I find it an especially nice touch that the ape refers to the case he (?) is carrying as a “valise.” Original post here.
Sourced to Comic Book Covers via turner-d-century. Original text:
true story
Strange Adventures #75, December 1956, cover by Gil Kane and Bernard Sachs
Sometimes, people ask me why I like comics books.
This is a cover
of a gorilla,
robbing a librarian,
at gunpoint,
for Moby Dick, Robinson Crusoe, and Treasure Island,
for the purposes of conquering the world.
What’s not to love?
http://peiratikos.net/archives/2004/03/30/secret-of-the-man-ape/ summarises the plot, in case you’re wondering, as I was….
An “evolving ray?” Now that’s serious comic-book thinking…
I would think a 500 pound gorilla wouldn’t need a pistol to intimidate a librarian,
Oh yeah? I’ve met some pretty badass librarians in my time.