Jungle Comics #138

(June 1951)

Track of the Black Terror (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited) (byline)

Pencils

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The serpent was dead...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; B'fongas (African tribe); Marmo (elephant); Max; Rocky; Zulu; Queen Cobra

Synopsis

Ann is taken prisoner by the slaver, Queen Cobra. Kaänga must first traverse the country of the king apes and defeat their leader before he can free Ann.

Keywords

Ape Temple Mountain; bondage; caves; crocodiles; dynamite; elephants; gas masks; gorillas; human skeleton; hyenas; saddle zebras; slavers

Indexer Notes

Title from cover.

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

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

Script

Pierre La Rue (credited) (byline)

Pencils

Ken Battefield

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No more would Al Raskobah and his slaver band raid plodding caravans...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder [Desert Panther]; Suri; al Raskobah [Desert Panther]

Synopsis

In order to learn the location of slaver al Raskobah hideout, Terry, disguised as the Desert Panther frees Raskobah and accompanies him into the desert. Raskobah attacks Terry and exposes his identity. Raskobah then disguises himself as the Panther. The lancers come to Terry's rescue and in the battle, Raskobah is killed. Terry sends word to the Panther's Riff's that the Panther is dead and that they should disband.

Keywords

El Kayhiba (African town); slavers; stereotyping of Arabs

Floating Safes (Table of Contents: 3)

Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Sidney Elias (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

With an advertisement for postage stamp collectibles.

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

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

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited) (byline)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Swift death may strike in the shadowed jungle...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi Tawn; Ogg; Donga (rhinoceros)

Synopsis

As part of a practical joke, Wambi gives Ogg drugged fruit. A rhinoceros attacks a mouse deer. Tawn falls into a tiger trap. Needing Ogg's help, Wambi calls for him, but because he has been drugged, he does not respond. After getting the help of the monkeys, Wambi frees Tawn who is very angry with Ogg. Ogg and Tawn both leave Wambi in anger. Wambi pretends to be threatened by the rhinoceros and his friends re-unite to come to his aid.

Keywords

ibises; macaws; mouse deer; practical jokes; rhinoceroses; soporific drugs; tiger traps

No Two Alike in the Big Cage (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Clyde Beatty

Letters

typeset

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

Tabu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack] (byline)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'I am Tabu, white wizard of the jungle...'

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; G'zongas (African tribe); N'kulu; L'bodi; Bah-simba (lion)

Synopsis

Tabu tells the story of N'kulu of the G'zongas and how he was sustained in the wilderness by the lion god and returned to his people to take his rightful chieftanship.

Keywords

lion worship; lions

F (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Brief natural histories of several jungle animals whose names begin with the letter "F."

Keywords

fennec; fisher; fishing cat; flying phalanger; fossa; fur seal

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

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

Camilla / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (byline, house name)

Pencils

Ralph Mayo (signed)

Inks

Ralph Mayo (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Guns, ammo, supplies needed -- needed desperately...'

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Banwaylus (African tribe); Steve Conway; Trader Conway; Stone; Hook Benson; Shafer; Dot Shafer; Zago

Synopsis

Camilla is guiding a trading caravan to a mine. The caravan is attacked by Benson and his men, taking the weapons bound for the mine. Camilla goes to the mine and gets the owners and, with them, they go after Benson and recover the guns.

Keywords

elephant goads; elephants; leopards; masks; saddle zebras; witch doctors