Jungle Jim (Serial)

The 12-episode Universal serial Jungle Jim was based on the Alex Raymond comic strip of the same name. Grant Withers stars as Jungle Jim, who on this occasion is leading an expedition into darkest Africa. His employers hope to ascertain the whereabouts of Joan (Betty Jane Rhodes), a young heiress ...more

Long unavailable, this Universal serial of 12 chapters returns in glorious condition thanks to VCI. Albeit no Tarzan, Jungle Jim, as impersonated by Grant Withers, complete with a rousing Nelson Eddy-like theme song, comes to life straight off the comic pages, each chapter summation appearing as a newspaper strip, a neat little trick that sets the serial apart. The story, meanwhile, is what you'd expect and includes such incongruities as tigers in "Darkest Africa" and a jungle queen (Betty Jane ...more