Jungle Comics #72

(December 1945)

Jungle Spell of the Golden Slave (Table of Contents: 1)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

Indexer Notes

Story appears on inside front and inside back covers.

Blood-Brand of the Veldt Cats (Table of Contents: 2)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

Ruben Moreira (signed as RM)

Inks

Ruben Moreira (signed as RM)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The stone idols guarding the hidden treasure chamber saw the bearded man seize the safari...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'geeso; Marmo (elephant); Nelson; Specs; Toto; N'hama; Turner

Synopsis

A pair of thieves seize a safari and use the bearers as slaves in their mining operation. Kaänga frees the slaves.

Keywords

bondage; lions; scimitars; wild dogs; witch doctors

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

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

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Fran Hopper (signed)

Inks

Fran Hopper (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is said that when Mwalax, the fever spirit of the Congo invades a man's soul, he becomes a devil spawn and must be killed...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; Keeto; Caliph of Ashan; N'kolo; Jagar (horse); Garfield; Baru

Synopsis

Bandits disguise themselves as lancers and implicate Terry in their robberies. He escapes jail and exposes them.

Keywords

disguises; whips

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

Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Alvin Hollingsworth ?; Iger Shop

Inks

Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The problem was simple: destroy evil --

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kua; Longos (African tribe); Kaw (macaw); Ogg; Tawn; Wambi

Synopsis

A young white woman, seeking vengeance against the Longos who killed her father, hypnotizes their chief and causes him to behave viciously toward his own people.

Keywords

ants; bondage; drugs; hypnosis; torture

The Grinning Face of Death (Table of Contents: 5)

Tabu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mack

Pencils

Howard Larsen

Inks

Howard Larsen

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Mahila; Satu; Tabu

Synopsis

Satu disguises himself as the village witch doctor and orders the death of Mahila, who rejected his proposal of marriage, and of Tabu, whom he suspects of being in league of Mahila against him. Tabu rescues Mahila and causes Satu to believe that he is one fire.

Keywords

bondage; hunting leopards; masks; stereotyping of African natives; witch doctors

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Camilla / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited)

Pencils

Fran Hopper (signed)

Inks

Fran Hopper (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Camilla has just begun her mid-day meal of fruit when...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; M'bata

Synopsis

M'bata hits upon a scheme for robbing safaris by driving lions toward them and looting them after the members are slain.

Keywords

lions; tiger traps