On and off between 1934 and 1970, the safari adventures of a cocky hunter named “Jungle” Jim Bradley was on the comics scene as a competitor for Tarzan.

Unlike Tarzan, Jim’s “jungle” was not in Africa, but instead in Southeast Asia, where he and his sidekick Kolu conquered the wilds of the animal kingdom and battled river pirates and other mysteriously monstrous threats.

Written by Don Moore and drawn by Alex Raymond, the Jungle Jim strip inspired a long-running radio program with voice actor Matt Crowley in the starring role and a 1936 Universal Pictures 12-part movie serial with Grant Withers in the lead role. Between 1948 and 1952, Columbia Pictures also distributed a few Jungle Jim features, starring screen Tarzan actor, Johnny Weismuller, who later appeared in a 1955 TV series based on the character. It lasted one season.

Standard Comics and Dell Comics produced a successful issues of Jungle Jim comics during the late 1940s and 1950s, but the character has since bowed out to his more potent and popular predecessor, Tarzan.