Cave Girl
#12 (A-1 #96)
([September 10] 1953)
Magazine Enterprises,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale date
- 1953-09-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Enterprises
- Brand
- Magazine Enterprises ME
- Editing
- Raymond C. Krank (editor); Vin Sullivan (publisher)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Silver Age U. S.
- Paper Stock
- Newsprint
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
Indicia states "CAVE GIRL No. 12 (A-1 No. 96)."
Publication year listed is from the copyright date listed in the comic.
On sale date and month and day of the publication date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 7, Part 2, Numbers 2, Periodicals, July-December 1953. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B435345. A-1 numbering not referred to in the copyright entry listing.
[no title indexed]
Cave Girl / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Cave Girl
- Reprints
-
in Bob Powell's Complete Cave Girl (Dark Horse, 2014 series) (November 2014)
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The Devil Boat!
Cave Girl / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox ?
- Pencils
- Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Cave Girl; Luke Hardin; Wamboolis (African tribe); Skullheads
- Synopsis
- White men disguised with skull masks raid native villages for their ivory and steal archaeological treasures from Luke. Cave Girl uses her new-found science knowledge to help track and defeat the raiders.
- Reprints
-
in Action Series (L. Miller & Son, 1958 series) #7 (1957) - in Good Girl Comics (AC, 1994 series) #16 (Summer 1994)
- in Big Girl Adventures (AC, 2001 series) #1 (2001)
- in Bob Powell's Complete Cave Girl (Dark Horse, 2014 series) (November 2014)
- in Jungle Girls (IDW, 2018 series) (December 2018)
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- Keywords
- archaeology; human skeletons; ivory; Kenya police; masks; radium; submarines; treasure chests; uranium
Indexer Notes
Gardner Fox is credited as a writer on this feature in Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
Prey of the Headhunters!
Cave Girl / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox ?
- Pencils
- Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Cave Girl; Alfred Randolph; Pierre Lamond (villain); Dyaks (African tribe); Benjamin Monday
- Synopsis
- The lives of two thieves, Benjamin Monday who has stolen a chemical poison and Pierre Lamond who has stolen sacred rubies from a native temple, cross and end in headhunter violence.
- Reprints
- in Action Series (L. Miller & Son, 1958 series) #7 (1957)
- in Bob Powell's Complete Cave Girl (Dark Horse, 2014 series) (November 2014)
-
- Keywords
- headhunters; idols; poison vapor; rubies; stereotyping of African natives
Indexer Notes
Gardner Fox is credited as a writer of this feature in Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
The Amazon Assassins!
Cave Girl / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox ?
- Pencils
- Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Cave Girl; Wamboolis (African tribe); Irana; the Amazons
- Synopsis
- Cave Girl is defending the Wambooli people against attacks by the Amazons when she is captured and is forced to fight lions.
- Reprints
- in Action Series (L. Miller & Son, 1958 series) #6 (1958 ?)
- in Amazon Warriors (AC, 1989 series) #1 (1989)
- in Bob Powell's Complete Cave Girl (Dark Horse, 2014 series) (November 2014)
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- Keywords
- bolos; bondage; vulture gods
Indexer Notes
Gardner Fox is credited as a writer on this feature in Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
The Gold-Maker!
Thun'da King of the Congo / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Thun'da; Helene Descartes; Chief Wabulli; King Rex; Raoul Descartes (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- A machine that turns everything to gold landed in the jungle during the age of the dinosaurs and has now come to life. Word of gold statues everywhere drives men to obtain that gold at any cost, and Thun'da must find a way to deal with the greedy scoundrels.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bomber aircraft; British Royal Air Force; gold
Indexer Notes
Gardner Fox credit from index of reprint.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Cave Girl -
1.
The Devil Boat!
Cave Girl -
2.
Prey of the Headhunters!
Cave Girl -
3.
The Amazon Assassins!
Cave Girl -
4.
The Gold-Maker!
Thun'da King of the Congo
This issue was most recently modified by:
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- Lou Mougin
- Craig Delich
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Len Wolinsky
- Ramon Schenk
- Peter Croome
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Peter Croome
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