King Kong (London Daily Herald short story)

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THE ONE WHERE DENHAM LEARNS NOTHING

King Kong
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Author(s) Kingsley Long
Publisher London Daily Herald
Publish date April 21-June 1, 1933
Genre Adventure, fiction

King Kong is the name of a newspaper serial adapted by Kingsley Long published in the London Daily Herald newspaper in 37 instalments from April 21st through June 1st of 1933. It was released daily except for Sundays, and Monday, May 1st. This adaptation is notable for being one of the first licensed Kong stories to expand upon the origins of Kong and the Skull Islanders.

Solicitation

Edgar Wallace's Last Great Thriller
"and lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty, and it stayed his hand from killing, and from that day it was as one dead."
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— Text accompanying the first installment

Plot

New York's top theatrical agent, Peter Weston, walks through the docks on the Hudson river in search of a ship called the Venture in answer to a summons by Carl Denham. He speaks to the night guard who informs him that the ship's peculiar cargo and high volume of crewmen had the dock workers whispering about the "crazy" nature of the voyage, and is quickly ushered aboard by the first officer Jack Driscoll.

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Differences from the film

  • Weston makes it aboard the Venture using a rope ladder as opposed to a gangplank

Trivia

  • This is the only adaptation of King Kong to give the theatrical agent Weston a first name, and even goes as far as to give him a middle name as well. This makes his full name "Peter Van Elm Weston."
  • Beyond advertisements claiming Kong as an individual to be millions of years old, this is the first product to imagine his origins in an official capacity.
  • This is the first Kong story to imagine what became of his body after the events of the film. While Kong Reborn imagined Denham burning the corpse, King Kong of Skull Island, endorsed by the Cooper estate, sees Denham return the remains to Skull Island.

References

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Shueisha KK05

King Kong
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Author(s) Yoshiki Tanaka
Illustrated by Katsuya Terada
Publisher Shueisha
Genre Adventure, fiction
ISBN 4-08-780425-9

King Kong is a novelization of King Kong.

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King Kong 2

King Kong 2
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Publisher flinga dinga
Genre Adventure, fiction

King Kong 2 is a novelization of King Kong Lives.