#OnThisDay in 1958 #CongoBill (1940) transformed into #Congorilla in @dc.com #ActionComics #248 given #AMagicRing by ailing #WitchDoctor #ChiefKawolo that #allowsHimToSwapMinds with #legendaryGoldenGorilla years laterJoins #CryForJustice #21stCenturyJusticeLeague w hisMindInTheApe after Bill’s death

I really hope I’m not the only one who wants to see some Justice Alliance stories with #CaptainComet and #Congorilla exploring what would’ve been the ‘50’s. @markwaid.bsky.social @skyepatridge.bsky.social

#85YearsAgoToday #CongoBill debuted in #MoreFunComics #56 #JungleExplorer traveling w #ProfessorKent along #AfricanRiver confronted by #TheSkull orderedToLocate #lostTreasure & #escapesWithTheLoot 1948 #ColumbiaPictures #filmSerial stars #DonMcGuire #getsHisOwnComicSeries 1954 turns #Congorilla 1958

#OnThisDay in 1958 #CongoBill transformed into #Congorilla in #ActionComics #248 after being given #AMagicRing by an ailing #WitchDoctor #ChiefKawolo #allowingHimToSwapMinds w #legendaryGoldenGorilla yearsLater joins #CryForJustice #21stCenturyJusticeLeague w #hisMindInTheApe after Bill’s bodyPasses

#70YearsAgoToday #JanuTheJungleBoy debuted in #ActionComics #191 #ward of #CongoBill whose #DadHadBeenKilledByATiger & once Bill becomes #Congorilla is #responsibleForKeepingHisBodySafe while #BillsMindTakesControl of #TheGreatGoldenGorilla later #promotesIndustrializationOfAfrica

#OnThisDay in 1958 #CongoBill transformed into #Congorilla in #ActionComics #248 given #AMagicRing by ailing #WitchDoctor #ChiefKawolo that #allowsHimToSwapMinds with a #legendaryGoldenGorilla years later he joins #CryForJustice #21stCenturyJusticeLeague with #hisMindInTheApe aft Bill’s body passes