(September 1951)

Fiction House, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Glen-Kel Pub. Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines 30th Year
Editing
J.F. Byrne (Managing Editor)(credited); John C. Mitchell (editor)(credited); Jerry Iger (Art Director)(credited)

The Death-Hunt of the Man-Cubs (Table of Contents)

Kaänga / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle
Characters
Kaänga; Ann Mason
Reprints
Keywords
gorillas; leopards

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Maurice Whitman (signed)
Inks
Maurice Whitman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The great day had come at last!
Genre
jungle
Characters
Kaänga; Ann Mason; Nyikas (African tribe); Zulu; M'yanos (African tribe); Joseph Thorsten; Mark; Sylvia
Synopsis
Mark and Sylvia plot to kill Mark's ward, Thorsten, and steal his fortune. Kaänga thwarts them and turns them over to the district commissioner.
Keywords
adulthood rites; animal skins; elephants; howdahs; lions; rhinoceroses; tiger traps

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

Wambi / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Henry Kiefer
Inks
Henry Kiefer
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wambi, the jungle boy, roams wild and free with his animal friends.
Genre
jungle
Characters
Wambi; Tawn; Ogg
Synopsis
A rhinoceros threatens to tear down a monkey band's fruit trees unless the monkeys bring him hay so he doesn't have to graze in the hot sun. Wambi and his friends free the monkeys from the rhino's tyranny.
Keywords
monkeys; rhinoceroses

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

Tabu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Larsen
Inks
Howard Larsen
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There were three of them, the daughters of the mists...
Genre
jungle
Characters
Tabu; Bomo-ngi; Wasilis (African tribe)
Synopsis
Tabu turns a trio of vampire women into hyenas.
Reprints
Keywords
leopards; N'kambo Swamp; stereotyping of African natives; vampires

Indexer Notes

Tabu's next appearance is in Kaänga (Fiction House, 1949 series) #9.

Source of this reprint story identified by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

Howard Larsen's signature has been removed from this reprint.

Training for the Big Cage (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Clyde Beatty
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Clyde Beatty

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

Camilla / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ralph Mayo (signed)
Inks
Ralph Mayo (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
To Camilla came the district commissioner's special aide.
Genre
jungle
Characters
Camilla; Gordon; Lamano; Biggs; Blake; Nayloka; Watusis (African tribe)
Synopsis
Renegades Biggs and Blake plan to steal the sacred treasure of the Ape Temple. They disguise themselves as priests, but Camilla exposes them and takes them prisoner for transferal to the district commissioner.
Keywords
animal hides; disguises; gorillas; leopards; Temple of the Apes
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Death-Hunt of the Man-Cubs
    Kaänga
  2. 1. ["The great day had come at last!"]
    Kaänga
  3. 2. ["Wambi, the jungle boy, roams wild and free with his animal friends."]
    Wambi
  4. 3. ["There were three of them, the daughters of the mists..."]
    Tabu
  5. 4. Training for the Big Cage
  6. 5. ["To Camilla came the district commissioner's special aide."]
    Camilla
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky