Jungle Comics #113

(May 1949)

Two-Tusked Terror! (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

John Celardo

Inks

John Celardo

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As a true lord of the jungle, Kaänga feared neither man nor beast...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'geeso; Bolongas (African tribe); Larsen; Miles; Lop-ear (rhinoceros); Norman; leopard cultists

Synopsis

Trader Larsen disguises himself as Kaänga, hoping to induce the Blongas to trade with his company. The real Kaänga exposes the plot.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Publications Services Limited, 1949 series) #1 ([circa June 1949])

Keywords

bondage; crocodiles; dogs; imposture; paralysis drugs; saddle kudus; saddle zebras; signal drums; tiger traps

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Zan-Sar Blanche! The dread white panther that struck terror in the hearts of veldt folk.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Gerald; Natalie; Zan-Sar Blanche (leopard); Toguli

Synopsis

Gerald plots with the witch doctor Toguli to have Gerald's niece, Natalie, killed by the local villagers by leading them to believe that she is the demon leopard, Zan-Sar Blanche Gerald hopes that with Natalie's death, he can secure control of her gold mines. Tabu exposes the plot.

Keywords

bondage; gold mines; jungle fever; mandrills; witch doctors

Little Know Facts About Well-Known Animals! [sic] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Rockwell (signed)

Inks

Dick Rockwell (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; jungle; nature

Synopsis

Trivia about several jungle animals.

Keywords

anteaters; lions; parrots; rhinoceroses

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

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

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks

Dan Zolnerowich

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Work convicts were making daring escapes from the vast diamond mines at Batanga...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Terry Thunder [Congo Sam]; Keeto; Miss Merrill; Jim Bogart; N'buli; Ali Bey; Lefty

Synopsis

To investigate the disappearance of many convict laborers from the Merrill mine, Terry disguises himself as a convict. His imposture is discovered by the mine supervisor who uses it against him by suggesting that he can escape if he will deliver a bag of diamonds to an accomplice. Terry takes the bag and is attacked by Ali Bey's hunting leopards. However, Terry had equipped himself with knockout gas, which subdues the leopards. He returns to the mine and turns the overseer over to the authorities for transport to Kafka Prison Colony.

Keywords

Batanga; convict labor; diamond mines; diamonds; dynamite; elephants; hunting leopards; imposture; Kafka Prison Colony; knockout gas; steam shovels

Jungle Camouflage (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Pencils

August Froehlich

Inks

August Froehlich

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; jungle; nature

Synopsis

Trivia regarding animal camouflage in the jungle.

Keywords

butterflies; crocodiles; giraffes; monkeys; rock lizards; snakes

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

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

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

Bill Walsh ?

Inks

Bill Walsh ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Many are the tales told of Simba, king of all beasts....

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; Thorndyke; Vera Thorndyke; Rawadi

Synopsis

Thorndyke, a big game hunter, tells his fellow hunters about his encounter with Simba.

Keywords

Kazee River; lightning; mangabeys; monsoons; rain; storms; Ugangi (African region)

The Thirsty Gamble (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

Joe Doolin

Inks

Joe Doolin

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

Indexer Notes

Illustrated text story.

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

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

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer (signed)

Inks

Henry Kiefer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The soft jungle breeze carried far and wide the hoarse shouts and labored grunts of two twisting and turning opponents...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Ogg; Kim-ki (deer); Tawn; Sirdah (tiger); Pyra (parrot)

Synopsis

Sirdah captures Wambi's new friend, Kim-ki the deer, and challenges Wambi to battle him for the deer's release. As the battle begins, Wambi pretends to run in fear from the tiger who pursues him to the swamp, where Sirdah's charge lands him in a mud pit. He tells Wambi where to find the deer in exchange for helping him out of the trap.

Unusual Traps (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

?

Pencils

August Froehlich

Inks

August Froehlich

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; jungle

Synopsis

Brief descriptions of several jungle traps.

Keywords

cage traps; crocodiles; deadfalls; elephants; jug traps; lions; monkeys; pythons; turtles

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Matt Baker

Inks

Ray Osrin ?; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Camilla, be so good as to guide my friend Mansfield to the coast.'

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Fang; Hamed; Mansfield; N'kara; Mobu

Synopsis

Mansfield, seeking his actress-daughter who is lost in the jungle, learns that his daughter has been killed by N'kara, chieftaness of a local tribe. He goes to Camilla with his information and Camilla vows that the daughter will be avenged. Camilla manages to defeat N'kara and her men and the district police promise that N'kara will stand trial.

Keywords

bondage; Caves of Gondokoro; coffins; gunpowder; hippopotamuses; hunting leopards; jewelry