Jungle Comics
#23
(November 1941)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Every month
- On-sale Date
- 1941-09-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Glen Kel Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (credited) (editor); Gene Fawcette (credited) (art director)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
Man-Eater Jaws
Kaänga / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga
Man-Eater Jaws
Kaänga / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With the evil Zuko defeated Kaänga and Ann watch as the villain's hideout burns...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason; Wungis (African tribe)
- Synopsis
- Jewel thieves come to the jungle for the deceased Zuko's diamonds.
- Keywords
- artificial wings; bondage; diamonds; elephant stampede; quicksand; tattoos
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
[no title indexed]
Roy Lance / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Over a remote African campfire Roy hears a weird tale of murder...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Roy Lance; Koana; Molo; Dogo; Icoru; Longo
- Synopsis
- Roy helps break up the schemes of a murderous pair of thieves exploiting native pearl divers.
- Keywords
- disguises; drugs; lanterns; pearl divers; pearls; sailboats; sharks; stereotyping of African natives; whips
[no title indexed]
Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Ted Brodie-Mack (credited as Mack)
- Pencils
- George Wilhelms
- Inks
- George Wilhelms
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A little band of scientists trek through the dense jungles of darkest Africa...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Tabu; Sawegis (African tribe); Doctor Zisko; Siko (lion)
- Synopsis
- Tabu helps a group of botanists secure a healing herb despite interference from one of the party and headhunters.
- Keywords
- cockatoos; ghosts; guillotines; headhunters; human skeletons; medicinal herbs; stereotyping of African natives
[no title indexed]
Fantomah / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As Fantomah and Fury travel, they see a boy carefully aiming at a gazelle...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Fantomah; Fury (leopard); Ken; Wogu
- Synopsis
- Fantomah and Ken, a boy lost in the jungle, defeat a group of crocodile cultists who dominate a local village.
- Reprints
-
in Jerry Iger's Golden Features (Blackthorne, 1986 series) #3 (June 1986)
-
- Keywords
- crocodile cults; crocodile gods; Damballah Treasure; human sacrifice; ice
[no title indexed]
Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yeah...what's it all about! Since when does Terry go in for snake charming?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Terry Thunder; Anderson the Arab; Kismet; Vincent; Pasha Shekel; Haidee
- Synopsis
- Anderson falls in love with a snake charmer.
- Keywords
- cobras; flutes; music; snake charming; stereotyping of Turks
[no title indexed]
Simba / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In a trophy-filled hut, two big game hunters talk of an elusive lion...
- Genre
- animal; jungle
- Characters
- Simba; Carl Rawle; Phil; Mogu; Koli
- Synopsis
- Simba protects a hunter's safari from a violent tribe.
- Keywords
- human skeletons; stereotyping of African natives
[no title indexed]
Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Roy L. Smith (credited)
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Near Wambi's jungle haunts lives the strange Balu tribe...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Wambi; Balus (African tribe); Nagu; Lia (leopard); Ursa (bear); Mboko
- Synopsis
- Wambi and his jungle friends help overthrow a mad priestess who has ruled her village with an iron hand.
- Keywords
- bees; bondage; caning; honey; human skeletons; medicinal herbs; sacred fires; staked out over an anthill; stereotyping of African natives; tiger traps; torture
[no title indexed]
The Red Panther / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as J. J. King]
- Pencils
- Al Gabriele
- Inks
- Al Gabriele
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The greatest hunters in Africa are the migrant Ubangis...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- The Red Panther; Ubangis (African tribe); Mike
- Synopsis
- The Panther helps a tribe recover the ivory stolen from them by white thieves.
- Keywords
- ivory
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Man-Eater Jaws
Kaänga -
1.
Man-Eater Jaws
Kaänga -
2.
["Over a remote African campfire Roy hears a weird tale of murder..."]
Roy Lance -
3.
["A little band of scientists trek through the dense jungles of darkest Africa..."]
Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle -
4.
["As Fantomah and Fury travel, they see a boy carefully aiming at a gazelle..."]
Fantomah -
5.
["An ill-tempered beast is the buff, with hide that is..."]
Jungle Facts -
6.
Forest of Fear
-
7.
["Yeah...what's it all about! Since when does Terry go in for snake charming?"]
Captain Terry Thunder -
8.
["In a trophy-filled hut, two big game hunters talk of an elusive lion..."]
Simba -
9.
["Eric, treachery lurks among us."]
Camilla -
10.
["Near Wambi's jungle haunts lives the strange Balu tribe..."]
Wambi, The Jungle Boy -
11.
["The greatest hunters in Africa are the migrant Ubangis..."]
The Red Panther
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