McRory’s employer may not have said anything about how he planned to land the plane in Surrilana but he did make sure to bring lots of ammunition on the expedition. That proves handy later.
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Far Beneath the Mountains – Black and White
Morgo the Mighty takes place in Surrilana, a vast cavern – series of caverns actually – beneath the Himalayas. Our protagonist, Jerry McRory, is hired to fly a plane through the mouth of a cave in the side of one of the mountains. While McRory believes that his employers claims of a great treasure are nonsense he never stops to ask what seems like a more obvious question – “Where I going to land this plane in a cave?”
No Mustache to Twirl – Black and White
What’s a pulp novel without a villain?
Zorimi, the archfiend of Morgo the Mighty, works hard to earn his keep.
He wears a cowl to hide his identity. The fact that he’s in a cavern, far away from any of the civilized folk who might recognize him, is of no consequence.
He has an army of scaled men at his command. That’s scaled, as in “scaly” like a lizard or snake. In the novel they are referred to as Silurians but it’s unclear if they are actually reptiles or if they are a species of humans with reptilian features.
He has a thing in a pit to which he sacrifices victims.
He keeps a collection of severed heads.
He has a nubile young virgin locked away in his fortress.
He’s tailor made to act as the villain in a movie serial. Given that the author, “Sean O’Larkin” had a play made into a film, perhaps Zorimi was auditioning for such a role.
Snack for the Sand Lizard – Color
In Morgo the Mighty, the Surrilana caverns get brighter the deeper the one goes. In the brightest cavern the light is bright white and the flora and the fauna is white as well. Hopefully I managed to depict that.
Snack for the Sand Lizard – Black and White
Back in 2012 I serialized Morgo the Mighty, a pulp adventure set in an vast cavern system beneath the Himalayas. Someday I’d like to adapt the story into an illustrated novel. In the meantime, here’s Jerry McRory, our hero and narrator, attempting to avoid being eaten by one of the fauna of Surrilana.
