Jungle Comics #56

(August 1944)

Blood Brides for the Rainmaker Raj (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Frank Riddell]

Pencils

Maxwell Elkan ?; Ruben Moreira

Inks

Ruben Moreira

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As soon as I'm finished carving this gift for Chief N'tana we'll...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Rainmaker; N'geeso; N'tana; Tuaka; El Cairn

Synopsis

A witch doctor, travels from village to village taking two maidens from each to use as "helpers." In reality, he is selling them as slaves. He takes Ann and all the slaves are liberated by Kaänga.

Reprints

• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #1 (Spring 1949)
• in Kaänga Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #9

Keywords

Cavern of Mists; disguises; leopards; rhinoceroses; sedan chairs; slave auctions; slavery; stereotyping of Arabs

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

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

Script

? [as Ed Hunt]

Pencils

George Tuska

Inks

George Tuska

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The jungle monarch is startled from his drinking...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba

Synopsis

Simba prevents a tribe of raiders from plundering a local village.

Keywords

blowguns; dogs; signal drums; stereotyping of African natives

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

Tabu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Ruth Atkinson

Inks

Ruth Atkinson

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ghost marauders skulked the jungle depths and struck silently from hidden trails.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Claw (leopard); Fang (leopard); Bantus (African tribe)

Synopsis

A white explorer is convinced that the can eat the flesh of the young and become young himself.

Keywords

bondage; cannibalism; gorillas; hunting leopards; torture

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

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

Script

? [as Roy L. Smith]

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ho, Ogg! Where are you, brother?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Ogg; Tawn

Synopsis

Wambi and Ogg fall into a snake pit. They make their way out by using the bones of earlier victims as a ladder.

Keywords

caves; ladders; skeletons; snakes; swimming

Indexer Notes

final page of story is 2/3 with an advertisement.

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Pierre La Rue]

Pencils

Richard Case

Inks

Richard Case

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A river packet plies the Congo rivers...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; Ahmid; Senegalese; Kogos (African tribe); Anderson the Arab

Synopsis

Terry rescues a group of natives taken by slavers.

Keywords

bondage; paddle wheel steamers; signal drums; slavers; whips

Indexer Notes

One third of last page is an advertisement.

Killer Made of Carbon (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Dan Stockman]

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Diamonds are death.

Genre

history

Characters

Joe Smith; Ed Brown; Bill Jones

Keywords

Cullinan diamond; Orloff diamond; River Diggings

Indexer Notes

A brief history of diamonds and the trail of death it often leaves behind.

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Victor Ibsen]

Pencils

Marcia Snyder (signed)

Inks

Marcia Snyder (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Treacherous attack on lone trading post...'

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Trader Davis; Lon Becker; Jimmy Monroe; Blacky

Synopsis

Disguised as Masais, ivory trader Becker and his men burn out and kill his rival Monroe. Monroe's son, believing the Masais to blame, steals into the village and kidnaps the chief's daughter. Camilla tracks him down and returns him to Becker's trading camp where they discover Becker's deception.

Keywords

disguises; ivory; signal drums