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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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'''Jesus ChristThun'da''' is a [[fictional character]] created by bible-thumpingartist republicuntsand conceptualist like[[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=gcd>{{gcdb|type=character|search=Thun'da|title=Thun'da}}</ref>
 
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'', 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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| title = The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury
| year = 1973
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{{Gardner Fox}}
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