Approved Comics #3

(April 1954)

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

Space Commander Vibro-Matic Walkie Talkies [Vibra-Planet] / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Sold by Consumers Mart.
On the inside front cover.

The Witch Doctor (Table of Contents: 2)

Wild Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Paul Hodge

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Paul Hodge

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Willd Boy, prince of the jungle, is determined to keep peace...

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Wild Boy; Zabba (witch dodtor); Aarg (gorilla leader); Chief Kambala; Lura (chief's daughter); Keeto (friend)

Synopsis

Wild Boy and his pal Keeto battle a maddened gorilla to defeat the evil plans of Zabba, the witch doctor.

Reprints

• from Wild Boy (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #11 [2] (April-May 1951)

Indexer Notes

Paul Hodge is credited to Wild Boy on pencils and ink by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and compared with signed work in various Marvel comics, this must be him, as the other possible, Frank Kramer credited by Vadebonceur to some other Wild Boy stories is quite different. The eyes here are placed far apart, and the ears are special and identical to signed Hodge art. Also the sideview of the face of the witch doctor compare favorable with Hodge work. His work has many similarities with Charles Raab, but Raab is not credited to Wild Boy.

Great Volcanoes (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Mike Becker ?

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Mike Becker ?

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Over two thousand five hundred volcanic eruptions...

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Some of the over two thousand volcanic eruptions in recorded history.

Indexer Notes

Becker is credited to work in Wild Boy by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and it could be him when looking at faces and inking.

Star of the Jungle (Table of Contents: 4)

Wild Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Paul Hodge

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Paul Hodge

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Following a strange safari...

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Wild Boy; Keeto (friend); Timba (panther); Kaw (falcon); Fred Cartier (filmmaker); Lola Martin (film star); the Kamokos (hostile pygmy tribe); Zarkow (renegade white trader)

Synopsis

Wild Boy and a filmcrew are captured by Zarkow and his hostile pygmies.

Reprints

• from Wild Boy (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #11 [2] (April-May 1951)

Indexer Notes

Same art as the preceding story.

Fire When Ready (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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"Get off my land," stormed dave Moss...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Dave Moss; Abu Sidi; M'Bongo

Reprints

• from Wild Boy (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #11 [2] (April-May 1951)

Jungle Drum (Table of Contents: 6)

Joe Barton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Irv Novick

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Bernard Sachs

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The African jungle is a cruel and demanding place...

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Joe Barton; Mr. Parmalee; his daughter Nan; her fiance Cecil Hathaway

Synopsis

Joe Barton leads a safari in the jungles of Congo.

Reprints

• from Wild Boy (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #11 [2] (April-May 1951)

Indexer Notes

Irv Novick and Bernard Sachs are both credited to "Joe Barton" by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the faces in close up looking backwards, and with arched eyebrows are like Novick's work. The inking by Sachs match his credited work in early "Mystery in Space" #3.

The Return (Table of Contents: 7)

Wild Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Paul Hodge

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Paul Hodge

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Deep into the jungle...

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Wild Boy; chief of the Kowi tribe; Jogo (his nephew) ; Koller (Jogo's white friend)

Synopsis

The chief's nephew, Jogo, returns to the jungle to drive a diamond mine that only brings misery to his people.

Reprints

• from Wild Boy (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #11 [2] (April-May 1951)

Indexer Notes

Same art as on the other Wild Boy stories in this issue.

Buzz Baxter Rides Again (Table of Contents: 8)

Artistic Greeting Cards / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis

Short comic strip on how to make money by selling cards.

Terrific Value! (Table of Contents: 9)

40 Airplanes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Sold by Lucky Products.
On the inside back cover.

Get Prizes (Table of Contents: 10)

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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On the back cover.