Jungle Comics #45

(September 1943)

Who is Commando Ranger? (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Commando Ranger

Indexer Notes

House ad for Rangers Comics, featuring Commando Ranger's debut

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

Kaänga / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Pencils

Rafael Astarita (pp 6-12); Ruben Moreira ? (pp 1-5)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Terror stalks the damp green jungles!

Genre

jungle

Characters

The Baroness (white ruler of natives); Kaänga; Ann Mason; Wah Fang; Voogai; Zambis (African tribe); Cairo Joe; Dr. Leeds; T'moula; Bamtos (African tribe); N'zogu; Blodda

Synopsis

The Baroness, the white ruler of a band of native outlaws is dying from drug use. Cairo Joe, her partner devises a scheme to replace her with Ann and make the natives think that their goddess has risen from the dead. Kaänga manages to rescue Ann and the outlaws kill the white leaders.

Keywords

Arkazoab (African region); bondage; elephants; hydrocyanic acid; leopards; poisoning; rope bridges; stereotyping of African natives; suicide; torture; Voodoo Lake; witch doctors

Battle to the Death! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

Richard Case ?

Inks

Ernie Hart ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; M'lo; Tiku (monkey); G'lo (stinging insect)

Synopsis

Simba's kingship is challenged by a mad bull from the natives' herd.

Reprints

• in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #5/1955 (mai 1955) [edited]

Keywords

bulls

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Richard Case

Inks

Richard Case ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A grinning idol nods, and human blood must stain the altar at its feet.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Zwaf; Largoos (African tribe); Katu; Malb; Mago

Synopsis

A witch doctor schemes to rule his tribe, first murdering the chief and then attempting to murder the chief's son and daughter-in-law. Tabu exposes him as a fraud.

Keywords

bondage; crocodiles; gorillas; human sacrifice; hunting leopards; idols; poison; statues of Toba (native god); stereotyping of African natives

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

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

Script

Roy L. Smith

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Destruction comes swiftly to the homes of the jungle dwellers...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Magoo (macaw); Tawn (elephant); the rajah; Ogg; the rajah's daughter

Synopsis

A rajah decides to build a dam to make his sandalwood logs easier to transport. The lake being formed floods Wambi's jungle. Wambi and his jungle friends pull down the dam. The rajah's daughter is caught in the torrent and is saved by Wambi who extracts a promise from the rajah to leave the jungle as it was before.

Keywords

apes; bondage; dams; flooding; logging; sandalwood

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Fantomah, Daughter of the Pharaohs / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

W. B. Hovious

Pencils

George Appel

Inks

George Appel

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A new king wears the crown of Ar, Khefra's neighbor realm...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Fantomah; Fury; Adjeb; Horus; king of Ar

Synopsis

Fantomah challenges the visiting king of Ar to a chariot race, playing directly into his plans to murder her and assume her crown as well as his own. Fury comes to her rescue, leading to the king's death as his horse runs wild.

Keywords

Ar (African kingdom); chariot racing; chariots; horses; racehorses; slaves; whips

White Man's Juju (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Bob Paige]

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Bob Webb

Inks

Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The tom-toms have a hundred voices that whisper into the jungle depths...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; Roy; Toomas (African tribe); Peno; Anderson the Arab; Kismet

Synopsis

A renegade leader stirs up trouble by kidnapping a local chief's daughter. Terry rides to her rescue.

Keywords

rope bridges; signal drums; Upper Maroba River; witch doctors

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

Camilla / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (house name)

Pencils

Jim Mooney (signed)

Inks

Jim Mooney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Back at his post, Trader Davis ponders strange documents...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Trader Davis

Synopsis

Nazi agents are hiding treasures pilfered from all over Europe in the African jungle.

Keywords

elephants; gorillas; leopards; lightning; Nazi treasure; rain; rhinoceroses; storms; the Louvre; World War II