Four Color
#1020 - Jungle Jim
(August-October 1959)
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1959-06-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
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Dell
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1959 Books and Pamphlets, page 1293.
[no title indexed]
Jungle Jim / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Jungle Jim Bradley; Kolu
- Reprints
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in Serieskatter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2015 series) #5 ([november] 2016) [0.25 page]
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- Keywords
- canoes; crocodiles; pith helmets; turbans
The Kurds
People of Asia / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Facts about the Kurdish people of the Middle East.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Script submitted on March 2, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Vanishing Gems
Jungle Jim / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Jungle Jim Bradley; Kolu
- Synopsis
- Jungle Jim finds the wreckage of a light plane in the jungle shortly after it goes down. The pilot is the Rajah of Bruntpur and he invites Jungle Jim to visit his palace. A week later, Jim and Kolu go to the Rajah's palace where the Rajah explains that once a year the Ghost of Kuran Das visits the Rajah's sealed vault and takes part of the treasure held there. After the "ghost" strikes the first night Jim is at the palace, Jim stays inside the vault the next night and is rewarded by seeing the "ghost" in action.
Indexer Notes
Script submitted on June 7, 1958. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Last Bullet
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle
- Synopsis
- Not allowed to go along with his father on a hunt for a jungle boar, Mauri is given five rounds of ammunition to use for target practice instead. The hunters wound the boar in the jungle and the beast makes its way to Mauri's house.
Indexer Notes
Text story with one 1/8 page illustration. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Cursed One
Ranee Princess of the Jungle / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- animal; jungle
- Characters
- Ranee (tiger); her cub; Gahr (tiger, villain)
- Synopsis
- Ranee and her cub fight off a crippled man-eating tiger that wants their kill, then the pair elude a tiger hunt by the local villagers. The man-eater flees an ambush, but tries to escape to same ledge of the ravine that holds Ranee and her cub. Ranee knocks him off, to be trampled by the stampeding herd of water buffalo.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Mugger of Am Ghat
Jungle Jim / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Jungle Jim Bradley; Kolu
- Synopsis
- While exploring the jungle south of the Nepalese Border, Jungle Jim and Kolu witness the sacrifice of a goat from a bridge to a "mugger" (giant crocodile) in the river below. The bridge breaks during the ceremony and Jungle Jim shoots at the crocodile and rescues one of the girls from drowning. Jim is taken into custody by the Rajah for attacking the sacred crocodile. Kolu comes the Rajah's city to rescue Jim but is also captured. Later the girl who Jim rescued comes to their cell and shows them a passage to the outside.
Indexer Notes
Script submitted on April 10, 1958. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Afghanistan
Places of Asia / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Facts about Afghanistan.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Script submitted on September 5, 1958. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Cheetah
Animals of Asia / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Facts about cheetahs.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color. Script submitted on March 2, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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[no title indexed]
Jungle Jim -
1.
The Kurds
People of Asia -
2.
The Vanishing Gems
Jungle Jim -
3.
The Last Bullet
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4.
The Cursed One
Ranee Princess of the Jungle -
5.
The Mugger of Am Ghat
Jungle Jim -
6.
Afghanistan
Places of Asia -
7.
The Cheetah
Animals of Asia
- Tony R. Rose
- Alan Hutchinson
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Merlin Haas
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Pat Conolly
- Keith Alan Morgan
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