Jungle Comics #53

(May 1944)

Slaves for Horror's Harem (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Ruben Moreira

Inks

Ruben Moreira

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Stalk softly, Kaänga...for the trail that leads into Gorka lands is fraught with danger...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Ouangas (African tribe); N'geeso; Jim Thornton; Rongo (elephant); Rada

Synopsis

The Ouangas are operating a supposedly closed gold mine and, fearing interference when Kaänga leads the new colonial commissioner into their jungle, attack Kaänga and company.

Keywords

bondage; falcons; gold mines; mandrills; pile drivers; snakes

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

Richard Case

Inks

Richard Case

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At the fullness of the moon, Chief Klini of the Knapu tribe summons his pygmy subjects...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Klini; Knapus (African tribe); Simba

Synopsis

For many years a pygmy tribe has worshiped Simba and left him offerings of food. Now they are being attacked by another tribe and he comes to their defense.

Keywords

lion worship; stereotyping of African natives

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

Tabu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Ruth Atkinson (signed)

Inks

Ruth Atkinson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thunder clouds darken the sky as Tabu, the jungle wizard follows a mysterious trail...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu

Synopsis

A tribe prepares to sacrifice a maiden to a water demon, but Tabu offers to slay the demon. On investigation, he finds that it is a tyrannosaurid dinosaur. He kills it and drags it back to the village.

Keywords

crocodiles; elephants; human sacrifice; landslides; lightning; rain; rhinoceroses; storms; tyrannosaurs

Monkey Business -- The Tree-Folk of Africa (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Norman Leslie]

Pencils

Fran Hopper (signed)

Inks

Fran Hopper (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; jungle; nature

Synopsis

Brief natural histories of several species of monkey.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #70 (October 1945)

Keywords

de brazzas; drills; gelada baboons; guenons; guerezas; macaques; monkeys; red-headed magabeys; roloways; spider monkeys; talapoins

Indexer Notes

De brazzas and spider monkeys are native to South America.

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

Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Heavy rains have ruined Wambi's tree home...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Ogg; Tawn

Synopsis

A group of European refugees, building a town in Wambi's jungle, are being plagued by disappearances that they blame on the natives. Wambi proves that the natives are not to blame and proves that a crocodile is responsible.

Keywords

caves; crocodiles; displaced persons; refugees; treehouses; World War II

Indexer Notes

One third of page three is an advertisement.

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

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

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Richard Case

Inks

Richard Case

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sidh Akhim, the camel driver, brings bad news to Terry --

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; Sidh Akhim; Anderson the Arab

Synopsis

Terry battles a band of Arab bandits.

Keywords

bondage; torture; whips

Blood -- and Water (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Dan Stockman]

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

White Gorilla! (Table of Contents: 8)

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

George Tuska

Inks

George Tuska ?; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; George; Jack; jungle man

Synopsis

Escorting two hunters into gorilla country, Camilla encounters a jungle man living with the gorillas. The hunters agree to leave him in the jungle.

Keywords

gorillas; lions; quicksand; the Tenbu Rock; wagons; whips