Description
Zembla is a Tarzan-like hero created in 1963 by Marcel Navarro, publisher & editor-in-chief of Editions Lug, to compete with the highly successful Akim, published by his competitor, Editions Aventures & Voyages.
Zembla is virtually identical to Akim, except for his long hair. (They were visually created by the same artist, Augusto Pedrazza.) His companions are a young, somewhat reckless African teenager wearing a MP helmet and an alarm clock nicknamed "Yeye", and a grouchy Mandrake-like circus magician named Rasmus. His animal sidekicks are Bwana the lion, Petoulet the kangaroo (!) and Satanas, a grouchy but loyal wild cat-like beast.
info credit: Cool French Comics website