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Expert: Mark Harmon Date: 7/3/2008 Subject: finding barely remembered stories
Question Hey, Mark,
So I've been collecting for almost my entire life (I'll be 38 at the end of the month) but there are a couple of stories I remember from the mists of my childhood that have stayed with me over time I haven't been able to track down. I'd appreciate any information you could give.
The first one was a story that I believe was called simply "The Monk." It took place in WWII. A Nazi officer flees a village in which he's committed atrocities, to avoid the advancing Allies. He discovers a hermit monk living on the mountain he's fled to. The officer thinks that, this being a man of God, is someone who is required to hide and aid him. But it turns out that the monk has supernatural powers, with which he seeks vengeance.
This seems like a natural plot for Weird War Tales, which would have debuted at about this time. But none of the issues that I've been able to obtain or read synopses have contained this story. The artwork that I'm picturing to myself looks kind of like Joe Kubert, but this was 34 years ago or so, so I may be way off on that.
And as long as we're on the topic of such obscurity, I also seem to remember an issue of DC's Tarzan series in which he left the jungle for a mission in "civilization" and thus spent the entire story in a business suit. (Though still kicking jungle-style ass, nevertheless.)
Thanks,
Erich Christiansen
Answer Hi Erich,
I checked the Grand Comic Book Database and couldn't find any storyline titled "The Monk". You probably remember the title correctly, it's more likely that that particular story hasn't been added to the database yet.
I also did a search on the Tarzan series to see if any of the covers displayed might show something similar to what you described, but nothing showed up (at least as far as the cover art) with Tarzan in a business suit.
If you'd like to check yourself, maybe you might recognize the cover, the web site address is http://www.comics.org/
You can do a search by title and then look at the cover gallery to see if anything jogs your memory.
I'll continue to check around some other sources and will let you know if anything turns up.
