appeared in comics produced by various publishers. Star Comics reprinted several Jo-Jo stories under the name "Bombo", and Ajax Comics reprinted one story in 1954 with the character renamed
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Jo-Jo's love interest in the first issue was Gwenna; she was replaced (never to be mentioned again) by Tanee. Both Gwenna and Tanee shared two things in common: they were scantily clad, and they spent a much of their time tied up. Because of the risque images found in the issues of
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characters. Like Tarzan, Jo-Jo wore a loin-cloth, lived in the jungle, and spoke a form of broken English (similar to
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Jo-Jo's name came from the original title of the comic series,
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Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes
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Publisher
Fox Feature Syndicate
First appearance
comic books
Fox Feature Syndicate
Tarzanesque
Johnny Weissmuller
Jack Kamen
Matt Baker
Fredric Wertham
Seduction of the Innocent
"Jo-Jo, Congo King"
Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels
ISBN
9780313357473
ISBN
978-1-61318-023-5
Jo-Jo, Congo King
Don Markstein's Toonopedia
Archived
Jo-Jo, Congo King
Grand Comics Database
Jo-Jo, Congo King
the original
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comics
stub
expanding it
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