Thun'da makes his return to comics this August thank to
Dynamite Entertainment. The book will be written by Robert Place Napton with
art by Cliff Richards and cover by Jae Lee! The over-sized issue will include
the original first Thun'da story with art by Frank Frazetta. Frazetta created
the character for Magazine Enterprises back in the 1950's.
A Military helicopter crash lands in a remote valley in
Africa. A lone survivor awakens with no memory of who he is or what he was
doing there, but he's wearing a uniform and is a skilled combatant. From the
wreckage he learns only his name -- ROGER DRUM. As he explores his new
surroundings he is confronted by a bizarre lost world of dinosaurs and other
strange creatures. Drum must learn to survive in this terrifying new reality
while coming to terms with fragments of a past he isn't sure he wants to
remember.
"What excited me about THUN'DA is the aspects that
differentiate him from other Jungle Lords," says writer Robert Place
Napton. "One of the coolest elements of the original story that we are
expanding on as we move the character into the modern day is that he is a
CIPHER -- ROGER DRUM has amnesia as a result of his crash in Africa so the
details of his past life are murky. He was like JASON BOURNE before there was
JASON BOURNE, so we are picking up the baton on that aspect and taking it a
step further. He has military training, he's a bad ass, but instead of being
pitted against other combatants he's facing the dangers of a LOST WORLD so even
with all his skill, he is facing challenges he's not prepared for, with the
added burden of being haunted by his past."
"This project came as a gift to me," adds
artist Cliff Richards. "Since I was young reader, Frank Frazetta´s
drawings always fascinated me. I couldn't be happier about Thun'da and I bet
the readers will love the book!"
"Robert Place Napton's story will surely please all
Thun'da fans everywhere," says Dynamite President and Publisher Nick
Barrucci. "The interior art by Cliff Richards is unbelievable in how much
passion Cliff is pouring into every page. We don't want to give away a lot yet,
but these sketches by Cliff says a lot. And the Jae Lee cover is just amazing!
And with a 48-page count sold at regular price, readers can also enjoy the
first Thun'da story by Frank Frazetta!"
