Jung-La in the Naked Jungle (comic story)
Jung-La in the Naked Jungle is a story by Paul Hoppe, as the Cosmic Beholder, featuring his Jung-La visiting Jay Epps’s Kaza and Gwenna in the Naked Jungle.
Plot
Jung-La leaves New York to visit the Naked Jungle, parachuting in from above to discover three treasure hunters slowly making off with a gigantic sculpted foot. She declares that it belongs in a museum, they object, and a brief fight ensues before it is interrupted by Gwenna and Kaza.
Jung-La explains that she is there to learn from veteran jungle adventurers, and Gwenna suggests they get the giant foot to a safe place. As the three of them struggle to move the artifact through the jungle, Kaza relates that according to legend, the foot is said to bring incredible happiness.
After a time, the ancient artifact is just too heavy and they have to take a break. They all comment on this and Gwenna realizes that that is the mystic power of the giant foot: “It brings you great joy when you stop carrying it around.” They leave it where it is and all agree that they are now much happier.
World building
Continuity
The exact chronology of this sequence is unclear, but it occurs after the three meet in Tales to Behold #7 and before they reunite in the Christmas story in Situation on Earth-N
Universes
This story takes place in the universe of Kaza's Mate, Gwenna and The Odds.
Behind the scenes
Read online
The story is available on the Kaza & Gwenna website (NSFW for nudity).
