Jungle Comics #119

(November 1949)

Fury of the Golden Apes! (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Beware the flying furies -- for they are the messengers of the golden ape!

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Zulu; Amrân; Jim; Gus Corrigan; gorilla cultists; Marmo (elephant); Bill Corrigan [Jebola]

Synopsis

Gus Corrigan, seeking his lost brother, asks Kaänga to help him. Unknown to Corrigan, his brother has been captured by a gorilla cult and the leader of the cult has given him amnesia-inducing drugs and convinced him that he is the gorilla god Jebola, returned to his people. Kaänga locates the cultists and frees Corrigan's brother and turns the cult leader over to the district commissioner.

Reprints

• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #17 (Fall 1953) [cut to 6 pages, with all-new text and dialogue]
• in Kaänga (ilovecomics, 2018 series) #19 (2023)

Keywords

amnesia-inducing drugs; bondage; crocodiles; elephants; gas balloons; hunting leopards; net traps; saddle kudus; saddle zebras

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

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 hunters invade the privacy of the kingdom of Simba, king of the beasts!

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; Ghost-Chaser; Crekko (gorilla)

Synopsis

Simba is challenged by Crekko for the kingship of the jungle. While they are fighting, a big game hunter spies them and fires his rifle, wounding Simba. Simba is taken captive by a wildlife photographer who wants to use footage of the lion in his new film. While Simba is captive, Crekko declares himself king of the jungle. Simba escapes his captors and attacks and kills Crekko, an attack that is captured on film by the happy photographer.

Keywords

motion picture camera; motion picture projector

The Freshman's Second Lesson (Part 2) (Table of Contents: 3)

The Big Cage / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Clyde Beatty

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

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

Wambi, The 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

Boom! Boom! Boom! Man-made thunder echoes the jungle vastness...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Ogg; Sirdah (tiger); Nolan; Rheusa (rhinoceros); Tawn; Beaky (eagle); Beebee (monkey)

Synopsis

A pair of prospectors are dynamiting the river in Wambi's jungle. The animals gather to choose a plan for ridding themselves of the white men. Sirdah suggests that the animals attack en masse. Wambi objects, fearing his friends will be hurt, but he is overruled. As predicated the mass attack is repelled and some of the animals are wounded. Wambi then has Beaky steal some of the prospectors' dynamite and drop it into the local volcano. The resulting eruption causes the prospectors to flee and the animals promise to heed Wambi in the futute.

Keywords

dynamite; volcanos

Primates (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 about several primate species.

Reprints

• in Climax Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1962 ? series) #2 ([1963])

Keywords

baboons; DeBrazza's monkeys; lion-tailed monkeys; marmosets; spider monkeys

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

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

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Bob Webb

Inks

Jack Kamen ?; Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What terrors did the jungle night hold...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Terry Thunder; M'tombes (African tribe); Kendrick; Miss Carter; Keeto; Cassidy

Synopsis

Terry and his helicopter are hi-jacked by mine owner Miss Carter who needs to get to the interior to find out why her native laborers have fled. On arrival they find that her former overseer and his partner have been using a local rock formation, the Devil Face, to intimidate the natives and to induce them to pay tribute. Terry exposes them and arrests them.

Keywords

catapults; Devil Face (rock formation); elephants; fire retardants; helicopters; loudspeakers; mines; spanking; witch doctors

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Enrico Bagnoli

Inks

Enrico Bagnoli

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sacred is the mighty elephant to the Balahari tribe...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Balaharis (African tribe); Nukuru; Chris; Clint; Zan

Synopsis

Con men, using a trained elephant, persuade the Balaharis that their recently deceased chief's spirit has inhabited an elephant and wants them to pay tribute to the con men. Tabu arrives and exposes the plot and turns the con men over to the district commissioner.

Keywords

astral projection; elephants; funerary customs; gold; ivory

Deer of the World (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

?

Pencils

August Froehlich ?

Inks

August Froehlich ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; jungle; nature

Synopsis

Trivia about several deer species.

Keywords

axis deer; berasingha deer; European red deer; fallow deer; hog deer; sambar deer

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Ralph Mayo

Inks

Ralph Mayo

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sweating bullocks plodded through the steaming brush...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Fang; Marcel Givault; Shelton; Ugandis (African tribe); Johann Drooten; Smiley; M'bulla; Boru

Synopsis

A gang of European criminals convince a possible financier of the worth of their gold-gathering plan by "seeding" temple ruins with gold-plated trinkets. Camilla exposes the plot and leaves the criminals to the mercies of the Ugandis, who are angered by the presence of white men in their territory.

Keywords

elephants; gold; mandrills; saddle zebras; Temple of Doom; waterfalls