(Winter 1953-1954)

Fiction House, 1949 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Glen-Kel Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
J. F. Byrne (Managing editor)(credited); Jerry Iger (Art Director)(credited)

Issue Notes

In the indicia the date is 'Winter 1953', and the title is Kaänga Jungle King (also on the cover)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Kaänga / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Maurice Whitman
Inks
Maurice Whitman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
jungle
Characters
Kaänga; Ann Mason
Keywords
gorillas

Indexer Notes

There are 2 story-titles on the cover, neither of which matches the comic's stories

Cover Thumbnail for Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #18
Edit cover
Cover gallery

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Frank Riddell]
Pencils
John Celardo
Inks
John Celardo
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This was in the Shari country where the great rains fall and the king beasts prowl...
Genre
jungle
Characters
Kaänga; Blackie Rawls (first appearance; villain; death); Bart (first appearance; villain; death); Logan (first appearance; villain; death); Capt. Clyde Anker (first appearance); M'Bala (first appearance)
Reprints

Jan Christiaan Smuts (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Abel
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
biography
Characters
General Botha (first president of South Africa); Jan Christiaan Smuts (first Colonial Secretary, later the second President); Winston Churchill; Paul Kruger
Synopsis
A brief biography of Jan Christiaan Smuts and a brief history of the formation of the Union of South Africa.
Reprints
Keywords
Battle of the Marne; Boer War; Boers; German East Africa; O'okiep (South African village); South Africa; World War I; World War II

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The wart-hog may be tasty, but for a steak from his carcass, you can trade your life!
Genre
non-fiction; jungle; nature
Synopsis
More short natural histories of dangerous jungle animals
Reprints
Keywords
baboons; cheetahs; elephants; gemboks; pythons; tigers; warthogs

The Crypt (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Frank Riddell]
Letters
typeset
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nightmares? They're worse!
Genre
non-fiction; jungle; nature
Synopsis
Brief descriptions of several dangerous jungle animals.
Keywords
elands; gaurs; leopards; lions; mandrills

The Deathmaker! (Table of Contents: 7)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Frank Riddell]
Pencils
John Celardo
Inks
John Celardo
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Kaänga; The Deathmaker (first appearance; villain; death); Targa (first appearance; villain; death)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story, curiously, is built from the bones of the story "Hate Has a Thousand Claws!" from Jungle Comics #100, borrowing many panels of art. The story has many different sequences, and a different conclusion, however.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Kaänga
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. ["This was in the Shari country where the great rains fall and the king beasts prowl..."]
    Kaänga
  4. 3. Jan Christiaan Smuts
  5. 4. ["The wart-hog may be tasty, but for a steak from his carcass, you can trade your life!"]
    Jungle Kings
  6. 5. The Crypt
  7. 6. ["Nightmares? They're worse!"]
    Jungle Kings
  8. 7. The Deathmaker!
    Kaänga
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony Oliva
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.