Religion: not determined yet
Name: Akim
Alter Ego: Jim Rank
Publisher(s): Altamira; Quadrifoglio Tomasin
First Appearance: Albo Gioiello #1 (10 Feb. 1950): "Akim il Figlio della Jungla"
Creators: Robert Renzi, Augusto Pedrazza
Number of Appearances: 888
Ally: Kar
Ally: Zig
Location: Africa
Nation: Italy
Race: white
Gender: male
Note: grew up among apes in jungle
Akim is an Italian character who is classified in that country as a "tarzanid" because of the many similarities between him and Tarzan.
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://www.comicvine.com/akim/29-67793/
- http://www-en.sergiobonellieditore.it/editore/settanta.html
- http://singular--points.blogspot.com/2009/02/tarzan-akim-and-zembla.html
- http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akim
- http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/zembla.htm
- http://lambiek.net/artists/p/pedrazza_augusto.htm