Monsters from the Water
Korak, Son of Tarzan 46
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Korak, Son of Tarzan 46 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0768037008
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Owner:
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Lee K
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Sure - it's entitled Korak, but really it's Korak & Pellucidar & Carson, so there's a damn lot of good reading in there. So for issue 1 of the DC run, we have Korak throwing down with some rough & ready looking dudes in what appears to be a temple with pseudo-Egyptian trappings. Pretty cool. Maybe he's trying to save the white girl from a sacrifice to the panther god or something. Joe K chose a difficult composition with the bright yellow lit area in the background and the darker area in the foreground - which is hard to make work as the light yellow pulls the image toward the eye. Korak looks like a wee badass as he throws down with four adult men at once. that's definitely the kind of fight where you are going to get banged up. I'm not entirely comfortable with the dude running away with the sacrifice. Like his leg is planted & the other up, and he's totally running away - in a rather typical way for Joe K to illustrate that movement, but how in hell is he twisted enough in the upper body to look behind him at Korak & support the weight of the chick with only one arm? Like either these guys are really strong and he can haul her away like a ragdoll or there really not and Korak can easily not be overpowered by four at once. Not buying it. At least not 100%. The little details in the image tie it up nicely - the window design, the pattern of the stairs, the statues and urns and even the hanging lamp all provide setting and make the total image more interesting. No word balloons & no text boxes, less the 1st DC Issue blurb, which is quite small and doesn't impact the art.
Overall - yeah, I bet this would separate me from my hard earned quarter, unless there was a more interesting 20 cent book on the spinner rack at the same time.
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