Fictional gorilla which appear in DC Comics and Vertigo Comics
Comics character
Congorilla
Congorilla as seen in the promotional art for Justice League: Cry for Justice by Mauro Cascioli.
Publication information
Publisher
DC Comics
First appearance
More Fun Comics #56 (June 1940)
Created by
Whitney Ellsworth (writer) George Papp (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego
William Glenmorgan
Species
Human (formerly) Enchanted golden gorilla (currently)
Team affiliations
Forgotten Heroes Justice League
Notable aliases
Congo Bill
Abilities
Superhuman strength, stamina, durability, agility, reflexes, and senses
Healing factor
Size manipulation
Immortality
Congorilla, originally a human character known as Congo Bill, is a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics and Vertigo Comics. Originally co-created by writer Whitney Ellsworth and artist George Papp, he was later transformed into Congorilla by Robert Bernstein and Howard Sherman. The character first appeared in More Fun Comics #56 (June 1940).[1]
^Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 343. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
Congorilla, originally a human character known as Congo Bill, is a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics and Vertigo Comics. Originally...
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(July, August 2009). His earliest work for DC Comics was "The Origin of Congorilla" a backup story written by Len Wein that appeared in Justice League: Cry...
adventuring as Congorilla. In the 1994, Congorilla mini-series Janu has now grown up and betrays Congo Bill, usurping the Congorilla identity, and forces...
the original game, Crazy Kong had bootleg versions under such titles as Congorilla, Big Kong, Donkey King and Monkey Donkey. There are two versions of the...
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gained the ability to swap bodies with a gorilla and his strip was renamed Congorilla. The introduction of Supergirl by Otto Binder and Al Plastino occurred...
sailor suit, named after the fact that he likes to eat chocolate paste. Congorilla Gorilla Secret Origins #40 Featured in Secret Origins #40 - an 'all gorilla...
described as a sequel of Ingagi. However, the project never came to fruition. Congorilla, 1932 film Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives, a 2013 TV documentary that...
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