Donkey Kong Jungle Action Special
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The Donkey Kong Jungle Action Special is a magazine issue published by Fleetway Publications in 1995. The book features comics based on Donkey Kong Country and the 1994 Game Boy game, character profiles, a preview of Donkey Kong Land, a retrospective of the original arcade game and hints for Donkey Kong Country. Despite the opener stating that Fleetway has "got big plans for the Big Ape!" and invitations to the readers to express their interest, no further issues were published.
Contents
- Donkey Kong in "The Big Banana Robbery" (comic)
- Meet the Family Kong: Character profiles for Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Cranky Kong, Funky Kong, Candy Kong and an ad for the 1995 Judge Dredd game.
- Special Preview: a one-page preview of Donkey Kong Land.
- Kong-Size Kompo: Competition to win "Donkey Kong Country goodies".
- "Donkey Kong: A Giant of a Game": Retrospective of the original Donkey Kong.
- Cranky Kong in "A Blast from the Past" (comic)
- DKC FAQ: Basic gameplay hints for Donkey Kong Country
- Ringo's Guide to Drawing Donkey Kong: Two five-steps tutorial by Ringo showing how to draw Donkey Kong's head and a full-body Donkey Kong.
- Diddy Kong in "Diddy's Day" (comic)
Comic summaries
The Big Banana Robbery
Story: Nigel Kitching
Art: John Moore
Letterer: Ellie de Ville
At Donkey Kong's Treehouse, Cranky Kong yells at Donkey Kong to wake up. As he does, Donkey realizes he overslept and becomes worried that Diddy will be mad at him for missing his watch of the Banana hoard again. He swings from the tire swing but the rope breaks and Donkey lands on Cranky, who invites him to check the hoard "fer a laugh". Seeing that all of the bananas are gone and that Diddy is missing, Donkey Kong sets out to find both as Cranky watches, saying "he can't be bothered" to help.
Following a trail of bananas, Donkey Kong is ambushed by a gang of Kritters and is almost subdued, only to be saved at the last moment by Rambi. He finds Diddy inside a nearby Barrel and the Kongs mutually apologize for what happened. Moments later, the Kongs interrogate a Kritter on the location of the bananas, threatening to have Rambi fall on him. The Kremling explains the bananas were taken to the Lost Mines. Donkey and Diddy discuss rumours that the mines are haunted and decide to head off.
Rambi deposes the Kongs at the mine entrance and bids farewell, saying he will not be able to help much in a mine shaft. The duo explore the mine and board a Mine Cart. Heading down the tracks, the Kong's cart quickly catches up to the banana convoy lead by Klump and two Krashs. To repeal the Kongs, Klump throws banana peels on the tracks but the Kong's cart luckily lands on another set of tracks. Now next to the Kremling's carts, Donkey Kong is about to pummel Klump but Diddy realizes they're about to collide head-on with a solid wall. However, instead of crashing, they are transported to a mysterious hall filled with golden statues of Kongs and cave drawings of Donkey Kong and the Kremlings. Donkey Kong tells Diddy to look at the mysterious place but he can't, saying his eyes are stuck shut.
The Kongs soon return to the tracks, now ahead of the Kremlings. Donkey Kong board their carts and throw away the Kremlings, but the Kong's reunion with the banana hoard is short-lived as the track ends and the mine cart convoy falls into the ocean. They find that the banana cart are floating safely but Donkey ponders how they can get the hoard back to the island. Enguarde suddenly appears and offers to help. While Enguarde drags the convoy back to the island, Donkey explains to Diddy what he saw in the cavern but Diddy does not believe him. The story ends here.
