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| caption = Thun'da #3 (1952). Art by [[Bob Powell]].
| publisher = [[Magazine Enterprises]]
| debut = ''Thun'da'' #1 (1952)
| creators = [[Frank Frazetta]]
| alter_ego = Roger Drum
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'''Thun'da''' is a [[fictional character]] created by the artist [[Frank Frazetta]] for [[Magazine Enterprises]], a [[comics]] publisher. The story of Thun'da was first released as a comic series in 1952, as ''Thun'da'' #1, with art by Frazetta and a script by [[Gardner Fox]]. <ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/10180/]</ref>
 
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'''Thun'da''' is a fictional character created by artist and conceptualist [[Frank Frazetta]]<ref name=dm>[http://www.toonopedia.com/thunda.htm Thun'da] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]</ref> for [[comic-book]] publisher [[Magazine Enterprises]]. The character debuted in ''Thun'da'' #1 (1952), with writer [[Gardner Fox]] scripting. After only a few issues the title was discontinued in 1953.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.toonopedia.com/thunda.htm|title=Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Thun'da}}</ref>
 
The character, played by [[Buster Crabbe]], was the main character in the 1952 [[Columbia Pictures]] serial ''[[King of the Congo]]''.
 
==Publication history==
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The character first appeared in 1952 in the comic series ''Thun'da'' #1.<ref name=cbb1>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/Frank_Frazetta_s_Thun_da_Tales_1.html |title=Frank Frazetta's ''Thun'da Tales'' #1 |first=Mark |last=Allen |publisher=[[Comic Book Bin]] |date=October 19, 2007 |accessdate=August 27, 2010 }}</ref>
 
The character first appeared in 1952 in the comic series ''Thun'da'' #1.<ref name=gcd>{{gcdb|type=character|search=Thun'da|title=Thun'da}}</ref>
Editor [[Ray Krank]] asked Frazetta to remove the prehistoric elements but he left the title instead and started looking for work outside comic books.<ref>{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Cronin |url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2010/12/10/comic-book-legends-revealed-290/ |title=Comic Book Legends Revealed #290 |work=Comic Book Legends Revealed |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=December 10, 2010 |accessdate=December 12, 2010 }}▼
 
▲Editor [[Ray Krank]] asked Frank Frazetta to remove the prehistoric story elements, but he refused and left the title instead and startedbegan looking for work outside of comic booksbook illustration.<ref>{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Cronin |url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2010/12/10/comic-book-legends-revealed-290/ |title=Comic Book Legends Revealed #290 |work=Comic Book Legends Revealed |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=December 10, 2010 |accessdate=December 12, 2010 }}
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==Collected editions==
The comic series was reprinted in 1987 by [[Fantagraphics Books]] as ''Frank Frazetta's Thun'da Tales''<ref name=cbb1 />, and, in August 2010, [[Dark Horse Comics]] released a hardcover collection ''Thun'da, King of the Congo Archive'' ({{ISBN |1595824707}}).<ref name=gcd />
 
==Other media==
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| authorlinkauthor-link = Jim Harmon
| title = The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury
| year = 1973
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==NotesReferences==
{{Reflist}}
 
==ReferencesExternal links==
{{Refbegin}}
*{{gcdb|type=character|search=Thun'da|title=Thun'da}}
*{{comicbookdb|type=character|id=9461|title=Thun'da}}
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{{Gardner Fox}}
==External links==
*[http://www.toonopedia.com/thunda.htm Thun'da] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]
 
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