Jungle Girls Retro Comics #4

(1997)

Irish McCalla-TV's Sheena (Table of Contents: 1)

Irish McCalla [as Sheena]; McCalla Enterprises / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (promo copy)

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Letters

?

Characters

Sheena

Synopsis

Advertisement for Sheena photos, art work (by Irish McCalla) and other memoribilia from McCalla Enterprises.

Indexer Notes

Black and white.

Lair of the Beast-Men (Table of Contents: 2)

Tara / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Black (credited) (signed as BILL BLACK)

Pencils

Bill Black (credited) (signed as BILL BLACK)

Inks

Bill Black (credited) (signed as BILL BLACK)

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; superhero

Characters

Tara Fremont; Darkshade; Roger Brant [Darkshade]; T.C. Fremont; Janis Lawson; Charles Lambert

Synopsis

T.C. Fremont offers Roger Brant a job designing brochures and ads for the Dark Continent. Tara searches for Charles Lambert and Janis Lawson, caretakers for The Dark Continent who are missing. She follows a scream to where she finds Janis being attacked by a giant octopus. Janis is pulled into an underwater cave and Tara follows. There she is attacked by beast-men who say that Janis has been chosen to be a human sacrifice. After they take Janis away Charles shows up and frees Tara, who goes after the beast-men and catches up to Janis just as she is being by the giant octopus.

Indexer Notes

This story is based on the Tara story in Paragon Presents (AC, 1970 series) #2 (1970). This part of the story is based on the story Dark Continent and the first nine pages of Lair of the Beast-Men!

Retro Readers Write! (Table of Contents: 3)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

Typeset

Characters

Fighting Yank

Synopsis

Letters are printed from Matthew Wieczork, Charles Sperling and Jim Johnstone. Also includes answers to each letter and a drawing of Fighting Yank.

Chapter Two 'Into the Jaws of the Sea Beast' (Table of Contents: 4)

Tara / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Black

Pencils

Bill Black (credited) (signed as BILL BLACK)

Inks

Bill Black (credited) (signed as BILL BLACK)

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; superhero

Characters

Tara; Janis Lawson; Charles Lambert; Randall Crowley (death); Darkshade

Synopsis

Tara jumps in to try to save Janis Lawson but she is also eaten. However, it turns out that the giant octopus is electronic and is operated by Randall Crowley, who also controls the Beast-men. He plans to kill the animals on the Dark Continent to sell their pelts. When Darkshade enters Randall's subconscious, he brings the spirits of the animals that Randall has killed and he goes mad. He thinks that the animals he has killed are going to kill while trying to escape he falls over the cliff and is impaled on one of the skinning hooks.

Indexer Notes

This story is based on the Tara story in Paragon Presents (AC, 1970 series) #2 (1970). This part of the story is based on the last seven pages of Lair of the Beast-Men!

The Cursed Land! (Table of Contents: 5)

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Matt Baker (credited)

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Fang; Bill Grange (introduction, villain, death); Si (introduction, villain, death); N'Louga (introduction, villain, death); Bess Merrill (introduction); Chief Kolo (introduction)

Synopsis

Bill Grange has discovered that there is Radium in the area so he decides to drive out the pygmies. He bribes the evil witch doctor N'Louga to pronounce a curse upon the land. They then lure jackals to the area with hidden meat and release a gas that causes hallucinations. This convinces everyone that the land is cursed but Camilla is convinced it was a trick. She takes Chief Kolo with her and they go after the witch doctor. The tribe follows and kills Bill Grange and the witch doctor when they attack Chief Kolo.

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #102 (June 1948) [in black and white]

Retrotorial (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Black

Pencils

Fran Hopper

Inks

Fran Hopper

Letters

typeset

Characters

Camilla

Synopsis

An editorial discussing the various jungle women who have starred in comics.

On the Island of Doom! (Table of Contents: 7)

Nyoka, the Jungle Girl / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Rod Reed ?

Pencils

Henry Kiefer (credited as H. C. Kiefer)

Inks

Henry Kiefer (credited as H. C. Kiefer)

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Nyoka; Larry Grayson

Synopsis

Larry Grayson is assigned the job of staying on an uninhabited island for a week to determine if it is suitable for a navy base. Nyoka reluctantly leaves him there but talks to him by radio each day. A few days into the week, Larry determines that monsoons happen often over this island and reports that it is not suitable for a base.

Reprints

• from Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #110 (December 1949) [in black and white; originally in color]

All Hero Retro Comics Annual #1 (Table of Contents: 8)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.84 page (report information)

Script

? (promo copy)

Pencils

Brad Gorby (signed as gorby) (painting)

Inks

Brad Gorby (signed as gorby) (painting)

Letters

?

Characters

Black Owl; The Flame; Green Mask; Pyroman; Black Cobra; U.S. Jones; Black Venus

Synopsis

Promo for All Hero Retro Comics Annual #1, including a reprint of the cover.

AC's Jungle Girl Series (Table of Contents: 9)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.16 page (report information)

Letters

Typeset

Synopsis

Listing of all the Jungle Girl Comics with the stars appearing in each.

Jungle Girl (Table of Contents: 10)

Camilla / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fran Hopper (credited)

Inks

Fran Hopper (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Fang; K'Bali (death); Senga (death)

Synopsis

Camilla hears that Senga (an evil Zombi queen that reportedly can not die) has declared that K'Bali must die. She rescues K'Bali from a leopard and sends a message that K'Bali will tell Senga's secrets. Senga kidnaps him and gives K'Bali a knife and tell him to kill her so that she can prove that she can't be killed. K'Bali is suddenly paralyzed and falls into a pit and is killed by wild beasts. Camilla figures that the weapon must have been poisoned and challenges Senga to a fight. Senga dies when Camilla dodges and she falls into the same pit that K'Bali fell into.

Reprints

• from Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #12 (Summer 1952) [this modified version]
which is reprinted
• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #91 (July 1947) [artwork only, see note]

Indexer Notes

This story was made using panels from the Camilla story "What evil curse was on K'bali?" in Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #91 (July 1947). The story itself is considerably different.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Sheena / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bob Powell (signed as Bob Powell)

Inks

Bob Powell (signed as Bob Powell)

Genre

jungle

Characters

Sheena

Synopsis

Sheena pinup from 1940.

Indexer Notes

Black and white.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Nyoka, the Jungle Girl / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Paul Daly (signed)

Inks

Paul Daly (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Nyoka

Synopsis

Nyoka pinup.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.