DIVINE ROUND-UP 003

More gods for you to worship.

Goddess of the Jungle: 

The Goddess of the Jungle is an idol stolen by an adventurer named Stero while he was roving around Africa. Returning to America with it, he attains some fame and success as a film director, which he attributes to the influence of the Goddess on his life. Is the Goddess of the Jungle really real, or can the whole affair be blamed on the fact that Stero has apparently spent the decade or so that he's had her whacked out of his gourd on jungle potions courtesy of his servant and Kailo, an acolyte of the Goddess?

Stero attempts to bring the idol back to where he got it and assume the role of high priest or possibly king, but ultimately he ends up as sacrifice for his sacrilege.

God style: idol, possible real powers. (The Arrow 001, 1940)

Dong, God of War:

Science adventurer Stuart Taylor spent the bulk of his early career being flung back in time by the mad scientist Ali Pasha, and on this particular jaunt he ends up in ~50 BCE helping to defend the Tibetan city of Manchung from invaders, and the key to his eventual success is that the people of Manchung (including Manchung, King of Manchung, natch) have seemingly accidentally invented gunpowder for use as a part of the ritual prayers to Dong, God of War. Thanks, Dong!

God style: idol (Jumbo Comics 009, 1939)

Eterno: 

The comic series "Shangra", in brief, is about a pair of newspaper correspondents, Joan Joyce and Jack Flynn, who crash their plane in the remote Tibet-adjacent country of Shangraland and get mixed up in the affairs of Shangraland ruler Shangra and his great-great-great granddaughter Lonna. Specifically, the super-powered, 200-year-old Shangra wants Jack to take his place and Lonna wants to marry Jack and murder Joan.

Eterno here is the fun-looking and very specialized God of Eternal Life who bestows such on the rulers of Shangraland. Like I said, very specialized. 

God style: idol, some real power (Crash Comics Adventures 003, 1940) 

The Fire Monster: 

Just some cavemen fearfully trying to appease a volcano, as you do.

God style: animist (The Funnies 004, 1937)