ATTU

Real Name: Attu

Class: Human

Occupation: Gatherer, former tribeswoman

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: Kong (son)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Prehistoric Earth

First Appearance: Kong the Untamed (June-July, 1975)

Powers: Attu was quick witted and skilled at gathering food and herbs.

History: (Kong The Untamed #1) - Attu was one of the mates of Trog the One-Eyed, chief of his tribe. During a search for new hunting grounds Trog’s clan was ambushed by Beast Men, and Attu, about to give birth, fled to a nearby mountaintop. The moon was full, and Attu believed it was a sign that the moon goddess Lural was watching over her. Her son was born and she brought him to Magl, the tribe’s shaman. Her son had blonde hair like the legendary warrior Kong, and Magl believed her son was Kong reincarnated and destined to grow up to be a legendary warrior. Trog didn’t like the idea that his son could one day challenge him for leadership of the tribe, and raised his axe to kill the child. Attu staid his hand, and for defying him he banished both Attu and Kong from the clan. Magl sprayed them with powder made from bear teeth and declared them cursed. Attu found no tribe member willing to help her because they all feared Trog. Over the first few years of Kong’s life she taught him to forage and use medicinal herbs, and as a young boy Kong spied on hunters from his former tribe, learning their ways. From a distance Attu and Kong watched on as Karas challenged Trog for leadership of the clan. Trog killed his rival, and Attu told Kong about her belief that one day he would become a warrior mightier than Trog. Kong sought to prove himself, and stole a brand from the sacred fire Trog’s clan kept, an offense punishable by death were he to be caught, and Attu praised him. A few years later Kong practiced hunting, but was captured by the Beast Man Gurat. Beast Men always tried to kill their Cro-Magnon rivals on sight, so Gurat tied Kong up, cut his chest with a knife, and waited for big cats to be attracted to the smell of blood and devour him. Kong freed himself from the bonds, and lured Gurat into a pitfall trap. Gurat climbed out, but Kong was ready for him, and threw a sharp spear into his chest. Atta brought Kong before Trog, saying he’d earned their way back into the tribe with his show of bravery. Trog said he didn’t believe him, so Kong left to retrieve Gurat’s weapons and prove his deed. Gurat’s fellow Beast Men were waiting for Kong, and abducted him. Attu worried when her son hadn’t returned to Trog’s cave and went looking for him, again defying Trog, who said he’d kill her if she tried to find their son. The Beast Men had Kong tied up, and were getting ready to cook him, but Attu freed him, and they fled. The Beast Men threw spears at the fleeing mother and child, and one struck Attu in her leg. Attu told Kong to go on without her, but he refused, hiding with her on a nearby hillside. Kong left to find herbs that would stop her bleeding, but when he returned he found Attu dead, having been tortured and hung. The footprints leading away from the scene indicated Trog as the murderer and Kong vowed to make him pay.

Comments: Created by Jack Oleck & Alfredo Alcala.

Attu had a cameo in Kong The Untamed #5.