Jungle Comics #8

(August 1940)

Safari into Shadowland (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Red Bradey]

Pencils

George Tuska

Inks

George Tuska

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The black maned lion, terror of the jungle and Kaanga, lord of this dark land...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Jim Gorr (introduction, villain); Mogo

Synopsis

Criminals drive out the workers of a diamond mine and bring in their own natives to work the mine. Kaänga, together with a group of black-maned lions, restores the mine to its rightful owners.

Keywords

bondage; diamond mines; dynamite; lions; machine guns; Persian slippers; picks; revolvers; shovels; stereotyping of African natives; superstition; turbans

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Throughout this story, Kaänga's name is spelled without the dieresis.

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

The Red Panther / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Taylor Martin]

Pencils

Art Peddy

Inks

Art Peddy

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Left to die horribly deep in the dark jungle...

Genre

jungle

Characters

The Red Panther

Synopsis

After a savage tribe wipes out a group of missionaries, the Panther sees to it that they are punished by a flood that leaves their leader dead.

Keywords

bondage; flooding; lightning; missionaries; rain; stereotyping of African natives; storm; torture

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

Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Lewis

Pencils

Charles Sultan

Inks

Charles Sultan

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Winding aimlessly through the jungle, Tabu, the great wizard, stumble upon a scene of horror and suffering...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; ratmen (introduction, villains); a band of Egyptians (introduction, villains); Dr. Denman Falls

Synopsis

A group of scientists are stricken with a plague after they open an ancient Egyptian tomb in the jungle. Tabu goes to a lost ancient Egyptian outpost for a cure. At the outposts, the descendants of the Egyptians force Tabu to battle and defeat a group of degenerate ratmen and a giant serpent before they give him the cure for the plague.

Keywords

ancient Egypt; crocodiles; Nuchi River; snake monsters; tomb of Fautra

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

Camilla / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Ted Carter]

Pencils

Bob Powell

Inks

Bob Powell

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

During the ball following Sir Champion's knighting, a sentry rushing to the court notifies Queen Camilla of a large enemy army approaching the lost empire.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Sir Champion; Goro (a gorilla)(introduction); Kato Tah-Kee (introduction, villain, death)

Synopsis

With the aid of a band of gorillas, Camilla and her army repulse an attack by a medieval Asian army.

Reprints

• in Divas, Dames & Daredevils (Exterminating Angel Press, 2013 series) (2013)

Keywords

battle maps; chariots; gorillas; zebras

The Dark Horde (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Bob Clark]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

Characters

Ran-Tog

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

Captain Terry Thunder of the Congo Lancers / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Bill Bossert

Inks

Bill Bossert

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kismet, the camel left by Gloria, misbehaves with monotonous regularity.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Captain Terry Thunder; Yak-Ho (introduction, villain); Kismet (camel)

Synopsis

Yak-ho and his savage tribe attack the peaceful Kadahs. Terry uses a stick of chewing gum as a bribe to stop the attacks, but later must exorcise the evil spirit of the gum with a piece of jewelry.

Keywords

Abi (African village); blow guns; bondage; chewing gum; Kadahs (African tribe); Lake Chad; lockets; stereotyping of African natives; taboos

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

Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Smith

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One day, he receives a message from Hoag, the hawk...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; The Inga tribe (introduction); Hoag (hawk); Decca (zebra); Ogg (ape); Pan (leopard); Kara (chimpanzee); Tawn (elephant); Dr. Wade

Synopsis

The Ingas, weakened by disease, are attacked by the Kurgas. Wambi goes to the military outpost to get both military and medical assistance.

Keywords

Kurgas (African tribe); stereotyping of African natives; thrones

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

Roy Lance / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Courtney Thomason]

Pencils

Nick Cardy

Inks

Nick Cardy

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Roy Lance, globe trotter, finds adventure and a girl in the remote heart of Africa...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Roy Lance; Mr. White; June White; Buono

Synopsis

Roy helps a diamond mine owner find his mine with the aid of the thieves who stole the map to the mine.

Keywords

bondage; caves; Congo; diamond mines; Falls of Tanganyika; human sacrifice; idols; Kenya; Mombasa; stereotyping of African natives; waterfalls

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

Simba, King of the Beasts / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Allison ?

Pencils

Bill Allison (signed)

Inks

Bill Allison (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Simba is watching the strangest sight of his life...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; Jack Williams (introduction); Ann (introduction); a group of kidnappers (introduction, villain)

Synopsis

Simba rescues the pilot of a crashed airplane who is looking for his kidnapped fiance. With the help of Simba and some apes, he frees the girl and captures the kidnappers.

Keywords

airplanes; apes; kidnapping; machine guns

The Strange Aardvark; The Bird of Paradise (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

? [as Stan Johnson]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; jungle; nature

Synopsis

A brief natural history of the aardvark and the bird of paradise.

Keywords

aardvarks; birds of paradise

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Fantomah / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Fletcher Hanks (credited as Barclay Flagg)

Pencils

Fletcher Hanks (credited as Barclay Flagg)

Inks

Fletcher Hanks (credited as Barclay Flagg)

Colors

?

Letters

Fletcher Hanks

First Line of Dialogue or Text

She sees a white man heading for a secret spot far in the heart of the jungle...

Genre

jungle; horror-suspense

Characters

Fantomah; Mr. X (introduction, villain); volcano people (introduction)

Synopsis

When Mr. X steals a mystical headpiece that causes a boiling mud-pit to overflow into the jungle, he is confronted by Fantomah who transforms him into a mud being and condemns him to live underground forever.

Reprints

• in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (June 2009)
• in Fletcher Hanks : œuvres complètes (Actes Sud, 2018 series) (mai 2018)

Keywords

biplanes; mud pits; sacred masks; stereotyping of African natives

Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever known, has such keen insight that she can see all that happens in the jungle... she devotes her great abilities to protecting the jungle-born..."