Jungle Comics #98

(February 1948)

Ten Tusks of Zulu Ivory (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

John Celardo

Inks

John Celardo

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Beware! Beware! For this is the swamp of the dengua plague --

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Koko; Markham; Lindstrom; Michael; Marmo; N'geeso

Synopsis

Station manager Markham spreads word that the station personnel are suffering from fever and the natives give it a wide berth, enabling Markham to steal ten tusks of ivory. When Lindstrom, the station owner arrives, Markham convinces him to sign over the local mines to him. Kaänga rescues the party that Markham had taken hostage and Markham is killed by a captive gorilla.

Reprints

• in Kaänga (ilovecomics, 2018 series) #8 (2020)

Keywords

dengua plague; fishing; gorillas; ivory; mines; rhinoceroses; saddle zebras; Snake River

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Markahm's plan changes halfway through the story from wanting to steal villagers ivory to tricking Lindstrom out of mining permits, without any explanation.

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

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

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

August Froehlich

Inks

August Froehlich

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The warm, jungle-scented breeze sweeping across the veldt suddenly changes direction.

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; Tarku (elephant); Dr. Groton

Synopsis

Simba is wounded by a rhinoceros that proclaims himself king of the jungle. Simba's wounds are treated by a doctor on safari. When the rhinoceros attacks Simba's family, Simba stands his ground and defeats him.

Keywords

rhinoceroses

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

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

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Charles Sultan

Inks

Charles Sultan

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

What menace lurked in the brush in upper T'bonga?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Terry Thunder; Keeto; T'bongas (African tribe); ape cultists; Congo Lil; Guro

Synopsis

Congo Lil and her men, disguised as ape cultists, raid the T'bongas and make them slaves in Lil's diamond mine. Terry leads the real ape cultists in attack on Lil and her men and Lil is killed in the battle.

Keywords

animal hides; ape cults; diamond mines; disguises; saddle zebras; slaves; steamboats; whips

Jungle Quiz (Table of Contents: 4)

African Wild Life / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Mike Peppe (signed)

Inks

Mike Peppe (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction; nature

Synopsis

An animal identification quiz.

Keywords

chimpanzees; giraffes; kudus; okapis; sing-sing water bucks; warthogs; wild dogs

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

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

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Frank Doyle

Inks

Frank Doyle

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

'The festering sore of jealousy poisons the belly and rots the heart'...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Maru; Tawn; Ogg; Sirdah

Synopsis

After Wambi rescues an orphaned lion from a hunter's trap, the boy becomes jealous of the attention given to the cub by his jungle friends. He plays a series of practical jokes on them that almost results in his own death when he falls into the hunter's tiger trap and they don't believe his cries for help. At the instance of the monkeys who have see Wambi's fall, they go to his aid.

Keywords

jealousy; practical jokes; rafts; tiger traps; trip wire snares; waterfalls

Lions at Large (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

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

Jungle Lore / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Mike Peppe ?

Inks

Mike Peppe ?

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The tiger hunt! One of the jungle's most exciting adventures...

Genre

non-fiction; jungle

Synopsis

A description of a tiger hunt.

Keywords

animal hides; elephants; tigers

Indexer Notes

The rest of the page is taken up by the Ownership Statement.

[Statement of Ownership] (Table of Contents: 8)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Zazenda Ghost Goddess of Lost Souls! (Table of Contents: 9)

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mack

Pencils

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

jungle

Characters

Zazenda; M'gombo; Tabu

Synopsis

Tabu and the district commissioner travel by astral projection to the land of the witch Zazenda where Tabu bests her in a magic duel.

Keywords

astral projection; leopards

Indexer Notes

This story is referenced in "Seduction of the Innocent". It claims there is a hidden drawing of a nude female on Tabu's shoulder (see Page 5, Panel 7).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Bob Lubbers (signed)

Inks

Bob Lubbers (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

To Kalembu, the strong, bravest of Basuto warriors, the old chief whispered...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Fang (dog); M'boli; Kalembu; Gibson; Slade; Helen

Synopsis

A trio of con men, hoping to extract tribute from a local tribe, use a double of Camilla to warn the tribe against dis-obeying the white men. Camilla exposes the fraud and kills the ringleader.

Reprints

• in Jungle Girls (AC, 1989 series) #8 (1992)
• in Golden-Age Greats (AC, 1994 series) #9 (July 1996)

Keywords

asbestos; hot air balloons; hypnotism; impersonation; pythons