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Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land is a black and white 1952 Adventure film directed by Lew Landers and written by Samuel Newman . This was the eighth entry in Columbia ' s `` Jungle Jim '' series . Harold Rudolf Foster ( August 16 , 1892  July 25 , 1982 ), better known as Hal Foster , was a Canadian - American comic book artist and writer best known as the creator of the comic strip " ___MASK81___ Valiant ". His drawing style is noted for a high level of draftsmanship and attention to detail . Flash Gordon is the hero of a space opera adventure comic strip created by and originally drawn by ___MASK18___ . First published January 7 , 1934 , the strip was inspired by and created to compete with the already established " Buck Rogers " adventure strip . Tarzan ( John Clayton , Viscount Greystoke ) is a fictional character , an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the " Mangani " great apes ; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer . Created by ___MASK97___ , Tarzan first appeared in the novel " Tarzan of the Apes " ( magazine publication 1912 , book publication 1914 ), and subsequently in twenty - five sequels , several authorized books by other authors , and innumerable works in other media , both authorized and unauthorized . Jungle Jim is the fictional hero of a series of jungle adventures in various media . The series began in 1934 as an American newspaper comic strip chronicling the adventures of Asia - based hunter Jim Bradley , who was nicknamed Jungle Jim . The character also trekked through radio , film , comic book and television adaptations . Notable was a series of films and television episodes in which Johnny Weismuller portrayed the safari - suit wearing character , after hanging up his Tarzan loincloth . The strip was created by King Features Syndicate in order to compete with the popular United Feature Syndicate comic strip " Tarzan ", by Hal Foster . Characters and story . Illustrator ___MASK18___ and pulp magazine author Don Moore created the original strip as a topper to run above Raymond ' s " Flash Gordon ". " Jungle Jim " and " Flash Gordon " were launched simultaneously on January 7 , 1934 .