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Lion Boy

Flying over the wilderness of the African jungle, a plantation owner named John, his wife, and infant son, their plane crashed. The baby miraculously crawls from the wreckage, the sole survivor. A lioness sees him. Sensing he is alone and helpless, she adopts him into her pride as one of her own. He grows to be Lion Boy. Lion Boy eventually discovers the plane wreckage were his parents died and fashions a knife from some scrap metal. He then finds a young male lion has overthrown the pack leader, trying to kill his lioness mother. Lion Boy kills the male with his knife and assumes leadership of the pack with the help of his lion brother.
Alias Lion Boy
Real Names/Alt Names Unknown
Characteristics Jungle Action, Quality Universe, Feline-themed, World War II Era, Public Domain
Creators/Key Contributors George Tuska
First Appearance Hit Comics #6 (1940)
First Publisher Quality [CB+] [DCM] [GCD]
Appearance List Hit Comics #6-21
Sample Read Hit Comics [DCM] [CB+]
Description Flying over the wilderness of the African jungle, a plantation owner named John, his wife, and infant son, their plane crashed. The baby miraculously crawls from the wreckage, the sole survivor. A lioness sees him. Sensing he is alone and helpless, she adopts him into her pride as one of her own. He grows to be Lion Boy. Lion Boy eventually discovers the plane wreckage were his parents died and fashions a knife from some scrap metal. He then finds a young male lion has overthrown the pack leader, trying to kill his lioness mother. Lion Boy kills the male with his knife and assumes leadership of the pack with the help of his lion brother.
Source Lion Boy – Public Domain Super Heroes Wiki
Hit Comics #8 (February 1941) | George Tuska
Hit Comics #8 (February 1941) | George Tuska