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).