BRUNO KING
Real Name: Bruno King
Identity/Class: Normal human (early 1950s era)
Occupation: Circus performer
Group Membership: Connors Carnival
Affiliations: Fakir (loose, name unrevealed),
ringmaster (loose, name unrevealed)
Enemies: Bobo, Lois,
Simone
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Mobile in the USA
First Appearance: Suspense#13/4 (January, 1952)
Powers/Abilities: Bruno King has peak human
strength and much experience as part of a traveling circus. He is
overconfident, brutal and expectant of women's affections. He has a
fear of snakes.
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 170 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Strawberry blond
History:
(Suspense#13/4 (fb) - BTS) - Bruno King was the
strong man of Connors Carnival, flaunting his strength for the audience
as part of the traveling circus' acts. King had fallen in love with
trapeze artist Simone, but it was not reciprocated, and she refused his
invitations and advances many times.
(Suspense#13/4) - After another performance, King
again approached the aerialist and asked to have dinner with her, but
again she declined, this time after he declared he was very attracted
to her. Feeling humiliating, he began stalking her around the circus
tents over subsequent days. Snake charmer Lois gave Simone brief
sanctuary in her trailer caravan. The next day, Lois confronted King
and warned him to stay away or she would set her boa constrictor Bobo onto him.
The Indian fakir performer nearby laughed as she walked away. Angered,
King was
about to attack the fakir until he offered King a secret love potion.
Days later, the fakir passed it to King, but the strong man just
punched him away and took it rather than pay him money. Knowing Simone
always drank a bottle of milk before bed, King poured the potion into
the milk in her trailer, then waited in his own trailer for her to come
to him. A tap on the door had King's hopes rocket, but when he opened
the door, he was shocked to see Lois' boa constrictor (which secretly
enjoyed drinking Simone's milk when it escaped its cage).
(Suspense#13/4 (fb) - BTS) - Lois' snake presumably
constricted him to death.
Comments:
Created by uncredited writer & Mike Sekowsky.
Lois and her snake remind me, of course, of Princess Python.
Snakes like drinking milk is a myth; they are
apparently lactose intolerant and only drink milk when thirsty.
Grand Comics Database suggests Christopher Rule as inker.
Profile by Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Bruno King has no known connections to:
Lois was the snake charmer of Connors Carnival and
her pet boa constrictor Bobo was part of her act. Bobo was often
wrapped around Lois, even outside performances, but would sometimes
escape its cage and sneak into trapeze aerialist Simone's trailer and
drink from her milk bottle. Lois was protective of Simone, who was
being harassed by strong man Bruno King, who was desperately in love
with Simone. After a particular stressful encounter for Simone, Lois
confronted King and warned him off, or else she would set Bobo onto
him, knowing King was afraid of snakes. Days later, King had secretly
drugged Simone's milk with a love potion, but Bobo had again escaped
and drank the milk instead, and then made its way to King's trailer
where it presumably constricted King to death.
--Suspense#13/4
images:
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Suspense#13/4, p3, pan3 (main image)
p2, pan3 (headshot)
p3, pan3 (Lois, full body)
p3, pan2 (Lois, headshot)
Appearances:
Suspense#13/4 (January, 1952) - uncredited writer, Mike Sekowsky
(pencils), uncredited inker, Stan Lee (editor)
First posted: 11/11/2024
Last updated:
11/11/2024
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