Jungle Comics
#39
(March 1943)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-12-31
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Glen Kel Pub. Co., Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- John Mitchell (credited as John C. Mitchell) (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.
Land of Laughing Bones
Kaänga / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason
- Keywords
- bondage; burning at the stake; lions; stereotyping of African natives
Land of Laughing Bones
Kaänga / comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The moon casts an eerie glow over west Africa...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Pomgo the Lion Man; Zanzibar Sue; Benwazi; Clarke; Tiki; Ubona; Bantus (African tribe); Kaänga; Ann Mason; Topaz (lion); Ajuba; Leo (lion)
- Synopsis
- Two criminals retrace their steps to find a sack of diamonds they cached, but they run afoul of Kaänga.
- Keywords
- balls and chains; bondage; burning at the stake; diamonds; giants; gnus; gorillas; hangings; jails; Juju Mountain; scaffolds; signal drums
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
[no title indexed]
Fantomah / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Vicious beasts stalk one another...and their prey...
- Genre
- jungle; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Sheri; Fantomah; Horus; Fury
- Synopsis
- Sheri's Arabs lay siege to Kherfra.
- Keywords
- bondage; leopards; stereotyping of Arabs
[no title indexed]
Tabu / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as "Mack"]
- Pencils
- George Tuska
- Inks
- George Tuska
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There is a spirit in the jungle...kill or be killed...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Tabu; Andrew van Druck; Evelyn van Druck
- Synopsis
- A hunter is indiscriminately shooting at animals and insults Tabu. Tabu summons jungle animals who kill the hunter.
- Keywords
- bondage; gorillas; lions; rhinoceroses
[no title indexed]
Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Roy L. Smith (credited)
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Into the far reaches of Wambi's jungle home, a greedy hand stretches covetous fingers grasping for wealth...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Wambi; Lia (leopard); Ogg; Doctor Wilson; Helen Wilson; Jim Travis; Tawn; Shirkar (tiger)
- Synopsis
- Wambi stops a hunting safari from killing in his jungle. The safari guide steals jewels from the eyes of a sacred idol.
- Keywords
- baboons; bear traps; human skulls; idols
[no title indexed]
Simba, King of Beasts / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Script
- Ed Hunt
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed as N. VISCARDI)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed as N. VISCARDI)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Simba comes to a jungle road in time to hear four little cubs squeal in fright...
- Genre
- animal; jungle
- Characters
- Simba
- Synopsis
- Simba protects four orphaned lion cubs.
- Keywords
- automobiles; pythons; rhinoceroses
Indexer Notes
One third of page five is occupied by a vertical strip of advertisements.
[no title indexed]
Camilla / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Victor Ibsen (credited)
- Pencils
- George Tuska
- Inks
- George Tuska
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Zom...zom...azo...zom!
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Camilla; Chaka; Jonjac (gorilla); Trader Davis; Khiva; Tuska (warthog); Vaheera (leopard)
- Synopsis
- A lawyer, seeking a lost heir to a fortune, is captured by a tribe led by a white woman with the ability to drive animals mad.
- Keywords
- altars; caves; Hoab's scepter; human sacrifice; hunting leopards; lions; quicksand
[no title indexed]
Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Activity on the long awaited second front swings Captain Thunder and his pal Andy into the teeth of vicious spy operations.
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Terry Thunder; Anderson the Arab; Kismet; Vincent
- Synopsis
- Terry and the gang prevent a German attack on a British tank column.
- Keywords
- dynamite; espionage; machine guns; radio transmitter; tanks; Tumba (Arab town); World War II
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Land of Laughing Bones
Kaänga -
1.
Land of Laughing Bones
Kaänga -
2.
["Vicious beasts stalk one another...and their prey..."]
Fantomah -
3.
["There is a spirit in the jungle...kill or be killed..."]
Tabu -
4.
["Into the far reaches of Wambi's jungle home, a greedy hand stretches covetous fingers grasping for wealth..."]
Wambi, The Jungle Boy -
5.
Claws of the Night
-
6.
["Simba comes to a jungle road in time to hear four little cubs squeal in fright..."]
Simba, King of Beasts -
7.
["Zom...zom...azo...zom!"]
Camilla -
8.
["Activity on the long awaited second front swings Captain Thunder and his pal Andy into the teeth of vicious spy operations."]
Captain Terry Thunder
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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