| Six-Gun Gorilla | |
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Real Name |
O'Neil |
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First Appearance |
Wizard (1939) |
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Original Publisher |
D. C. Thomson & Co. |
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Created by |
Unknown |
Origin[]
Six-Gun Gorilla was an ape named O’Neil who as an infant was kidnapped and brought from Africa to the United States where he was sold to a prospector named Bart Masters of Colorado. Masters was a loving owner whom the gorilla grew to love like a father. Bart Masters taught his gorilla to dig, fetch firewood, gather water, cook, clean, and most importantly, load and fire a revolver.
Unfortunately, Bart Masters was murdered by Tutt Strawhan, leader of the Strawhan Gang, in order to learn what Masters knew about "the great mother-load." O’Neil swore revenge on his master's killers and set out armed and dangerous to kill every member of the Strawhan gang. With only his bandoleer and two six-shooters, the ape tracked down and killed the murderers one by one. However, the Six-Gun Gorilla died just as he killed his nemesis Tutt Strawhan.
Public Domain Appearances[]
- Fifteen-part serial in British Story paper Wizard (1939)
Notes[]
- Though published in 1939, the serial's copyright was never renewed in the United States and 50 years have passed since its publication in the United Kingdom.
- In 2013, two comic book adaptations were released in the very same month:
- Six-Gun Gorilla: Long Days of Vengeance, an independent comic, was released on June 5th 2013.
- Six-Gun Gorilla by BOOM! Studios hit shelves a week later.