Jungle Comics #41

(May 1943)

The King Ape Feeds at Dawn (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Pencils

Saul Rosen

Inks

Saul Rosen

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Africa's dreaded devil men decree death for all who defy the sacred waters of their monstrous diety. [sic]

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Ngeeso; Bwiqa; Barudas (African tribe); Gozae; Daowgi; Devil Men (African tribe)

Synopsis

Kaänga, Ann, Ngeeso, and his people travel to Lake Regina to fish. When they arrive, they are beset by tribe of gorilla worshipers.

Keywords

elephant stampedes; elephants; gorilla worship; gorillas; green mamba; Lake Regina; nuhana fish; stereotyping of African natives; witch doctors

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

Simba, King of Beasts / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

Nick Cardy (signed as N. VISCARDI)

Inks

Nick Cardy (signed as N. VISCARDI)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

War casts its hated shadows on the jungle's most peaceful depths...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; Kurt Todtmann

Synopsis

A German army deserter finds his way into Simba's territory and begins to kill animals for the mad love of killing.

Keywords

German Wehrmacht; monkeys; Nazis; World War II

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

Tabu / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

? [as "Mack"]

Pencils

Richard Case

Inks

Richard Case

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A fiendish monster, a trader in human lives for gleaming gems, finds Tabu the jungle wizard daring to oppose him...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu

Synopsis

A white diamond hunter, disguised as a witch doctor kidnaps a native boy and forces him to dive in the river for diamonds.

Keywords

diamonds; disguises; hippopotamus hides; leopards; rowboats

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Blistering heat scalds dry the scarce and shallow watering holes of the jungle...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Ogg

Synopsis

The hyena frames Wambi for the murder of a deer and the jungle animals all shun Wambi for violating the jungle law.

Keywords

baboons; drought; hornets; hyenas; pythons

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Fantomah / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

W. B. Hovious

Pencils

George Appel

Inks

George Appel

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fantomah and Horus stroll through Khefra's picturesque bazaars...

Genre

jungle; horror-suspense

Characters

Fantomah; Horus; Hedjaz; Fury

Synopsis

Hedjaz the fakir attempts to undermine the people of Khefra's faith in Fantomah by destroying buildings and causing rivers to flood.

Keywords

bondage; fakirs; knife throwing; maps; market places; picks; Tower of Bal

The Living Death (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Frank Riddell]

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Bob Webb

Inks

Bob Webb ?; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

North of the Congo jungles lies Africa's sirocco swept sands...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; Anderson the Arab; Kismet; Vincent; Koba; Amebaa

Synopsis

A group of Arab horse thieves murder an honest horse trader and make a deal with the Nazis for the horses. Terry and the lancers attack the Arabs and force them to surrender the horses to the trader's grandson.

Keywords

horses; Nazis; poisoning; World War II

Indexer Notes

Possible continued Stahl art, but more likely Webb instilling some stylistic continuity.

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

Camilla / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Nick Cardy (pages 1-3); ? (pages 4-10)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gifts of gaudy trinkets mesmerize simple jungle natives...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Zeegos (African tribe); Mina; Honest John; Talgo; Limey; Barney

Synopsis

Con man Honest John convinces the Zeego men that he is their best friend as he and his confederates plan to steal the tribes diamonds. The women of the tribe, however, are rallied by Camilla and save the day.

Keywords

bondage; diamonds; dogs; horns; human skeletons; lions; mandrills; staked out over an ant hill; stereotyping of African natives; swimming; totem poles; water buffalo

Indexer Notes

The not-penciled-by-Cardy pages were done in a rougher hand and the inks show indications of multiple inkers.