Jungle Comics
#61
(January 1945)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Glen-Kel Pub. Co., Inc.
- Brand
- Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Jack Byrne (credited)(managing editor); John C. Mitchell (credited)
- Color
- Color Cover; Black and White Interior
- Dimensions
- Early Issues Standard Golden Age U.S.; Later Issues Standard Silver Age U.S.
- Paper Stock
- Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
- Binding
- Saddle-Stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
Curse of the Blood Madness
Kaänga / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ? [as Frank Riddell]
- Pencils
- Maxwell Elkan ?; Ruben Moreira
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- 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.
first line: "Kaänga, why do we take this stream?"
[no title indexed]
Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Roy L. Smith]
- 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]
Tabu / comic story / 5 pages
- 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
[no title indexed]
Simba, King of Beasts / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as 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
African Wild Life / comic story / 2 pages
- 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]
Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as 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]
Camilla, Queen of the Jungle Empire / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Victor Ibsen]
- 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
-
- Keywords
- blow guns; elephant worship; elephants; gorillas; howdahs; jewels; lions; pygmies; stereotyping of African natives; witch doctors
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Curse of the Blood Madness
Kaänga -
1.
Curse of the Blood Madness
Kaänga -
2.
["One morning...as Wambi strolls through the jungle..."]
Wambi, The Jungle Boy -
3.
["There were three of them, the daughters of the mists, and the swamps of N'kambo..."]
Tabu -
4.
The Secret Continent
-
5.
["Kalo, my son, you are of warrior age..."]
Simba, King of Beasts -
6.
The Cat Tribe
African Wild Life -
7.
["A Tuareg horseman, sagging wearily in his saddle, gallops across the desert..."]
Captain Terry Thunder -
8.
["The pygmy tribe had been betrayed --"]
Camilla, Queen of the Jungle Empire
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Tony R. Rose
- Donald Dale Milne
- Dan Kocher
- Jim Van Dore
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
- Michael Hoskin
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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