Jungle Comics #16

(April 1941)

Caveman Killers (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Pencils

John Celardo

Inks

John Celardo

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kaänga, while exploring the wild central Congo, loses Ann, his jungle comrade...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Soths (cavemen); Soth queen (introduction, villain); The Hut Men and their chief (introduction); Kaänga; Ann Mason

Synopsis

Kaänga and Ann wander into a lost valley where prehistoric peoples and animals still survive. They help a group of semi-civilized people defeat a tribe of marauding cave men.

Keywords

cave men; caves; dinosaurs; lost valleys; mastodons; sabre-toothed tiger

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

Red Panther / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

? [as J. J. King]

Pencils

Saul Rosen

Inks

Saul Rosen

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The screams of a fierce tribe of head-hunters echo along the jungle coast...

Genre

jungle

Characters

a tribe of headhunters (introduction, villains); Red Panther

Synopsis

The Panther rescues a group of white dancers who were kidnapped by native headhunters.

Keywords

dancers; headhunters; kidnapping; shrunken heads; stereotyping of African natives; witch doctors

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

Camilla / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (house name)

Pencils

Frank Frollo ?

Inks

Frank Frollo ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Turning sadly on the ruins of her beloved city, Camilla gives orders for the southern trek.

Genre

jungle

Characters

The Mobazi (introduction, villains); Camilla; Karto; Urgal

Synopsis

Camilla and her people leave their ruined city and strive to create a new home in the jungle.

Keywords

pygmies; stereotyping of African natives; wooden stockades

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

Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

? [as "Mack"]

Pencils

Sam Citron ?

Inks

Sam Citron ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A safari hunts black ivory in the Congo...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Muju (introduction, death); a band of slavers (introduction, villains); Tabu

Synopsis

Tabu summons an army of zombies to free and enslaved tribe from their Arab captors.

Keywords

ivory; slave auctions; slavers; slaves; stereotyping of African natives; stereotyping of Arabs; zombies

Indexer Notes

Another possibility as artist is Don Lynch, although he's not known for such a dynamic, heroic style.

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

Roy Lance / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Jock Campbell]

Pencils

Tom Gill ?

Inks

Tom Gill ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To make a motion picture of savage tribal customs and dances...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Colo (introduction, villain, death); Roy Lance

Synopsis

Roy's translator betrays him and steals a jewel, a gift from a pygmy chief.

Keywords

jewels; motion picture projector; motion pictures; pygmies; Uganda

The Dwarf That Played Giant (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Arthur Garnett]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

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

Simba, King of the Beasts / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

Al Walker

Inks

Al Walker

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Simba bounds from his lair as the crackle of gunfire breaks the jungle calm.

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Col. Intrec (introduction); Sonny Intrec (introduction); Ms. Intrec (introduction); Simba

Synopsis

Simba protects a pair of children, lost in the jungle following an attack on a French jungle outpost.

Keywords

French army; jackals; World War II

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

Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One day Wambi is playing with his treetop friends.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Rajah of Kaahki (introduction); Wambi; Maggo (parrot); Tawn (elephant); Reynar (fox); Saina (elephant); Ogg (ape); Stria (zebra); Shikkar (tiger)

Synopsis

A newborn white elephant is captured and made a part of the Rajah's court. Wambi prevents a tiger from killing the Rajah and secures the elephants freedom and protection.

Keywords

big game hunting; stereotyping of African natives

Indexer Notes

The baby elephant in this story is supposed to be white, but is never colored anything but gray.

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Bill Bossert (signed)

Inks

Bill Bossert (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Anderson, the cook says a pie is missing from the kitchen.

Genre

adventure

Characters

a madman (introduction, villain); Terry Thunder; Anderson the Arab; Kismet; Vincent

Synopsis

After a mad arsonist sets a forest fire, Anderson and Kismet become trapped and must wait on Terry and Vincent for rescue.

Keywords

forest fires; sand wagons

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Fantomah / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

W. B. Hovious

Pencils

Robert Pious ?

Inks

Robert Pious ?; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Her supernatural vision reveals a safari being attacked by great apes...

Genre

jungle; horror-suspense

Characters

Orid Dass (introduction, villain); Fantomah

Synopsis

Fantomah rescues a honeymooning couple captured by mad scientist Orid Dass.

Keywords

apemen; iradium; uranium beam