Jungle Comics #81

(September 1946)

The Death of Kaänga's Mate! (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Pencils

John Celardo

Inks

John Celardo; George Evans ?; Maurice Whitman ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'geeso; Chuck; Slocum; Nora; Bobo

Synopsis

Treasure hunters are seeking a little boy with a treasure map hidden in his clothes. Kaänga and Ann protect the child and find his parents.

Reprints

• in Kaänga (ilovecomics, 2018 series) #2
• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #12 (Summer 1952) [Edited down from 11 pages to 8. Some re-writing and re-drawn panels.]
which is reprinted
• in Kaänga Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #22

Keywords

altars; animal skeletons; antelope; cheetahs; crocodiles; first aid; sea monsters; signal drums; the Valley of the Skulls; treasure maps

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

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

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

August Froehlich (signed)

Inks

August Froehlich (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Snarling, clutching, clawing things, these mandrills were...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Simba; Wano (mandrill)

Synopsis

Simba rescues an aging warthog from a pack of hyenas. Later, when a band of mandrills challenges Simba for lordship of the jungle and traps him in a net, the warthog frees Simba and helps with the defeat of the mandrills.

Keywords

hyenas; mandrills; tiger trap; warthogs

Indexer Notes

Froelich's signature is in the penultimate panel.

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Richard Case

Inks

Richard Case

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Powers misplaced when the world was young -- those are the powers of Tabu.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; N'mino; Gert; Nolan; Kolu

Synopsis

A pair of ivory hunters use a trained elephant to lure elephant herds to them. Tabu conjures up the ghosts of slain elephants and the trained elephant turns on the hunters.

Keywords

elephants; ghosts; ivory; leopards; net traps

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Jungle Lore / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Peppe ?

Inks

Mike Peppe ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Money -- Webster defines this word as 'anything customarily used as a medium of exchange.'

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

A brief survey of different media of exchange used in Africa.

Keywords

gold; ivory; jewelry; leopards; pearls; salt; sharks; shells; slave auctions

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

Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Smith

Pencils

Bob Webb ?; John Forte ?

Inks

John Forte ?; Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Commanded by evil, and with hate for a cargo, the boat fought its way down the swollen stream.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Ogg; Tawn; O'Hara; Miss Cushman

Synopsis

O'Hara's new overseer, Miss Cushman is making slaves of the local villagers and is capturing animals as well. Wambi and his jungle friends free all the captives and O'Hara promises that he will have no more slaves in his mines.

Keywords

crocodiles; draft zebras; leopards; slaves; the O'Hara mines; whips

Quest of the Feathered Fetish (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Frank Riddell]

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Bob Lubbers (signed)

Inks

Bob Lubbers (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Again and again, Terry Thunder had tried to trap those river-rats --

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; Keeto; Lanna; Sam; Trigger

Synopsis

River pirates trick Terry into taking a booby-trapped steamboat into the fort's dock. Terry, however, discovers the hidden explosives and captures the pirates.

Keywords

dynamite; pirates; steamboats; stereotyping of African natives; water buffalo

Primitive African Cults (Table of Contents: 8)

Jungle Facts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Peppe ?

Inks

Mike Peppe ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; jungle

Synopsis

A brief survey of some African religious practices.

Reprints

• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #12 (Summer 1952)
which is reprinted
• in Kaänga Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #24

Keywords

crocodile worship; crocodiles; leopards cults; lions; totem poles; zebras

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (house name)

Pencils

Fran Hopper (signed)

Inks

Fran Hopper (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mirrored in the depths of an herb-fed fire was a flickering picture of evil.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Gano; M'bolis (African tribe); Momba; Vanya; Fang (dog)

Synopsis

A hunter works with the village chief to betray the villages warriors into slavery. They are thwarted by Camilla and the village witch doctor.

Reprints

• in Jungle Girls (IDW, 2018 series) (December 2018)

Keywords

bondage; elephants; leopards; saddle giraffes; whips; witch doctors