SUPERHEROES LIVES

Genre:
Action

Synopsis:
Based on the comic book character "Thun'Da, King of the Congo," a Tarzan imitator, whose only comic of any value is the first one rendered entirely by cult artist Frank Frazetta, this was Columbia's 48th serial and the seventh and last serial starring Buster Crabbe. Crabbe plays U.S.A.F. Captain Roger Drum who shoots down an unidentified plane whose pilot was bound for Africa to deliver a message to a subversive group. Drum takes his place, makes the flight and crashes in the jungle. The rock people, led by Princess Phi (Gloria Dea, not Gloria Dee as shown by some sources), rescue him and take him to their temple. The subversives, led by Boris (Leonard Penn), appear and Drum rings a temple gong in alarm, and its sound crumbles the walls, burying him in debris at the end of Chapter One, "Mission of Menace." Chapter Two, "Red Shadows in the Jungle" finds Drum being proclaimed Thunda, King of the Congo, by the natives but is still mistrusted by Princess Phi and her assistant Nahee (Neyle Morrow), still miffed that he rang the wrong gong. This goes on for 15 chapters before Thundra reunites the Rock and Cave People and clears the jungle of all the villains with Russian names.
(from IMDb.com)

Casts:
Buster Crabbe ... Thunda/Roger Drum
Gloria Dea ... Princess Pha
Leonard Penn ... Boris
Jack Ingram ... Clark
Rick Vallin ... Andreov
Nick Stuart ... Degar
William Fawcett ... High Priest
Neyle Morrow ... Nahee
Bart Davidson ... Alexis
Rusty Wescoatt ... Kor
Bernie Gozier ... Zahlia
Lee Roberts ... Lt. Blake
Alex Montoya ... Lipah
Frank Ellis ... Ivan

Runtime:
(15 episodes)

Superheroes:
Thunda

Based on the comic book:
"Thun'Da, King of the Congo" created by Frank Frazetta

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