Jungle Comics #64

(April 1945)

Valley of the Ju-Ju Idols (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

Max Elkan ?; Ruben Moreira

Inks

Max Elkan ?; Ruben Moreira ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kaänga, you -- you make me sick!

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'geeso; Nellie; Tony Braxon; Tulans (African tribe); Tora

Synopsis

A con man comes to the jungle and convinces the Tulans to give him whatever he asks for in order to have it sacrificed to their gods. Fearing Kaänga's interference, he orders the natives to bring him Ann whom he plans to kill. However, Kaänga arrives and the con man is killed in her place.

Reprints

• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #3 (Spring 1950) [extensively re-written]
which is reprinted
• in Jungle Comics Special (H. John Edwards, 1954 ? series) (1954)

Keywords

animal sacrifice; bondage; crocodiles; human sacrifice; idols; lions; the Idol Valley; wagons

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

Bob Webb ?; Alex Blum ?; Iger Shop

Inks

Matt Baker; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Today I will look at my supplies...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Kogos (African tribe); Tawn; Ogg

Synopsis

A local chief desires a rare antelope skin for his favorite dancing girl. His hunters poison the local salt lick, inadvertently killing many other animals besides antelopes. Wambi discovers the problem and corrects it.

Keywords

dancing girls; poison; salt licks

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

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

Quickly, Captain Terry! I must see him!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; T'gani; Keeto

Synopsis

A tribal princess has been expelled from her village. Terry and Keeto return her to her home and punish the man who had her expelled.

Keywords

crocodiles

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Fran Hopper

Inks

Fran Hopper

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

An African vulture, the Lammergeier, lives on weak...

Genre

non-fiction; nature

Synopsis

Brief natural histories of the lammergeier, the wolverine, the peba armadillo, the hyena, the raven, the jackal, and the aardwolf.

Keywords

aardwolves; hyenas; jackals; lammergeiers; peba armadillos; ravens; wolverines

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Howard Larsen (signed)

Inks

Howard Larsen (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tell me, fire, is it the smell of human blood that taints the jungle?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; M'dobis (African tribe); Kria [Kari]; Roy

Synopsis

A young couple steal and idol and are pursued by a shape shifting witch until Tabu takes the idol and returns it to her.

Reprints

• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #9 (Fall 1951) [Edited from 6 pages to 4. Heavily re-written with many touched up panels.]
which is reprinted
• in Kaänga (Superior, 1952 series) #9
• in 3-D Sheena, Jungle Queen (Fiction House, 1953 series) #1 (1953)

Keywords

gorillas; idols; prophecies; pythons; rhinoceroses; shape shifters; witches

The Drum That Thatcher Made (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Stockman (credited) (house name)

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

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

Simba, King of Beasts / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

Richard Case

Inks

Richard Case

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The lordly lion often finds it is not easy, this ruling the jungle folk...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba

Synopsis

Simba, at first tempted to eat a lost human child, becomes the child's protector until he can be returned to his parents.

Keywords

leopards; wild dogs

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Marcia Snyder

Inks

Marcia Snyder

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Camilla was stalking the mystery of the stone god...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Fang (dog); M'kodas (African tribe); Saul

Synopsis

Camilla prevents the theft of the giant gems that form the eyes of the M'kodas' idol.

Keywords

bats; caves; Gimshai worship; human skeletons; jewels; rhinoceroses; statues of Gimshai; vultures