Jungle Comics #92

(August 1947)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Pencils

John Celardo; ?

Inks

John Celardo; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Through the heavy screen of shadowy brush, the jungle lord caught swift, fleeting glimpses of those dirty, bristling, furry creatures...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Derrick (introduction, villain); Heath (introduction, villain); L'Gura (introduction, villain); N'Guli (introduction, villain, death); Louise (introduction); Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'geeso; Kafgars (African tribe)

Synopsis

Treasure hunters are promised a golden idol by Kafgars, in exchange for a white woman to sacrifice to their fire gods. The treasure hunters kidnap Ann and make the exchange. The treasure hunters are killed by the tribe, and Kaänga arrives in time to prevent the sacrifice.

Keywords

black water fever; cattle; fire gods; human sacrifice; idols; immolation; K'targa (African village); M'bongi (African village); mandrills; signal drums; wagons; witch doctors

Indexer Notes

Splash panel is not by Celardo. Perhaps it is by Bob Lubbers, who debuted as art director a couple of issues earlier.

Drums of War! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

August Froehlich (signed)

Inks

August Froehlich (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; animal

Characters

M'Sais (African tribe)(introduction); pygmies (villains); Simba; Mrs. Simba

Synopsis

During a raid on their neighboring tribe, a group of pygmies injures Mrs. Simba and draws Simba's wrath.

Keywords

blowguns; elephants; hunting cheetahs

No. 3: Theodore Roosevelt (Table of Contents: 3)

Men of Adventure / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Peppe (signed)

Inks

Mike Peppe (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Teddy Roosevelt biography.

Reprints

• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #19 (Spring 1954)

Indexer Notes

Illustrated text story.

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

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

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Charles Sultan

Inks

Charles Sultan

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The jungle spawns strange evils...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Tania (introduction, villain); Gorth (introduction, villain, death); Inspector Brian; Terry Thunder; Lozos (African tribe); Keeto

Synopsis

Gorth, former lancer, seeks revenge on Inspector Brian for the amputation of Gorth's hand. Terry rescues the inspector and Gorth is killed by a charging oryx.

Reprints

• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #17 (Fall 1953)

Keywords

bora berries; Dance of the Oryx; dancing girls; disguises; elephants; Fort Peblo; leopards; lions; oryx; saddle zebras; steamboats

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

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

Script

Roy L. Smith

Pencils

John Forte ?; Matt Baker ?

Inks

Al Feldstein ?; Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'We of the jungle fear not the roar of thunder...'

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Tawn; Ogg; Chika (gibbon)

Synopsis

The rajah has placed a price on Wambi's head. A young man attempts to capture him, but the capture is prevented by Wambi's jungle friends.

Keywords

crocodiles; leopards; rain; storms

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Howard Larsen

Inks

Howard Larsen

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Deep in the choking morass of tangled growth was a new menace...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Narundo (introduction, villain, death); Gibbs (introduction, villain, death); Goro (a dinosaur) (introduction, death); Namba (introduction); Namba's friend (introduction); Tabu; Tuwasis (African tribe)

Synopsis

Narundo wants to make war against his neighbors to enrich himself and his friend Gibbs. His plot is overheard by two young women and he decides to have them sacrificed to a sea monster. Tabu arrives and prevents the sacrifice, giving Narundo to the sea monster and leaving Gibbs to trampled to death by a stampede.

Keywords

dynamite; leopards; quicksand; sea monsters

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

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

I fear for the safety of my tribe's women...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Black Ben (introduction, villain, death); Timothy (introduction, villain); other pirates (introduction, villains); Kora (introduction, death); N'Boli (introduction); Kamwendo (introduction); Camilla; Bantus (African tribe); Fang (dog)

Synopsis

A group of men descended from Elizabethan pirates kidnap the women of the Bantus. Camilla rescues the women and blows up the pirates and their ship.

Keywords

cutlasses; giant octopoids; gunpowder; lions; pirates; saddle zebras