The Legend of King Kong (DC Comics)

The Legend of King Kong is an American comic book series published by DC Comics. The six issue series was written by Scott Synder and illustrated by Sean Murphy, it began publication on March 2nd and concluded on August 2nd 2013, it was written to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the original King Kong film, with its first issue being published on the same day as the original films release.

It tells the story of young filmmaker, Carl Denham and his mentor, Charles Weston who chatter a boat to the mysterious Skull Island to film their next movie with their leading lady, the beautiful Ann Darrow, Once there, Ann is kidnapped by the Island's natives who offer her to their god, a giant gorilla named Kong.

Characters

 * King Kong - A giant anthropoid ape resembling a gorilla who lives on an uncharted island in the Indian Ocean. He is worshipped by the islands natives as a god, every once in a while sacrifice one their women to him along with two pigs. At one point he had a family consisting of his parents, siblings, mate and child. Tragically however they all died off due to reasons unknown, leaving Kong as the last of his kind.
 * Ann Darrow - A beautiful young vaudeville actress who become unemployed after the theatre closed. Whilst trying to steal an apple, she met Carl and Weston who offered her a part in their new movie, to which Ann agreed to.
 * Carl Denham - A young up and coming film director and the love interest of Ann Darrow. He is a young up and coming film director under the tutelage of Charles Weston
 * Jack Driscoll - The misogynistic first mate of the Sumatra Queen. He is against the idea of Ann been onboard the ship, believing that she would get in the way of the sailors and bring trouble.
 * Captain Englehorn - The captain of the Sumatra Queen who has worked with Denham and Weston on several occasions.
 * Charles Weston - A famed film director and the mentor to Carl Denham. He is known for his adventure films which he films on exotic locations such as India, Asia and Africa. At some point
 * Lumpy - An elderly African American who works as the cook on the Sumatra Queen. He has a pet monkey named
 * Native Chief - The leader of the natives of Skull Island.
 * Witch Doctor - The spiritual leader of the natives of Skull Island.
 * One-Arm and Scar - Two Tyrannosaurus Rex who are companions to Kong.

Creatures

 * Archaeopteryx -
 * Arsinoitherium -
 * Centipede Creature -
 * Giant Spiders -
 * Iguanodon -
 * Pit Scorpions -
 * Pteranodon -
 * Spinosaurus -
 * Stegosaurus -
 * Styracosaurus -
 * Triceratops -
 * Tyrannosaurus Rex -
 * Velociraptor -

Changes to the story
Whilst the story is mostly faithful to the original plot of King Kong, there are several changes to the story:


 * Ann Darrow is red haired instead of blonde as in the other version.
 * Carl Denham is portrayed as both being a young up and coming filmmaker who the progeny of Charles Weston and the love interest of Ann Darrow.
 * Jack Driscoll is portrayed as being more unlikable and is later killed during the spider pit scene.
 * Charles Weston is veteran filmmaker and Carl's mentor, rather that a theatrical agent.
 * Captain Englehorn is African American.
 * The ship is called the The Sumatran Queen instead of the Venture.
 * Kong has two Tyrannosaurus companions, One-Arm and Scar.
 * As in the 1976 and 2005 remakes, Ann grows to care for Kong and is devastated when he is killed.
 * The comic features a waterfall shower scene, similar to the one in the 1976 remake.
 * Like the 1976 remake, Ann is dressed in tribal garments for the sacrifice.
 * Instead of a Tyrannosaurus, Kong fights and kills a Spinosaurus.
 * Kong destroys all the fighter planes before succumbing to his injuries.
 * Whilst on his rampage in New York, Kong fights and destroys a steam shovel.
 * Rather then Carl saying it, it is Weston who delivers the line, "It wasn't the airplanes, it was beauty kill the beast".
 * The comic features several scenes that were in the original script for the 1933 film. These include Kong battling a trio of Triceratops, the sailors being chased by an Arsinoitherium, Kong breaking up a poker party in a hotel and the infamous spider pit scene.