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Steve Ditko ("The Evil Eye"),[1] Charles Nicholas ("The Himalayan Fable")
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Steve Ditko ("The Evil Eye"),[1] Vince Alascia ("The Himalayan Fable")
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"The Evil Eye" is the fifteenth issue of the comic series Konga, and was published by Charlton Comics in November of 1963. It features two comics—a main adventure starring Konga and a backup story called "The Himalayan Fable"—and a short story titled "The Land-In-Between".
Plot
"The Evil Eye"
After a long career of ingenious work, Soviet scientist Dr. Osvyydni Otogorki developed an antiviral serum to prevent infections, and began to imagine the glory he would attain with his discovery. Unfortunately, while writing up his research findings, a newspaper was delivered to him reporting that an American biologist had just discovered an antiviral vaccine of his own. This coincidence exacerbated his existing contempt for humanity, and he promptly gave up science altogether to become an award-winning anti-American satirist, but after a year of this, he turned against his own people. He was then labeled a menace, stripped of his awards, and sentenced to exile or worse, execution. On the faraway island of Tasmania, Konga was relaxing on top of what turned out to be an anthill of vicious bulldog ants. Konga rushed to the water to wash the stinging ants off his body, and narrowly avoided hitting a sailboat, whose crew feared for their lives before him. It was at that moment that a white shark jumped from the water and bit Konga's shin, causing him to kick out in pain, briefly throwing the beast above the surface of the water. Tired of the troublesome South Pacific, he began to swim north. Eventually he came ashore in a barren Siberian wasteland near a work camp that housed Dr. Otogorki. The scientist had been banished there to work on animal communication by the Soviet government. Having read about Konga, he knew that he was not inherently dangerous, and remained while the guards fled. He demonstrated to Konga that he was able to alter the behaviors of animals with hypnotism, connected to his bulging right eye. With the help of his apparently hypnotized guards, Otogorki began working to bring Konga under his command. He fed Konga and instilled in him the belief that he was his only friend in a world that had turned against him. Using the harm humanity had caused him to his own will, Otogorki successfully hypnotized the lonely ape.
Otogorki and Konga made their way to a nearby city, which the doctor ordered the ape to destroy. Konga tore down a gas line, but the ensuing fire so terrified him that it broke the spell. Otogorki protested and tried to hypnotize the kind ape again, but Konga was too strong, and took the man in hand as he made his way back out to sea. He was spotted by Soviet warships, who were more than happy to allow him to pass and make the mad genius someone else's problem instead. Konga retraced his movement north and made his way back to Tasmania, where he set the doctor down, and then reclined nearby. Otogorki followed suit, and was promptly bitten by the bulldog ants, much to Konga's amusement.
"The Himalayan Fable"
Paul Gliddens-Smythe was an adventurer known for his disbelief in the so-called "abominable snowman", and became lost one night in the Himalayas following a set of footprints. During his trek, he lost his footing in a snow-slide, and fell only part of the thousand-foot drop before falling unconscious. He was saved from death by a ray shot from the hand of the fiery-eyed, furry creature that had been following him. He awoke in a snowbank, determined to get back to camp, and nearly fell off another cliff in the darkness before being saved again by a tug on his clothing preventing him from going over. He turned to see who was on the mountain with him, and could not believe his eyes. He returned to camp, where he reflected on the experience and ultimately decided that it had been his imagination before stepping outside and seeing a UFO fly overhead. He left the mountain promptly to share his findings, and was ridiculed by his peers for suggesting a UFO existed.
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"The Evil Eye"
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"The Himalayan Fable"
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