Jungle Comics
#46
(October 1943)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-08-10
- 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. 4.
Blood Raiders of the Tree-Trail
Kaänga / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rafael Astarita (signed)
- Inks
- Rafael Astarita (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason
- Reprints
-
in Jungle Comics (A List Comics, 1997 series) #4 (March 1998)
-
- Keywords
- gorillas; treehouses
Blood Raiders of the Tree-Trail
Kaänga / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Frank Riddell (credited)
- Pencils
- Howard Larsen ?; Rafael Astarita ? (page 1); ?
- Inks
- Howard Larsen ?; Rafael Astarita ? (page 1); ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When human blood is figured in the cost, diamonds rank highest among Africa's treasures.
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason; Senegalese; Todd; M'boja; Zugoabs (African tribe); Tarahs (African tribe); Roeder; Norton
- Synopsis
- Con artists "salt" Juju Mountain with diamonds, setting off a series of bloody tribal wars.
- Keywords
- diamonds; goldsmiths; gorillas; hunting leopards; Juju Mountain; swindling; witch doctors
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
Although this art is traditionally credited to Astarita, his presence beyond the splash page is vague and debatable, at best. The art in the second half of the story is crude and distorted and is by an unknown hand or hands.
[no title indexed]
Simba / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The jungle echoes war-lust...vicious, primitive total war...
- Genre
- animal; jungle
- Characters
- Simba; Tiku (monkey); M'glo (elephant)
- Synopsis
- Simba rescues Tiku from a crocodile and then battle the elephant, M'Glo, for the kingship of the jungle.
- Reprints
-
in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #5/1955 (mai 1955) [edited]
-
- Keywords
- crocodiles
[no title indexed]
Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Watuan natives observe an ancient ritual in choosing a new king...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Watus (African tribe); Banto; Raimu
- Synopsis
- Tabu exposes an ambitious witch doctor as a fraud.
- Keywords
- leopards; moon gods; poison; stereotyping of African natives; temples; Throne of Death; witch doctors
Murder!
Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Roy L. Smith (credited)
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Tawn; Wambi; Ogg; Ronald Barton; Mr. Barton
- Synopsis
- Seeking revenge for her husband's imprisonment, little Ronald's nurse tries to murder him and make it look like an accident. Wambi rescues the boy and the woman is killed by a water buffalo.
- Keywords
- crocodiles; pythons; water buffalo
[no title indexed]
Fantomah / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The warriors of Vixa attack Khefra.
- Genre
- jungle; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Fantomah; Raa; Fury; Horus
- Synopsis
- Khefran inventor, Raa, with Fantomah's blessing, takes his failed invention, artificial wings, to the besieging Vixan army. When they use them in their attack on Khefra, the wings fail and the Khefran army is victorious.
- Keywords
- artificial wings; elephants; Vixa (African kingdom)
[no title indexed]
Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Pierre La Rue
- Pencils
- Bob Webb; Arnold Hicks
- Inks
- Arnold Hicks ?; Jack Kamen ?; ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With the vapors of death swirling from a heinous graven mouth...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Leila; Kaan; Terry Thunder; Red Rogue; Anderson the Arab
- Synopsis
- Native chief Kaan, hoping that his daughter never marries so that he has no rivals for his kingship, has rigged an idle to give off poison vapors, and every suitor is required to approach the idol. Kaan's daughter, Leila, discovers the poisoning mechanism and dismantles it, but not before it kills Kaan.
- Keywords
- black fever; Idol of Death
[no title indexed]
Camilla / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One thousand pieces of gold...Two!..Three!..Higher and higher the bidding mounts...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Camilla; Trader Ali; Laeefa; Sarra; Sika
- Synopsis
- Camilla is drugged by a witch doctor and sold to an Arab slaver.
- Keywords
- drugs; salve auctions; slaves; stereotyping of African natives; stereotyping of Arabs; tigers; whips; witch doctors
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Blood Raiders of the Tree-Trail
Kaänga -
1.
Blood Raiders of the Tree-Trail
Kaänga -
2.
["The jungle echoes war-lust...vicious, primitive total war..."]
Simba -
3.
["The Watuan natives observe an ancient ritual in choosing a new king..."]
Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle -
4.
Murder!
Wambi, The Jungle Boy -
5.
["The warriors of Vixa attack Khefra."]
Fantomah -
6.
Juju Medicine
-
7.
["With the vapors of death swirling from a heinous graven mouth..."]
Captain Terry Thunder -
8.
["One thousand pieces of gold...Two!..Three!..Higher and higher the bidding mounts..."]
Camilla
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