Cave Girl #11 (1953) contained the title character's origin story and three more tales about the distaff Tarzan. A few weeks ago, we looked at the first story in this issue (and also explained why the first issue is #11). This time, we'll take a look at the second story.
Hardin, in the meantime, identifies Cave Girl as a missing heiress, which worries the family lawyer because he's been embezzling money for years on the theory that the entire family was dead.
There's a bit of a glitch in the story in that Cave Girl clearly kills all three of them, but they are still able to talk and rat out the lawyer. Oh, well--maybe it was a dying confession.
Anyway, strange technology and murderous thugs don't sit well with Cave Girl, who heads back to her jungle. Hardin, though, hasn't given up on her yet, as we'll find out in a couple of weeks.
Fox's script is solid and clever, but it is really Powell's vibrant art that truly brings the essentially silly character of Cave Girl to life.
You can read the story online HERE.
Next week, we'll return to Project Pegasus.
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