Jungle Comics
#10
(October 1940)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 1940-08-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (credited) (editor); Will Eisner (credited as William E. Eisner) (art director); S. M. Iger (credited) (feature editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
Lair of the Renegade Killer
Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ? [as Red Bradey]
- Pencils
- George Tuska
- Inks
- George Tuska
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kidnappers from the civilized world meet the wrath of jungle justice,...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga (origin); "The Boss" (introduction, villain, death); Tola; Barton; Chuck
- Synopsis
- Kaänga rescues a kidnapping victim from the same slaver who sold Kaänga into captivity many years before.
- Keywords
- Cape Town; gorillas; kidnapping; rowboats; sailing ships; sea planes; slavery; South Africa
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
Ann does not appear in this story.
[no title indexed]
The Red Panther / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Red Panther is asked to help Toni Beltan with her stratoplane.
- Genre
- jungle; science fiction
- Characters
- Toni Beltan (introduction); Kogh (introduction, villain); Mercurians (introduction, vilain); Red Panther
- Synopsis
- The Panther and Toni fly Toni's stratoplane to Mercury, where the Panther defeats the giant bats that were plaguing the Mercurians.
- Keywords
- extraterrestrials; giant bats; Mercury (planet); rayguns; spaceships; stratoplane
Primates or Apes
Jungle Facts / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; jungle; nature
- Synopsis
- Brief natural history of gorillas, chimapanzees, and baboons.
- Keywords
- baboons; chimpanzees; gorillas
[no title indexed]
Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tabu rallies the ghost animals of a peaceful valley against a band of ruthless hunters...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Tabu
- Synopsis
- Hunters, using poison gas and electrified water holes, slaughter the animals in Tabu's jungle. Tabu retaliates by conjuring up the ghosts of the dead animals and the hunters are chased into a stream and Tabu converts into quicksand.
- Keywords
- airplanes; big game hunting; ghosts; lightning; poison gas; quicksand; stereotyping of African natives
Indexer Notes
Jim Vadaboncouer posits that the art is possibly by John Rosenberger; Wilhelms may have touched up the more polished faces on page two.
Fight to the Finish
Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Zari dead! Who did this useless killing?
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Wambi; Ig (hornbill); Ag (hornbill); Ogg (ape); Tana (deer); Tawn (elephant); Lupi (wolf); Suga (water buffalo); Oga (owl); Kira (leopard)
- Synopsis
- A black panther has been killing Wambi's jungle friends. A jungle council is called and the other animals persuade the panther to live with them in peace and to be a useful jungle citizen.
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
[no title indexed]
Camilla / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Across the great inland sea comes a scouting party from Cartho...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Sir Champion; Chrisa (introduction); Hitlo (introduction, villain, death); Horo (introduction, villain); Camilla (in a bikini for first time)
- Synopsis
- Camilla is kidnapped by the Carthonians and Sir Champion quickly constructs a fleet to rescue her. In the course of the rescue, the deposed Carthonian king, Chrisa, is restored to his throne.
- Keywords
- bondage; Cartho (kingdom); caves; rowboats
Indexer Notes
Another possibility for pencils credit is Jim Mooney.
[no title indexed]
Roy Lance / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Courtney Thomason]
- Pencils
- John Celardo ?
- Inks
- John Celardo ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A new and startling adventure befalls the jungle explorer as he battles the most terrifying invasion the earth has ever known...
- Genre
- jungle; science fiction
- Characters
- Sram (introduction, villain, dream creature); Sunev (introduction, villain, dream creature); Otlup (introduction, villain, dream creature); Roy Lance
- Synopsis
- Roy is in command of the earth's space defenses against alien invaders. He discovers that water poisons the invaders and defeats them. Then, he wakes up and finds that the science fiction adventure was a dream.
- Keywords
- artillery; dreaming; extraterrestrials; Lotup (planet); Mras (planet); Neuvs (planet); observatories; poison; slavery; space ships; telepathy; telescopes
[no title indexed]
Fantomah / comic story / 7 pages
- 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
- Her phenomenal sight enables her to see a terrifying condition.
- Genre
- jungle; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Angel Eyes (introduction, villain, death); Fantomah
- Synopsis
- A mad scientist creates "flaming claws" with which he attacks the jungle people and animals. Fantomah turns the claws against the scientist, who dies of fright.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- laboratories
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in [no title indexed]
Simba, King of the Beasts / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mogah, a giant gorilla, wanders across the grasslands...
- Genre
- animal; jungle
- Characters
- Mogah (introduction, villain, a gorilla); Simba
- Synopsis
- Mogah the gorillas challenges Simba for the kingship of the jungle, only to be humiliated when a forest fire threatens all the jungle.
- Keywords
- forest fires
[no title indexed]
Terry Thunder / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Weak with fatigue, his brave heart almost bursting...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Anderson the Arab (introduction); Ali Bahd (introduction, villain); Kismet (camel); Terry Thunder
- Synopsis
- Terry, disguised as a muezzin, helps the deposed Anderson recover his throne.
- Keywords
- Abi Shag (Arab town); bondage; Islam; minarets; mosques; muezzins; sandstorms; statues; torture; whips
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Lair of the Renegade Killer
Kaänga -
1.
Lair of the Renegade Killer
Kaänga -
2.
["The Red Panther is asked to help Toni Beltan with her stratoplane."]
The Red Panther -
3.
Primates or Apes
Jungle Facts -
4.
["Tabu rallies the ghost animals of a peaceful valley against a band of ruthless hunters..."]
Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle -
5.
Fight to the Finish
Wambi, The Jungle Boy -
6.
Jitterbug in the Jungle
-
7.
["Across the great inland sea comes a scouting party from Cartho..."]
Camilla -
8.
["A new and startling adventure befalls the jungle explorer as he battles the most terrifying invasion the earth has ever known..."]
Roy Lance -
9.
["Her phenomenal sight enables her to see a terrifying condition."]
Fantomah -
10.
["Mogah, a giant gorilla, wanders across the grasslands..."]
Simba, King of the Beasts -
11.
["Weak with fatigue, his brave heart almost bursting..."]
Terry Thunder
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