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October 9, 2012 By 6 Comments

KONGTOBER 9 — Giant Classic King Kong Comic Book (Whitman 1968)

giant classic king kong comic book

The cover painting of this Giant Classic comic by George Wilson is one of my favorite renderings of King Kong. This comic was published in 1968 by Whitman Publishing, and is based on Merian C. Cooper’s original 1933 film. The interior art by Alberto Giolitti is equally impressive, and I thought I’d share some of my favorite panels and pages…

giant classic king kong comic book

giant classic king kong comic book

giant classic king kong comic book

giant classic king kong comic book

giant classic king kong comic book

giant classic king kong comic book

giant classic king kong comic book

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“Don’t be alarmed, ladies and gentlemen. Those chains are made of chrome steel.” All month long, I will be showing off King Kong collectibles from my personal collection in a series called KONGTOBER, so if you’re a fan of King Kong and movie monsters, I think you’re going to like what you see.

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  1. Paxton Holley says

    October 9, 2012 at 11:47 am

    King Kong falls off the Empire State Building, hits it twice on the way down and leaves nary a scratch. That’s some good, old fashioned American workmanship right there. 😉

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    • Brian says

      October 9, 2012 at 11:54 am

      He couldn’t just fall, he had to bounce a couple of times too. All it’s missing is a couple of sound effect balloons — Bonk! Bonk!
      😉

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  2. The Goodwill Geek says

    October 11, 2012 at 10:23 pm

    I really like taht final B&W image. Very cool.

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  3. Andrew says

    April 30, 2015 at 3:16 pm

    Hello i have this comic in my collection and it is for sale would you know anybody interested thanks for any help .

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    • Daniel Solano says

      February 2, 2018 at 11:28 pm

      HI you still have this King Kong Comic?? I have a old italian edition it was from an older cousin (I re-binding it and give it hard covers to give it back to him… but I like to have a copy instead of scanned images.. if you still have it…how much?

      Reply
  4. JJ says

    July 17, 2018 at 4:30 am

    what do this comic sell @ today? I have one some where in the house.

    Reply

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