Jungle Comics #29

(May 1942)

Juggernaut of Doom (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich (page 1); Rafael Astarita (pages 2-14)

Inks

Rafael Astarita (pages 2-14); Dan Zolnerowich ? (page 1)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Assailed by a weird menace, Kaänga probes a dead man's brain in a frantic search for a sacred ruby...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Daru (introduction), Daru's father (introduction, death); a witch doctor (introduction, villain, death); a renegade (introduction, villain); Kaänga; Ann Mason; Ngeeso; Wambus (African tribe)

Synopsis

A treasure hunter persuades the Wambus' witch doctor to help him kidnap the chief's son and demand as ransom the tribe's sacred ruby. The chief refuses to reveal the location of the ruby and is killed by the treasure hunter. Kaänga defeat the treasure hunter and reveals that the ruby was hidden in the tusk of the Wambus' sacred elephant. Young Daru, now chief, gives the ruby to Ann so that it will no longer trouble the tribe.

Keywords

bondage; caves; dynamite; rubies; white elephants; witch doctors

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

Fantomah, Daughter of the Pharoahs / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

W. B. Hovious

Pencils

George Appel

Inks

George Appel

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ghazia, vengeful priestess of the vulture-headed goddess, plots to kill the lost city's girl ruler.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Ghazia (villain); N'Gulo (introduction, villain); the Spotted Men (villains, death); Fantomah; Fury (leopard); Horus

Synopsis

Ghazia, lusting after Fantomah's throne disguises the spotted men as mummies and sets them on the city of Khefra. Fantomah calls on the ancient gods of Egypt to turn the Spotted Men into real mummies and they crumble into dust as Ghazia flees the city.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #49 (January 1944) [recolored]

Keywords

mummies

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Black treachery stalks the jungle...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Prof. Calvin (introduction); Gloria (introduction); Mongas (introduction, villains); Wambi; Tawn; Ogg; Lupa (wolf); Coga (leopard); Dea (deer)

Synopsis

Wambi leads an anthropologist and his fiancee to the Monga village. The villagers are suspicious of the white people and imprison them and Wambi's ape friend Ogg. Wambi and his other jungle friends rescue the prisoners and when the anthropologist saves the chief's son's life, he is welcomed and encouraged to study the tribe.

Keywords

anthropology; blow guns; medicinal herbs; poison darts; witch doctors

Golden Buddha (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Theodore Roscoe]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

Characters

Peter Scarlet

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

Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

? [as "Mack"]

Pencils

George Wilhelms

Inks

George Wilhelms

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pursued, a rider lashes his steed across the broad veldt.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Hassim Bey (introduction, villain); Ali Barkula (introduction, villain); Steve Brown (introduction)

Synopsis

Tabu prevents Arab bounty hunters from taking an innocent man.

Keywords

automobiles; bondage; bounty hunting; ghosts; human skeletons; stereotyping of Arabs

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Al Stahl ?

Inks

Al Stahl ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wishful thinking is a powerful source of trouble...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Col. Coburn (introduction); Joan Coburn (introduction); Terry Thunder; Anderson the Arab; Kismet; Vincent

Synopsis

Andy's dreams lead the gang to an Arab determined to keep the English out of the desert.

Keywords

dreams; flying carpets; magic potions; market places

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

Jungle Jingles / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Angola's the home of the palla, a singular-looking...

Genre

non-fiction; jungle; nature

Synopsis

Brief natural histories of the palla, the lion, and the aye-aye

Keywords

aye-ayes; lions; pallas

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

Simba, King of the Beasts / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

Al Walker

Inks

Al Walker

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The tawny monarch and his little friend Boko live in peace in the heart of Africa's mysterious jungle land!

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Boko; Simba

Synopsis

Boko saves Simba from native hunters by appearing to invoke a solar eclipse.

Keywords

forest fires; solar eclipses

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Camilla / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (house name)

Pencils

Frank Frollo ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jealous hatred stirs the queen of the Amazon tribe to challenge Camilla for the title of "jungle queen".

Genre

jungle

Characters

Queen Saga (introduction, villain); Queen Saga's Amazon tribe (introduction, villains); Ben Austin; Camilla

Synopsis

Saga, an Amazon queen challenges Camilla for the title of "queen of the jungle." Camilla manages to triumph by figuring out the secret of Saga's so-called "black magic."

Keywords

poison; stereotyping of African natives; voodoo dolls