Jungle Comics
#47
(November 1943)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-09-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Glen-Kel Pub. Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- John C. Mitchell (credited)
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.
Monster of the Moon Pool
Kaänga / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason
- Keywords
- bondage; hippopotamus; totem pole
Indexer Notes
The cover is a recreation by Astarita of one of Mooney's panels from the Kaänga story.
Monster of the Moon Pool
Kaänga / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Frank Riddell (credited)
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney
- Inks
- Jim Mooney
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- From a castle of armed warriors rises a cold murdering menace...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'geeso; Muranda; Rongo (elephant); Dr. Sutton
- Synopsis
- Muranda, a white woman, leads a tribe of natives in collecting very expensive cobra venom. Muranda, fearing interference in her business, captures Ann and attempts to execute her via hippopotamus. Kaänga rescues Ann, and Muranda is killed by her cobras.
- Keywords
- bondage; chariots; cobra venom; cobras; hippopotamus; lions; totem poles; whips; zebras
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
[no title indexed]
Simba / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ed Hunt (house name)
- Pencils
- Richard Case
- Inks
- Richard Case
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One bright morning, the usual quiet of Simba's jungle is shattered by a strange snarling sound.
- Genre
- animal; jungle
- Characters
- Simba; Dr. Wilson; Tiku (monkey)
- Synopsis
- A tiger is brought to Africa as part of an experiment to breed lion-tiger hybrids: tiglons. Oneof the tiglo cubs escapes and, when grown to adulthood, challenges Simba for the kingship of the jungle.
- Keywords
- animal breeding; hybrids; tigers; tiglons
[no title indexed]
Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A murdered Riff returns to rule again his horror citadel of bones...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Terry Thunder; Anderson the Arab; Khafris (Arab tribe); the Riff; Sari; a hermit
- Synopsis
- Terry helps determine that the "ghost" haunting an Arab fortress is a hermit looking for treasure.
- Keywords
- dungeons; ghosts; human skeletons; Senegalese; wells
[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
- The jungle folk were an easy prey to the crafty white raiders...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Wambi; Tawn; Ogg; Bruno (bear); Kurt; Leo (lion)
- Synopsis
- White hunters capture all of Wambi's jungle friends, save Bruno the bear. Wambi and Bruno rescue them by tricking the hunters into thinking that their partners are dishonest.
- Keywords
- cobras; coins; crowns; gold; idols; temples; treasure chests
[no title indexed]
Fantomah / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To the gates of Khefra, Fantomah's imperial city, staggers a wan young man...
- Genre
- jungle; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Fantomah; Hamid; Horus; Fury; Ali
- Synopsis
- Fantomah and Horus investigate an oasis where travelers are being robbed.
- Keywords
- lions; oases; stereotyping of Arabs; treasure chests
[no title indexed]
Tabu / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Mack]
- Pencils
- Richard Case ?
- Inks
- Ruth Atkinson ?; ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tabu, the jungle wizard, scorns the countless dangers lurking behind each shadowed tangle...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Tabu; Pierre; Snake Queen
- Synopsis
- A tribe, ruled by a white Snake Queen, robs prospectors of their gems until they rob a friend of Tabu's.
- Keywords
- animal hides; diamonds; disguises; leopards; pythons
The Jungle Is Haunted!
Camilla / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)
- Pencils
- George Tuska
- Inks
- George Tuska
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Camilla; Laeea; Blab
- Synopsis
- A girl is sacrificed to a crocodile pool by a village. Later, her ghost begins to haunt them. Camilla determines that the girls was rescued by Blab, a man who lives with baboons.
- Keywords
- baboons; blindness; dogs; lions; monkeys; treehouses
Indexer Notes
Up until this issue, Camilla has been "Queen of the Jungle Empire."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Monster of the Moon Pool
Kaänga -
1.
Monster of the Moon Pool
Kaänga -
2.
["One bright morning, the usual quiet of Simba's jungle is shattered by a strange snarling sound."]
Simba -
3.
["A murdered Riff returns to rule again his horror citadel of bones..."]
Captain Terry Thunder -
4.
["The jungle folk were an easy prey to the crafty white raiders..."]
Wambi, The Jungle Boy -
5.
["To the gates of Khefra, Fantomah's imperial city, staggers a wan young man..."]
Fantomah -
6.
Curse of the Juju Diamond
-
7.
["Tabu, the jungle wizard, scorns the countless dangers lurking behind each shadowed tangle..."]
Tabu -
8.
The Jungle Is Haunted!
Camilla
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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