Jungle Comics
#22
(October 1941)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Every month
- On-sale Date
- 1941-08-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Glen-Kel Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (credited) (editor); Gene Fawcette (credited) (art director)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
Lair of the Winged Fiend
Kaänga / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- jungle
Lair of the Winged Fiend
Kaänga / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- High above the jungle, in the branches of massive trees, is the domain of Zuko, the bird king...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason; Zuko; Sawabi
- Synopsis
- Zuko, owner of artificial wings that allow him to fly, agrees to rid the jungle of Kaänga in return for diamonds.
- Keywords
- artificial wings; diamonds; witch doctors
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
[no title indexed]
Roy Lance / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The intrepid explorer overthrows tyranny in the jungle...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Roy Lance
- Synopsis
- Roy helps a tribe rescue their chief and his sons, kidnapped by a white adventurer.
- Keywords
- stereotyping of African natives; whips; witch doctors
[no title indexed]
Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Ted Brodie-Mack (signed as "Mack")
- Pencils
- George Wilhelms
- Inks
- George Wilhelms
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Glamor girl pilot off on jungle jaunt.
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; jungle
- Characters
- Tabu; Trina Tarrington (glamour girl); village warriors (villains)
- Synopsis
- A young glamour girl crash lands on a volcanic island. Tabu comes to rescue her, but both are captured by some warriors from the "smoking mountain" who plan on sacrificing them to the volcano. Tabu uses his magic and causes the volcano to erupt and kill the natives.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- airplanes; bondage; human sacrifice; newspapers; stereotyping of African natives; volcano gods; volcanos
in Indexer Notes
Script credit by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Fantomah / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As Fantomah bends over a waterhole to drink...
- Genre
- jungle; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Fantomah; Holu; Fury (leopard); Ilog
- Synopsis
- Fantomah is accused of poisoning a native village. Her investigation reveals that their water originates in a mountain stream that is contaminated by a dead mammoth. She uses her magic to cure the villagers and they seek a new water source.
- Keywords
- cavemen; lost valleys; mammoths; sabre-toothed tigers; stereotyping of African natives; water contamination; witch doctors
[no title indexed]
Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're sitting on top of the world now, Andy, but it's awfully high when you start falling!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Terry Thunder; Anderson the Arab; Kismet; Vincent
- Synopsis
- Anderson gets rich in diamonds and decides to go to America, but he is dissuaded when his passenger liner is attacked by airplanes.
- Keywords
- diamond mines; S.S. Aquamania; sand wagon; slavers; stereotyping of African natives; treasure maps; World War II
[no title indexed]
Simba / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Joan Wells travels along a river near the little coast town which is her home...
- Genre
- animal; jungle
- Characters
- Simba; Joan Wells; Bill Walker
- Synopsis
- Simba is captured by hunters but manages to save them from a cheetah. He then leads them to a village where a white woman is held captive.
- Keywords
- snares; stereotyping of African natives
[no title indexed]
Camilla / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Victor Ibsen (house name)
- Pencils
- Jim Chambers
- Inks
- Jim Chambers ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Camilla and Eric swim near the lost empire...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Camilla; Eric; the ragnor
- Synopsis
- Camilla and Eric seeks a buried treasure, while the Ragnor plots their murder.
- Keywords
- bondage; swimming; swimsuits; treasure chests; treasure maps; Vikings
[no title indexed]
Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Roy L. Smith (credited)
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...but trouble stalks through the jungle when greedy white men cross its borders.
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Wambi; Nagis (African tribe); Halu; Zelda (zebra); Baba (baboon); Tawn (elephant); Lia (leopard)
- Synopsis
- Wambi and his jungle friends free a village from slavers.
- Keywords
- slavers
[no title indexed]
The Red Panther / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as J. J. King]
- Pencils
- Al Gabriele
- Inks
- Al Gabriele
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- From his perch in the trees, Red Panther sees a white man unmericifully abusing a warrior...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Red Panther; M'Logas (African tribe); Kipo; Matu; Wedo
- Synopsis
- The Panther rescues a chief and his sons from white kidnappers.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Lair of the Winged Fiend
Kaänga -
1.
Lair of the Winged Fiend
Kaänga -
2.
["The intrepid explorer overthrows tyranny in the jungle..."]
Roy Lance -
3.
["Glamor girl pilot off on jungle jaunt."]
Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle -
4.
["As Fantomah bends over a waterhole to drink..."]
Fantomah -
5.
["The honey guide"]
Jungle Facts -
6.
White Thunder
-
7.
["You're sitting on top of the world now, Andy, but it's awfully high when you start falling!"]
Captain Terry Thunder -
8.
["Joan Wells travels along a river near the little coast town which is her home..."]
Simba -
9.
["Camilla and Eric swim near the lost empire..."]
Camilla -
10.
["...but trouble stalks through the jungle when greedy white men cross its borders."]
Wambi, The Jungle Boy -
11.
["From his perch in the trees, Red Panther sees a white man unmericifully abusing a warrior..."]
The Red Panther
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
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