Jungle Comics #61

(January 1945)

Curse of the Blood Madness (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

Max Elkan ?; Ruben Moreira

Inks

Ruben Moreira

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kaänga, why do we take this stream?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'geeso; Tokakis (African tribe); N'gali; Wakina; Kuanis (African tribe); Damba'llah (African tribe)

Synopsis

Disgraced witch doctor N'gali uses his mind control drugs on Ann to prove to all the villages of the jungle that he controls great magic.

Reprints

• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #1 (Spring 1949)

Keywords

bondage; caves; crocodiles; drugs; human sacrifice; mind control; stereotyping of African natives; warthogs; witch doctors

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One morning...as Wambi strolls through the jungle...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Ogg

Synopsis

Wambi and Ogg trick a pack of savage gwahali dogs into falling into a cobra pit.

Keywords

bats; cobras; gwahali dogs; idols; the Temple of Kranda

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

Tabu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Howard Larsen (signed)

Inks

Howard Larsen (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There were three of them, the daughters of the mists, and the swamps of N'kambo...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Waskilis (African tribe); Bomo-ngi; Tabu

Synopsis

A trio of female vampires stalk the jungle. Tabu uses his magic to transform them into jackals.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #141 (September 1951)

Keywords

jackals; vampires

The Secret Continent (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Dan Stockman]

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

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

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

Script

Ed Hunt

Pencils

Richard Case

Inks

Richard Case

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kalo, my son, you are of warrior age...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Kalo; Simba; Darjil

Synopsis

Simba is captured and used by Darjil in a plot rigged to kill his cousin Kalo during Kalo's manhood ritual.

Keywords

mandrills; stereotyping of African natives; whips

The Cat Tribe (Table of Contents: 6)

African Wild Life / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Norman Leslie]

Pencils

Fran Hopper (signed)

Inks

Fran Hopper (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; nature

Synopsis

Brief natural histories of the leopard, the lynx, the lion, the serval, the cheetah, the fossa, the civet, and the genet.

Keywords

cheetahs; civets; fossas; genets; leopards; lions; lynxes; servals

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

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

A Tuareg horseman, sagging wearily in his saddle, gallops across the desert...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Hassan; Terry Thunder; Tuaregs

Synopsis

A Tuareg tribe attacks the outpost and in single combat, Terry exposes their chief as a woman.

Keywords

signal drums

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited)

Pencils

Marcia Snyder (signed)

Inks

Marcia Snyder (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The pygmy tribe had been betrayed --

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; T'ali; B'gunti

Synopsis

Treasure hunters steal a sacred elephant, hoping that it will lead them to a valuable jewel.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #163 (Summer 1954)
which is reprinted
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #10 (1961)

Keywords

blow guns; elephant worship; elephants; gorillas; howdahs; jewels; lions; pygmies; stereotyping of African natives; witch doctors