Jungle Comics #66

(June 1945)

Fire-Birds from the Sky! (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

? [as Frank Riddell]

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira (signed)[as Rubi Moore]

Inks:

Ruben Moreira (signed)[as Rubi Moore]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Bronson; N'geeso; Tulagis (African tribe)

Synopsis:

Bronson, an unscrupulous con man convinces the Tulagis that he commands the sky gods, using hot air balloons in his deception. Kaänga exposes him and watches him fall to his death.

Reprints:

• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #2 (Winter 1949)

Keywords:

hot air balloons; leopards; lions; Lutora worship; warthogs

Indexer Notes

The story title given in the cover blurb is "Spoor of the Purple Skulls" which does not seem to be this story.

First line of dialogue is "Blazes! Only winged that blasted native! Can't let..."

["What has happened? All my brothers flee in panic!!"] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script:

? [as Roy L. Smith]

Pencils:

Robert Webb

Inks:

Matt Baker; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Wambi; Tawn; Ogg; Alib; Dova (dove)

Synopsis:

A muezzin uses the call to prayer to hypnotize a group of apes. He plans to use them in his vengeance plot against the local sheikh by having them kill the sheikh's daughter before his very eyes. Wambi rescues the girl and frees the apes from the muezzin's control.

Keywords:

adhan; apes; hypnosis; Islam; minarets; muezzins

["Girls, and more girls...now this is what I call real relaxation."] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script:

? [as Pierre La Rue]

Pencils:

Richard Case

Inks:

Richard Case

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Terry Thunder; Keeto; Anna Janson; Orovitch

Synopsis:

Suspecting that a troupe of dancing girls are being kept as slaves, Terry sends Keeto back to the outpost while follows the troupe. As Terry is about to be killed the slave master Orovitch, Keeto arrives with the lancers.

Keywords:

dancing girls; drugs; mind control; slaves; wagons

["The elephant -- largest of jungle animals, has an intelligence close to that of a domestic dog."] (Table of Contents: 4)

Jungle Facts / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fran Hopper ?

Inks:

Fran Hopper ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction; nature

Synopsis:

The story of how elephants are domesticated and how they are used.

Keywords:

elephants; howdahs

["From out of the veldt they crept, hairy raiders of the jungle trails..."] (Table of Contents: 5)

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

? [as Mack]

Pencils:

Howard Larsen

Inks:

Howard Larsen

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

M'naghlis (African tribe); Tabu; Bgama; Rastmos (African tribe)

Synopsis:

A band of thieving mandrills are plaguing the M'naghlis. Tabu agrees to end their pillaging if the M'naghlis will give up collecting tribute from their neighbors. Bgama, the princess, refuses, but her witch doctor secretly tells Tabu that he will make her give up tribute. Tabu then leads the mandrills to a crocodile-infested pool, where they are eaten. When he returns to the village, disguised as a girl bringing a tribute of fruit, Bgama attempts to kill him for not bringing something more valuable. Tabu calls an elephant from the bush who crushes Bgama to death.

Keywords:

crocodiles; disguises; jewelry; mandrills; whips

The Beast with a Thousand Teeth (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

? [as Dan Stockman]

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

jungle

["Outlaw!...a dread word to hear in any kingdom..."] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script:

? [as Ed Hunt]

Pencils:

Richard Case

Inks:

Richard Case

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

animal; jungle

Characters:

Simba

Synopsis:

Villagers and white hunters pursue a rogue elephant that leads them into Simba's territory. Simba attacks the elephant and wounds it. The hunters arrive and kill it.

Reprints:

• in Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #129 (September 1950) [edited down from 6 pages with some re-writing.]

Keywords:

elephants

["Hark -- Fang's hunting call! Here he comes."] (Table of Contents: 8)

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

? [as Victor Ibsen]

Pencils:

Marcia Snyder

Inks:

Marcia Snyder

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Camilla; Fang (dog); Waskais (African tribe); N'kali

Synopsis:

Camilla prevents the assassination of a chief by his witch doctor.

Reprints:

• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #11 (Spring 1952) [Edited from 8 pages to 4. Heavilly re-written with some panels redrawn]
which is reprinted
• in Kaänga Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #19

Keywords:

animal hides; blow guns; Cape buffalos; cobras; crocodiles; rope bridge; warthogs; witch doctors