Jungle Comics #77

(May 1946)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Pencils

Howard Larsen

Inks

Howard Larsen

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Agonized whispers attest that a new king has risen to rule the jungle...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'geeso; Niato; Pnais (African tribe); Jim

Synopsis

Witch doctor Niato, in league with white treasure hunters, takes Ann to sacrifice to the god Ghia, which in reality is a mannequin drawn from the lake by a balloon. Kaänga arrives and exposes the fraud, kills the witch doctor, and frees Ann.

Keywords

balloons; bondage; crocodiles; Ghia worship; human sacrifice; leopards; lions; soporific drugs; wagons; waterfalls

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

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

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

August Froehlich (signed)

Inks

August Froehlich (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The two-legged ones are to be avoided...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba

Synopsis

Simba, seeking to escape crocodiles, flees onto a steamboat full of caged animals. Shortly natives attack and Simba drives them away when the hunters open the cages.

Keywords

crocodiles; gorillas; steamboats

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

Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Smith

Pencils

?

Inks

Jean Levander

Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The scent of death rolled heavily through the jungle...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Ogg; Monya; Linkas (African tribe); Tawn

Synopsis

A snake priestess demands tribute from villagers and those who fail to produce their valuables die. Wambi reveals that she is using a hidden snake to kill the victims and that he has introduced a mongoose into the mechanism that killed the snake.

Keywords

blowguns; mongooses; snakes

Indexer Notes

Inks credit from James Van Nuys, grandson of the artist, who is in possession of black & white proofs of three pages of the story.

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Joe Doolin

Inks

Joe Doolin

Colors

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Letters

?

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'Death waits at Fort Diablo,' the desert sands whispered.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; Maynard; Lieutenant Sasse; Jeanette Maynard; Lieutenant Martin

Synopsis

Terry is given a new assignment as the governor of Fort Diablo. When he arrives, he finds that the previous governor, though imprisoned, has staged a riot and taken over the fort. Terry is imprisoned himself, but manages to escape and re-establish order.

Keywords

artillery; Fort Diablo; Fort Sudan; prison riots; seaplanes

The Dawn Terror (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Richard Case

Inks

Richard Case ?; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

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Falhawks soared the cloud-steeped mountain crags...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu

Synopsis

The priestess of a hawk cult uses giant hawks to capture villagers to bring to her lair for sacrifice. Tabu uses his powers of illusions and convinces the priestess that she is a hawk; she falls to her death.

Keywords

bondage; Cape buffalo; giant hawks; gorillas; human skeletons; ivory; leopards; lions; rope bridges; telescopes; wagons

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

Jungle Facts / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Peppe (signed)

Inks

Mike Peppe (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The jungle brutes are rhinos...the name signifies...

Genre

non-fiction; jungle; nature

Synopsis

An animal identification quiz.

Keywords

camels; elephants; kangaroos; lions; mandrills; orangutan; pythons; wallabies

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Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (house name)

Pencils

Fran Hopper (signed)

Inks

Fran Hopper (signed); Ruth Atkinson ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What is the pool of death --

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Jake; Dirk; N'gala; Fang (dog)

Synopsis

White treasure hunters attempt to force Camilla to reveal the location of the Temple of Gar and its gold. She refuses, but before they can kill her, the guardian of the temple, an old man, appears and takes them into the river, drowning him. Camilla takes the responsibilities of guarding the temple.

Keywords

gold; idols; leopards; rope bridges; Temple of Gar; waterfalls; whirlpools