Concrete Jungle: The Legend of the Black Lion Vol 1 1

Concrete Jungle: The Legend of the Black Lion #1 is a one-shot originally published by Acclaim Comics in April, 1998. It was written by Christopher Priest and was meant to be a six-part mini-series, however, the series was canceled before the first issue was shipped. The story is about corrupt politicians and cops in Brooklyn, New York City, and has a connection to the Priest's other Acclaim series Quantum and Woody (Volume 1) in shape of the legendary Black Lion.

Solicitation[]

New York City is a jungle, a dangerous landscape of bad guys and worse guys.

Terry Smalls is a self-serving community activist who makes his living off of his famous black militant father, Wayne Smalls. When he accepts a gift from Antanku, a strange African cleric, he finds himself at the center of a bloody, violent power struggle, and becomes heir to a timeless African tribal legend.

Speaking in Tongues[]

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

Minister Terry Smalls (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

Master Antanku
Tammy Fischer (Hooker) (Deceased)
Wayne Smalls (Terry's father) (First appearance)

Villains:

Black Lion (Hallucination)
Freedom "Mayor Bob" Mandela (First appearance)
Kenny Mayo (Pimp) (Mentioned only)
Sgt. Elijah Book (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Al Roker (Mentioned only)
Baseball kids
Black Panther Party (Flashback only)
EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) (Mentioned only)
Girl who's not a groupie
Jaleel
Michael Jackson (Mentioned only)
Mother Thomas
N.Y.P.D.
- Cox
- Detective Reymond
- Earl
Quantum and Woody (Mentioned only)
- Eric "Quantum" Henderson (Mentioned only)
- Woodrow "Woody" Van Chelton (Mentioned only)
REACH (Non-profit political action group) (Mentioned only)
Sylvia
The Lion King (Mentioned only)

Locations:

California
- Los Angeles
Haiti (Mentioned only)
New York
- New York City
  - Brooklyn
    - Brooklyn Borough Hall (Mentioned only)
    - Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn (Mentioned only)
  - DeKalb Avenue (Mentioned only)
  - Manhattan
    - Gracie Mansion (Mentioned only)
  - Queens
    - Douglaston (Mentioned only)

Items:

Baseball
Champagne
Drugs (Mentioned only)
Drug money
Lion's Heart (Necklace)

Vehicles:

Black limo
New York City Subway (Mentioned only)

Credits[]

Writers: Christopher Priest
Pencilers: James Fry
Inkers: Andrew Pepoy
Colorists: Imbue Productions
Letterers: Comicraft, Dave Lanphear, Siobhan Hanna as SH
Cover Artists: James Fry, Andrew Pepoy
Editors: Lynaire Thompson, Omar Banmally (Assistant)
Editor-in-Chief: Fabian Nicieza

Chapter Headings[]

Once Upon A Time, In The Jungle...
The Legend
Mayor Bob
The Chosen
The Revolution (Untelevised)
Tammy and Woody
The Sepulcher
The Antichrist
Concrete Jungle: The Legend of the Black Lion An Urban Fable
"Speaking in Tongues" DeKalb Avenue
Beaning Einstein
Frenching Mother Thomas
Capes
We'll Always Have Paris
And The Legend Continues - NEXT: CHOMP - Blood, Guts & Catfish

Synopsis[]

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Notes[]

This issue was originally intended to be the first part of a six-part miniseries. However, it was the only issue ever published.
The issues consists of eight intro pages (pinups and text), the title pages, and thirteen pages of actual comic book story, and afterword, plus the "next issue" page, and ads.