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Different Folks, Different Drummers
Bomba the Jungle Boy in the Steaming Grotto
By Roy Rockwood
Cupples & Leon Company, 1938
A young, scantily clad boy lost
in the wetness of unfamiliar places. A vicious murder. Animalistic
urges. Follow Bomba and friends in this soothing children's story
of illicit adventure and homosexual tendencies through chapters
entitled "Queer Happenings" and "In Savage Hands."
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Okay, what editor, in his right mind,
would suggest the pseudonym "Roy Rockwood"?
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And if that isn't cheesy enough for
you, check out the frontispiece illustration. Or how about
that sub title: Victorious Through Flame and Fury.
What is that supposed to mean?
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And this was only one book of a whole
"Great Marvel Series". I'll bet every book had
chapter titles like these, "Mystery Deepens",
"The Ghost Speaks", "Knocked Out", and
"A Dastardly Attack".
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Thankfully our society has come a long
way from such vitriol like this: "The white man speaks
truth," said Gibo, Bomba's brown-skinned follower.
"Let Bomba sleep while Gibo keeps watch."
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"In an instant Bomba was upon him,
and despite the man's furious struggles, held him fast.
"'Bring me that rope, ' Bomba commanded
Wafi, indicating a piece in the corner of the room.
"Wafi obeyed, and between the two
they soon had the crazy fellow tied up. They carried him
to the bed and secured him firmly to it. Then they relaxed
and drew breath."
Such heady writing!
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Bomba advanced upon the fellow who cowered
before the lad's blazing eyes.
"Do you see these arms?" asked
the jungle boy, flexing his mighty muscles.
Oh, yeah, like this pulp isn't going
to place some interesting fantasies in the minds of young
readers...
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Now that was refreshingly
"innocent".
Let's see something really "ballsy"!
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