Jungle Comics #60

(December 1944)

Bush-Devil's Spoor (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

Ruben Moreira

Inks

Ruben Moreira

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Staring at the necklace again, jealous old woman!

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'geeso; Mora

Synopsis

Mora the apeman kidnaps Ann in order for her to be his mate. Kaänga and N'geeso track them and rescue Ann.

Keywords

Cape buffalo; jewelry; kiana berries; kuaki birds; lions; mandrills; whips

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One morning, as Wambi sleeps in his tree house...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Tawn; Ogg; Tira (leopard)

Synopsis

Wambi frees Ogg and other jungle animals captured by disreputable hunters.

Keywords

cougars; River Queen (steamboat)

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Larsen (signed)

Inks

Howard Larsen (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

War-War-War!

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; T'lukas (African tribe); Wakai

Synopsis

The T'luka tribe comes to claim Tabu's jungle. He uses his magic to frighten them and then turns the hair of the chief's daughter into snakes. The T'lukas leave his jungle and go home.

Keywords

hippopotamuses; jewelry; medusas; vampire bats

Jungle Monarch (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Stockman (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Richard Case (illustration)

Inks

Richard Case (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

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

Simba, King of Beasts / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

George Tuska

Inks

George Tuska

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The witch doctor L'Gonda has been dismissed from the Dwanda tribe...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; L'Gonda; Dwandas (African tribe); B'gomis (African tribe)

Synopsis

A witch doctor poisons the water of the Dwanda village in order to drive the tribe away so a neighboring tribe can take their land. Despite drinking the poisoned water, Simba kills the dogs of the witch doctor and the witch doctor himself.

Keywords

dogs; medicinal plants; poison; witch doctors

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Richard Case

Inks

Richard Case

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well! Lookie here, folks!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Foreign Legion; Terry Thunder; Rij; Sarita

Synopsis

The Sultan Rij is hypnotized into appearing mad by his daughter-in-law, who plans to usurp his throne.

Keywords

dancers; hypnosis; whips

...When the Earth Was Young (Table of Contents: 7)

African Wild Life / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Norman Leslie]

Pencils

Fran Hopper (signed)

Inks

Fran Hopper (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; nature

Synopsis

Brief natural histories of the sabre-toothed tiger, the giant ground sloth, carrion feeding birds, the gorilla, the triceratops, the tyrannosaurus, and crocodiles

Reprints

• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #8 (Summer 1951)

Keywords

carrion feeding birds; ceratopsids; crocodiles; giant ground sloths; gorillas; sabre-toothed tigers; tyrannosaurs

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Marcia Snyder

Inks

Marcia Snyder

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Silently...two hunters ghosted the jungle trail...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Slim; Camilla; Duke (lion); Duchess (lioness); the Lion Man

Synopsis

Two treasure hunters hope to extract the location of a gold mine from a hermit friendly with lions.

Keywords

caves; gold