Jungle Comics #21

(September 1941)

Monster of the Dismal Swamp (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks

Dan Zolnerowich

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kaänga and Ann are in the Wungi village...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Malu (introduction, villain); Wumi (introduction, villain); the Storm Monster (introduction, villain, death)(a dinosaur); Kobo (introduction); Kaänga; Ann Mason

Synopsis

Kaänga puts an end to human sacrifices to appease the Storm Monster by killing the beast.

Keywords

bondage; human sacrifice; lightning; storms

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

The Red Panther / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as J. J. King]

Pencils

Al Gabriele

Inks

Al Gabriele

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That stupid native steered them into the waterfall!

Genre

jungle

Characters

Prof. Gordon (introduction); Rex Moore (introduction); Red Panther; Kinto (leopard)

Synopsis

The Panther rescues a geologist and a pilot from pygmies and then helps them find a large radium deposit.

Keywords

bondage; fire gods; human sacrifice; pygmies; radium

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

Tabu / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

? [as "Mack"]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tabu, champion of justice, sees an Indian princess abusing her servant in their camp in the African jungle...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Darya (introduction, death); vulture worshipers; vulture priest (introduction, villain, death); Siki (introduction); Tabu

Synopsis

Tabu rescues a boy from a vulture worshiping cult.

Keywords

bondage; human sacrifice; human skeletons; vulture gods; whips

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

Fantomah / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as W. B. Hovious] (signed)

Pencils

Richard Case ?

Inks

Richard Case ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One day, Fantomah is set upon by three evil slavers.

Genre

jungle; horror-suspense

Characters

Fantomah; Fury (Fantomah's black panther); the Monkey Cult; Kalat (introduction); the Cobra Men (villains, introduction, many die)

Synopsis

After being kidnapped and taken to India by slavers, Fantomah escapes and meets Kalat, a friendly native whose people are beset by cobra cultists. Both are captured by the cobra cultists and Fantomah is forced into a pit of cobras to die. She calls on Damballah, the god of snakes, and the cobras are transformed into ropes. The monkey cultists arrive and the cobra cultists are defeated.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #85 ([April] 2011)

Keywords

cobra cults; cobras; harems; India; monkey cults; slavers; tigers

The Reaching Death (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Toni Blum (credited as Bob Anthony)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

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

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

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Al Stahl ?

Inks

Al Stahl ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yes, your highness...yes, your grace...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; Anderson the Arab; Kismet; Vincent

Synopsis

Anderson, Kismet, and Vincent each dream that Terry is their slave after Terry punishes them by making them do chores.

Keywords

brooms; domestic chores; dreams; slavery

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

Simba / 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

Near a white man's camp Simba sees young Bert Lewis playing...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Bert Lewis (introduction); Mr. Lewis (introduction); Simba

Synopsis

Simba rescues a hunter's son from a gorilla.

Keywords

gorillas

[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 see his friend Maggo, the macaw arguing with Hissa, the snake.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Captain Force (introduction); Otto Schmutzig (introduction, villain); Pete (introduction, villain, death); Pete's partner (introduction, villain, death); Wambi; Maggo (parrot); Hissa (snake); Ogg (ape)

Synopsis

Wambi and his jungle friends help a planter escape from a pair of contract killers.

Keywords

bondage; dynamite; mines; Rangoon

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

Camilla / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (house name)

Pencils

Tom Gill ?

Inks

Tom Gill ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Murderous Arabs watch as a killer elephant, followed by its baby, charges Camilla and Eric.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Eric; Arabs (villain); Camilla

Synopsis

Camilla induces a tribe of pygmies to help her liberate Eric from Arabs who are holding him.

Keywords

pygmies; stereotyping of African natives; stereotyping of Arabs; Vikings

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

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

Script

? [as Courtney Thomason]

Pencils

Sy Reit

Inks

Sy Reit

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Roy Lance, intrepid explorer, sits with his pal, Art Kennedy, famous news photographer...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Art Kennedy (introduction); The Tutans (introduction, villain); Roy Lance; Lobo

Synopsis

Determined to capture the famous Crocodile Marsh on film, Roy's friend, Art, antagonizes the Tutan tribe before Roy manipulates the natives into thinking that a movie camera is a weapon.

Keywords

caves; motion picture cameras; stereotyping of African natives; still cameras; superstition; the Crocodile Marsh