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Kazanda the Wild Girl of the Lost Continent is a little-remembered comedian e-book saga that ran in the U.S. in Rangers Comics #23-28.
Kazanda, the Wild Girl of the Lost Continent is an intriguing and little-remembered Australian comedian e-book saga that ran in the U.S. in Rangers Comics #23-28. The story is an efficient match for a Fiction House line finest identified for jungle ladies, as a result of Kazanda is in a way simply that. Kazanda’s Lost Continent is protected against detection by outsiders via the machinations of its evil ruler Sylf. But when explorers from the exterior world do discover it, Kazanda helps them and opposes Sylf with varied psychic and psychokinetic powers. A short however fascinating saga from Fiction House, you may get a number of elements of the Kazanda storyline in Rangers Comics #23, 24, 25 up for public sale in the 2023 October 19 The Fiction House Comics & Comic Art Showcase Auction #40235 at Heritage Auctions.
Created by artist Brodie Mack and author Archie E. Martin, Kazanda first appeared in the Australian comedian e-book publications Kazanda the Wild Girl and the Lost Continent (1942) and Kazanda Again (1944) from writer N.S.W. Bookstall, which was reportedly the first Australian firm publishing authentic comedian books throughout WWII, when imports have been restricted.
Archibald Edward Martin (1885-1955) was an Australian author and theater publicist, finest identified for a sequence of detective fiction thrillers together with The Outsiders, The Misplaced Corpse, and Death in the Limelight. Born in Adelaide, Australia, Martin co-founded the satirical weekly The Gadfly at the age of 18, which attracted some of the finest cartoonists and writers in Australia throughout that early 1900s period. Afterward, he spent a while touring the world with carnival and theater acts, with legendary stage magician Houdini turning into a mentor. He labored as a publicist for theaters for a time which can be the place he first met Brodie Mack, who had achieved related work throughout the similar interval. Martin and Mack produced a quantity of comics together with Kazanda for N.S.W. Bookstall throughout the early WWII period.
Brodie Mack (1897-1965) was a reserving supervisor for Fullers’ Theaters earlier than turning to cartooning. A big portion of his profession was spent as a political and sports activities cartoonist for newspapers resembling the Sydney Truth and the Daily Telegraph, amongst a spread of cartooning work for different publications. Mack created comedian books resembling Kazanda in affiliation with author Martin for writer N.S.W. Bookstall. He is probably finest remembered for his Brodie Mack Correspondence Art School, which started in the mid-Thirties and operated after his loss of life via the early Seventies. Mack was a prolific artist and a legend in Twentieth-century Australian cartooning historical past.
Created by a pair of Australian publishing legends, Kazanda was an ideal match for a Fiction House line finest identified for Jungle Girls. You can get a number of elements of the Kazanda storyline in Rangers Comics #23, 24, 25 up for public sale in the 2023 October 19 The Fiction House Comics & Comic Art Showcase Auction #40235 at Heritage Auctions. Bleeding Cool is doing an ongoing deep dive into the historical past behind Fiction House in the run-up to this public sale. If you’ve got by no means bid at Heritage Auctions earlier than, you may get additional info, you’ll be able to try their FAQ on the bidding course of and associated issues.
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