Jungle Comics #128

(August 1950)

Dawn-Men of the Congo (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Wagona's plea was urgent -- and mysterious!

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; G'hama; Marmo (elephant); Wagonas (African tribe); Walesa; Zulu; Neanderthals; Jim; Caroline Reed

Synopsis

The Wagonas send word to ga that they are encountering strange animals in their new country. Kaänga, Ann, and Zulu go to the Wagonas and encounter numerous prehistoric animals and Neanderthals. Kaänga challenges the Neanderthal chief to single combat and wins. He orders the Neanderthals to never leaver their valley and orders the Wagonas to find another place for their village.

Keywords

bondage; dancing; dinosaurs; Neanderthals; prehistoric birds; sabre-toothed tiger; tiger traps; witch doctors

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

Simba, King of Beasts / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

Richard Case

Inks

Richard Case

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Always must Simba, king of beasts, protect the weak and young from the jungles many dangers...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; Songas (African tribe)

Synopsis

Simba rescues a baby eland from an attack by a hawk.

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #68 (August 1945) [edited down from 5 pages with some re-writing]

Keywords

elands; hawks; pets

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Enrico Bagnoli

Inks

Enrico Bagnoli

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out of the jungle they trekked -- fearless natives of Tabu's domain...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Uris (African tribe); Nancy; Ted; Harry; Siku; Tugandis (African tribe)

Synopsis

Trader Harry has been seduced into cheating the natives by Nancy. Tabu exposes the dishonesty and shows Harry a vision of his murder at Nancy's hand.

Keywords

balances; idols; ivory; leopards

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue (credited)

Pencils

Ken Battefield ?; Iger Shop

Inks

Jack Kamen ?; Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The name of Golden Beard would live forever...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Terry Thunder; Bongwallas (African tribe); B'timi; Gloria Freund; Eddie Freund

Synopsis

Chief B'timi is drugged by the Freunds and induced to reveal the location of Golden Beard's grave and its treasures. Terry follows them and uses the booby traps put in place by Golden Beard to prevent them from looting the grave. He takes them into custody.

Keywords

bats; black fever; elephants; Grave of Golden Beard; howdahs; jewelry; soporific drugs; treasures; truth serum; witch doctors

Mixing Lions and Tigers (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Clyde Beatty

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

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

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

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Our king is dead! Our princess lost!'

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Layota; Bavendas (African tribe); Natoli; Tawn; Ogg; Bantus (African tribe)

Synopsis

Wambi helps Princess Natoli recover the sacred sword of her people.

Keywords

lions; scimitars; witch doctors

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Ralph Mayo

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The moss-hung temple lay in ruins...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Spade; Chuck Chaney; Kamees (African tribe); Umbayo; Fang (dog); Diane Carson; Commissioner Carson

Synopsis

Renegade Chaney posts false notices of new land open for homesteading and, with his gang disguised as natives, attacks the would-be settlers and steal all their supplies. Camilla discovers the plot and exposes it to the commissioner.

Keywords

disguises; dynamite; homesteading; hunting cheetahs; saddle zebras; Valley of the Seven Stars