Valley of the Vanished

Paris and Pistols: Princess Monja in the Doc Savage comics – Part 3 of 4

The first two parts of this article were in chronological order, exploring the characterization and presentation of Princess Monja in the 1972 Marvel Doc Savage comic, and the 1987 DC comics series. Monja would next appear in the 90’s, when Millennium, a smaller but very ambitious comics company, acquired the Doc Savage rights. Millennium’s seriesContinue reading “Paris and Pistols: Princess Monja in the Doc Savage comics – Part 3 of 4”

Rare Orchid: Princess Monja in the Doc Savage comics – Part 1 of 4

My first sight of Monja, the lovely (if romantically ill-fated) Mayan princess of the Valley of the Vanished, came on the cover of the 1972 comic Doc Savage #2, with art by Jim Steranko. Of course the woman behind Doc is not named, but who else could it be? And it was certainly a dynamicContinue reading “Rare Orchid: Princess Monja in the Doc Savage comics – Part 1 of 4”