Jungle Comics #33

(September 1942)

Scaly Guardians of Massacre Pool (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks

Dan Zolnerowich

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The gold mania clutches an African village.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Prince Hamud (introduction, villain, death); Ngeeso; Ouma (hyena); Ousafa (hyena)

Synopsis

Senegalese prince Hamud attempts to exterminate Ngeeso's tribe and take their gold.

Keywords

bondage; dams; flooding; gold; harems; hyenas; stereotyping of African natives

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

Fantomah / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

W. B. Hovious

Pencils

George Appel

Inks

George Appel

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wearily, Fantomah and Horus, captain of her royal guard, trek along horrid jungle paths...

Genre

jungle; horror-suspense

Characters

Fantomah; Lal Maraj (introduction); S'dunu (introduction, villain); Hassim (introduction, villain); Horus; Fury (leopard); Mazaans (African tribe)

Synopsis

An alliance of headhunters and Arabs attempt to overthrow Fantomah. The Mazaans ask Fantomah to be their queen.

Keywords

chariots; headhunters; howdah; stereotyping of African natives; stereotyping of Arabs

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

Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

? [as "Mack"]

Pencils

Saul Rosen

Inks

Saul Rosen

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tabu's sixth sense warns him of trouble.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Prof. Milan (introduction); Judith Milan (introduction); Braven (introduction, villain, death)

Synopsis

Professor Milan and his daughter are betrayed by Braven, their safari guide, who decides to loot the Tomb of M'Loho.

Reprints

• in Kaänga Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #32

Keywords

automobiles; cannibalism; human skeletons; stereotyping of African natives; swimming; swimsuits; Tomb of M'Loho; treasure chests

Stamp 'Em Out (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? [as Samm]

Inks

? [as Samm]

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Adolf Hitler; Hideki Tojo

Synopsis

War stamps come to life, inspiring a stamp collector to buy more.

Keywords

patriotic; philately; war stamps; World War II

The Gorilla God (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Powell (credited as Buck Stanley)

Pencils

Saul Rosen ?

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

The Nazi menace spreads like a plague...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; Anderson the Arab; Kismet; Vincent

Synopsis

Terry and the gang foil a Nazi invasion attempt masterminded by a Nazi spy posing as a physician.

Keywords

branding; British Royal Air Force; German army; laboratories; swastikas; torture; Wehrmacht

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

Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Like a vicious vampire sucking at the life blood of its helpless victims...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Assam (introduction, villain); Abdullah (introduction); Pwauas (tribal people); Kandu; Oka; Ogg; Tawn; Maggo (macaw); Lupo (wolf)

Synopsis

Wambi and his jungle friends help restore a deposed rajah to his throne and liberate the Pwauas from excessive taxation.

Keywords

bondage; forest fires; nudity; rain; saddle zebras; storms; taxation; torture; whips

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Simba, King of Beasts / 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

A native, bearing a heavy sack of gold nuggets...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; Luana (introduction); Boko

Synopsis

Native thieves, disguised as lions, steal gold from other natives until their crimes are exposed by Boko and Simba. Boko is rewarded with a sack of gold.

Keywords

animal hides; disguises; gold; tiger traps

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

Camilla / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (house name)

Pencils

Nick Cardy (signed as N. VISCARDI)

Inks

Nick Cardy (signed as N. VISCARDI)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a little-known jungle of Africa...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Ogoo (a caveman)(introduction, villain, death)

Synopsis

A flood carries Camilla into a lost valley where prehistoric creatures have survived. She becomes the object of the affections of several different cavemen before she escapes.

Keywords

bondage; cavemen; caves; dinosaurs; flooding; lost valleys; poisoning; pterodactyls; rafts; stereotyping of African natives; tyrannosaurs