Approved Comics #3

(April 1954)

Blank (Table of Contents)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover missing from scan.

The Witch Doctor (Table of Contents)

Wild Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Hodge

Inks:

Paul Hodge

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Jungle

Characters:

Wild Boy; Zabba (witch dodtor); Aarg (gorilla leader); Chief Kambala; Lura (chief's daughter); Keeto (friend)

Synopsis:

Wild Boy and his pal Keeto battle a maddened gorilla to defeat the evil plans of Zabba, the witch doctor.

Reprinted:

• from Wild Boy (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #11

Indexer Notes

Paul Hodge is credited to Wild Boy on pencils and ink by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and compared with signed work in various Marvel comics, this must be him, as the other possible, Frank Kramer credited by Vadebonceur to some other Wild Boy stories is quite different. The eyes here are placed far apart, and the ears are special and identical to signed Hodge art. Also the sideview of the face of the witch doctor compare favorable with Hodge work. His work has many similarities with Charles Raab, but Raab is not credited to Wild Boy.

Great Volcanoes (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Michael Becker ?

Inks:

Michael Becker ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Facts

Synopsis:

Some of the over two thousand volcanic eruptions in recorded history.

Indexer Notes

Becker is credited to work in Wild Boy by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and it could be him when looking at faces and inking.

Star of the Jungle (Table of Contents)

Wild Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Hodge

Inks:

Paul Hodge

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Jungle

Characters:

Wild Boy; Keeto (friend); Timba (panther); Kaw (falcon); Fred Cartier (filmmaker); Lola Martin (film star); the Kamokos (hostile pygmy tribe); Zarkow (renegade white trader)

Synopsis:

Wild Boy and a filmcrew are captured by Zarkow and his hostile pygmies.

Reprinted:

• from Wild Boy (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #11

Indexer Notes

Same art as the preceding story.

Fire When Ready (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Jungle; Adventure

Characters:

Dave Moss; Abu Sidi; M'Bongo

Reprinted:

• from Wild Boy (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #11

Jungle Drum (Table of Contents)

Joe Barton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Jungle

Characters:

Joe Barton; Mr. Parmalee; his daughter Nan; her fiance Cecil Hathaway

Synopsis:

Joe Barton leads a safari in the jungles of Congo.

Reprinted:

• from Wild Boy (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #11

Indexer Notes

Irv Novick and Bernard Sachs are both credited to "Joe Barton" by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the faces in close up looking backwards, and with arched eyebrows are like Novick's work. The inking by Sachs match his credited work in early "Mystery in Space" #3.

The Return (Table of Contents)

Wild Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Hodge

Inks:

Paul Hodge

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Jungle

Characters:

Wild Boy; chief of the Kowi tribe; Jogo (his nephew) ; Koller (Jogo's white friend)

Synopsis:

The chief's nephew, Jogo, returns to the jungle to drive a diamond mine that only brings misery to his people.

Reprinted:

• from Wild Boy (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #11

Indexer Notes

Same art as on the other Wild Boy stories in this issue.

Buzz Baxter Rides Again (Table of Contents)

Artistic Card Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Synopsis:

Short comic strip on how to make money by selling cards.

Blank (Table of Contents)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Back cover missing from scan.