Jungle Comics #155

(November 1952)

Swamp of the Shrieking Dead (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Four days and four nights...the big B'fanti drums had boomed a mystery message.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; B'fantis (African tribe); Marmo (elephant); M'sungu; Belden; Hook Jorgenson

Synopsis

Crooked trader Jorgenson kidnaps Ann in order to sell her to Arab slavers and puts Kaänga to work as a logging slave. Kaänga escapes and frees Ann.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #32
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #11 (1961)

Keywords

bankuto trees; lions; loggin; rhinoceros worship; signal drums; slave auctions; stereotyping of Arabs; Tinga Swamp; white rhinoceroses

Indexer Notes

Title from cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Wambi / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Once when Bruno hurt his foot and could not hunt, Wambi carried milk to feed the big bear's cubs.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Tawn; Ogg; Chika (monkey)

Synopsis

Tawn and Ogg caution Wambi against assisting a stranger who turns out to be a bounty hunter determined to take Wambi in for the rajah's reward. Tawn and Ogg rescue Wambi, despite his disregard for their advice.

Reprints

• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #12 ([November 1961])

Keywords

bounty hunters; crocodiles; storms

At Home on Wheels (Table of Contents: 3)

The Big Cage / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Clyde Beatty

Letters

typeset

Leopard Men (Table of Contents: 4)

Mysteries of the Jungle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony D'Adamo (signed)

Inks

Tony D'Adamo (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Bantus (Africa tribe); N'pembe; Karga; M'hado

Synopsis

N'pembe's bride-to-be is murdered by Karga, a were-leopard.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #30 ([1952] ?)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #12 ([November 1961])

Keywords

antelope cults; bird cults; crocodile cults; leopard cults; leopards; snares; stereotyping of African natives; were-leopards

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Jungle Tales / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The drum message had said an emissary from the commissioner was coming...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Jim Dawson; Tommy Fortune; Van Moer; N'timbu; Zambulis (African tribe); M'tesa

Synopsis

Trader Dawson explains the magic bound up in a peculiarly-shaped rhinoceros horn that a representative of the British Museum wishes to buy.

Reprints

• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #12 ([November 1961])

Keywords

British Musuem; rhinoceros horns; rhinoceros worship; rhinoceroses; weather magic; Zambuli Temple

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Tiger Girl / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Forte ?; Jack Kamen ?

Inks

Jay Disbrow ?; Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He was B'Shini, the shadow god...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tiger Girl; B'shini [Trader Gregory]; Abdola; Benzali (tiger); John Crane; Ellen Crane

Synopsis

The mysterious B'shini urges natives to attack safaris and share their loot with him. He is exposed by Tiger Girl as Trader Gregory.

Reprints

• from Fight Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #56 (June 1948) [5 pages edited out]
• in Jungle Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #32
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #11 (1961)

Keywords

amputation; disguises; elephants; leopards; masks; saddle zebras; wheelchairs