(April 1953)
Star Publications,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Star Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Star Comic
- Editing
- L. B. Cole (editor)
Morass of Death
Taranga / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Titanic monsters from the forgotten past rise in the...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Taranga [John Cutter]; Rita Wayne
- Reprints
-
in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows Publishing, 1999 series) #117 (June 2013) [top clipped] -
in Roy Thomas Presents Rulah - Jungle Goddess (PS Artbooks, 2015 series) #2 (March 2015) - in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2171 - The Dinosaurs Rampage: Volume 1 ([November] 2018)
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The Harem of Horror
Rulah / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rulah, white goddess of the jungle, gave her word of honor to...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Rulah; Meeka; Tombo; Jannus; Loyus
- Synopsis
- Rulah is approached by Meeka, who desires safe passage through the jungle on his way (with a harem) to Cathia, and ends up becoming a hero to the jungle people he encounters.
- Reprints
- from Zoot Comics (Fox, 1946 series) #13 [b] (April 1948)
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Indexer Notes
Matt Baker said that he never drew this strip....ever! Who ever drew it was imitating Baker. [info from index for Zoot Comics #13, from Craig Delich (April 12, 2007)]
Morass of Death
Taranga / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jay Disbrow (signed)
- Pencils
- Jay Disbrow (signed)
- Inks
- Jay Disbrow (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Titanic monsters from the forgotten past rise in the...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Rita Wayne (introduction); Bradley Wayne (Rita's father, introduction); Dan Wayne (introduction); John Cutter [Taranga]
- Synopsis
- Rita and her father crash in the forbidden forests of an unknown valley, deep in the heart of the Congo, and must face titanic monsters from the forgotten past!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Belgian Congo; Ceratosaurus; Tyrannosaurus rex
Indexer Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich 2013-5-27.
African Nightmare
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I tossed from one side of the bed to the other trying...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Capt. John Birchell; Major Simonds; Limba; Ralph Winters
- Reprints
- in Jungle Adventures (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1963 series) #10 (1963)
- from ?
-
Kingdom of Terror
Jo-Jo / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The bitter thorn of hate had pierced a maiden's heart, driving her...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Jo-Jo; Rana; Jagger
- Reprints
- from Jo-Jo Comics (Fox, 1946 series) #16 (June 1948)
- in Jungle Adventures (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1963 series) #10 (1963)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Morass of Death
Taranga -
1.
The Harem of Horror
Rulah -
2.
Morass of Death
Taranga -
3.
African Nightmare
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4.
Kingdom of Terror
Jo-Jo
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- Len Wolinsky
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