ABBOT OF THE HIDDEN MONASTERY. The head of a monastery in the legendary Valley of the Eternal Mists; hidden in the Himalayas near the kingdom of Chomo-Lungma, a protectorate of the People's Republic of China. The abbot helped the Joes Chuckles, Iceberg, Scarlett and Snake-Eyes, who were sent with C.I.A. Agent Anderson to find the missing Agent Cullen Esterhazy. Chinese officer Colonel Peng captured the abbot and the monastery in an effort to capture Esterhazy, who had become a freedom fighter resisting Chinese rule. A pacifist, the abbot was upset to see his monastery become a battle ground between the Joes allied with Esterhazy's bandits and Peng's army. After Peng was defeated and Esterhazy killed, Anderson stayed behind with the abbot to help the natives

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