Jungle Girls #8

(1992)

Jungle Girls (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Sheena, Queen of the Jungle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

? [as W. Morgan Thomas] (signed)

Pencils

Bob Webb

Inks

Bob Webb

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Long ago old King K'Jabo had made Sheena keeper of the Golden Scimitar.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Bulgora (first son of King K'Jabo); Simbulu (second son of King K'Jabo)

Synopsis

Following the death of King K'Jabo, Sheena and Bob attend the coronation of Simbulu as his chosen successor. Bulgora objects. Months later, Sheena and Bob are leading a caravan of new soldiers sent from the Commissioner to King Simbulu. After they lure Sheena away, the caravan is attacked by Bulgora and his men, who capture Bob and Simbulu. Before they can be killed, Sheena rescues them. Bulgora challenges Simbulu but is beaten by him, finally securing the throne.

Reprints

• from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #156 (February 1952)

Indexer Notes

Art credits taken from the index of the original story.

[King Fang] (Table of Contents: 3)

Ann and Her Mate / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kaanga was approaching home now...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Ka'a'nga; Ann Mason; Musungu; Gruber, Jim (villains)

Synopsis

Ka'a'nga and Ann save Musungu from a leopard and learn that he is fleeing from white hunters who are trapping and killing animals illegally. They confront the hunters, Ka'a'nga overpowers them, and then Musungu delivers them to jail.

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #160 (Fall 1953)

Keywords

gorillas; leopards

Indexer Notes

Originally a Ka'a'nga story; title from the cover of Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #160.

Pinup (Table of Contents: 4)

Tara / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tara

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Victor Ibsen] (signed)

Pencils

Bob Lubbers

Inks

Bob Lubbers

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To Kalembu, the strong, bravest of Basuto warriors, the old chief whispered...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Kalembu; Gibson, Jake, Slade, Prophet of the snake god (villains); Helen; Chief M'Boli (also N'Boli)

Synopsis

Kalembu attacks Camilla for demanding gold for the snake god; she claims she didn't and goes to investigate. She finds Helen, who has been hypnotized by the prophet into believing that she's Camilla; she tells Camilla of a plot to rob the natives. Meanwhile, the prophet and the three white men have gone to the village; the white men are hidden as the prophet demands gold for the snake god. They secretly inflate a sea-serpent balloon to make good on the threat, Camilla shoots a flaming arrow into the balloon, and the white men die in the burning wreckage.

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #98 (February 1948)

Keywords

asbestos; hot air balloons; hypnotism; impersonation; pythons

Indexer Notes

Art credits taken from index of the original story.

Neon Jungle Girls! (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Feret

Pencils

?; ? (photograph)

Inks

?; ? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Article about "Tropical Heat", a jungle-themed show at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

TV's Original Sheena: Irish McCalla (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Sheena / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Best of the West / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)