(July - September 1956)

Dell, 1954 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Editing
George Delacorte (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jungle Jim / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (painted)
Inks
? (painted)
Colors
? (painted)

Genre
jungle
Characters
Jungle Jim; Kolu
Reprints
Keywords
arrow

Tamils (Table of Contents: 1)

Peoples of Asia / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Facts about the Tamil people of south Asia.

Indexer Notes

In black and white on inside front cover. Large illustration and typeset text.

Valley of the Taboo (Table of Contents: 2)

Jungle Jim / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Paul Norris
Inks
Paul Norris
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle
Characters
Jungle Jim; Kolu; Tali
Synopsis
The giant people in a remote valley are dying, but when a man breaks a taboo by leaving to get help, the natives plan on killing him when he brings Jim and Kolu back to help.
Keywords
flare gun; giants; lost valley; Malaya; mountains; parachute; poison; Sakais; tiger

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Alberto Becattini, added October 2006.

The Hunter's Test (Table of Contents: 3)

Shankar the Shikari / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Paul Norris
Inks
Paul Norris
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Shankar
Synopsis
A hunter panics when a tiger charges and has to be saved by Shankar. Later, he gets a second chance to prove his courage.
Reprints
Keywords
India; rifle; Sikh; tiger

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Alberto Becattini, added October 2006.

Close Call with a Crocodile (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Synopsis
A man has one bullet in his rifle to stop a charging crocodile.
Reprints
Keywords
Africa; crocodile; rifle

Indexer Notes

Text story with 1/8 page illustration.

Rajah's Challenge (Table of Contents: 5)

Jungle Jim / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Paul Norris
Inks
Paul Norris
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle
Characters
Jungle Jim; Kolu; Rajah of Tegnu
Synopsis
A vain and pampered rajah brings his entourage to hunt the spotted leopard.
Reprints
Keywords
elephant; flash flood; leopard; Malaya; rajah; rifles; Sakari; spears

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Alberto Becattini, added October 2006.

The Colossus of Mysore (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Fact about the Colussus of Mysore, a 60-foot tall statue of Gomatesvara, a saint of southern India
Keywords
India; statue

Indexer Notes

Page also includes Dell's Pledge to Parents; in black and white on inside back cover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Jungle Jim
  2. 1. Tamils
    Peoples of Asia
  3. 2. Valley of the Taboo
    Jungle Jim
  4. 3. The Hunter's Test
    Shankar the Shikari
  5. 4. Close Call with a Crocodile
  6. 5. Rajah's Challenge
    Jungle Jim
  7. 6. The Colossus of Mysore
  8. 7. ["Bill Wisdom says: Your vacation is so short..."]
    Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Chris Boyko
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Alan Hutchinson
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Per Sandell