Jungle Comics #85

(January 1947)

Brides for the Man-Apes (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

John Celardo (signed)

Inks

John Celardo (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Spawned by hatred and tortured by greed, the ogre thundered down the veldt.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Roho (introduction, villain, death); N'Gula (introduction, villain); N'Tito (introduction, villain, death); Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'whilis (African tribe); N'wai

Synopsis

Mad scientist Roho takes N'Tito's brain and places it in ape. He then kidnaps Ann and plans to allow the ape inhabiting N'Titi's body to kill her. Kaänga and N'Tito arrive in time to save Ann but N'Tito and Roho are both killed.

Reprints

• in Kaänga (ilovecomics, 2018 series) #3
• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #14 (Winter 1952) [Edited from 10 pages down to 6. Largely re-written with some re-drawing.]
which is reprinted
• in Kaänga Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #28

Keywords

bolas; crocodiles; leopards; Mountain of the Moon; tiger traps; whips

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

[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 as A. M. Froehlich)

Inks

August Froehlich (signed as A. M. Froehlich)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Beneath the waving grasses of jungle veldt...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba

Synopsis

Simba protects a lost white child from buffalo stampede and mandrill attack until the boy's parents find him.

Keywords

crocodiles; leopards; mandrills; puff adders; water buffalo

Indexer Notes

Froelich's signature is in the final panel

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

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

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Bob Lubbers (signed)

Inks

Bob Lubbers (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tortured words ripped from the lips of a dying lancer...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Ali Khan (introduction, villain); Damasca (introduction); Terry Thunder; Keeto [the Desert Whip]

Synopsis

Terry rides to rescue the sultan's daughter from her kidnapper, Ali Khan. Keeeto, disguised as the Desert Whip, a notorious criminal, manages to get the better of Ali Khan and the girl is rescued.

Keywords

bondage; dancers; disguise; mind control drugs; Sidi Bel Tigre (Arab town); whips

No. 1: Cecil Rhodes (Table of Contents: 4)

Men of Adventure / text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Evans

Inks

George Evans

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Cecil Rhodes

Synopsis

Cecil Rhodes biography.

Indexer Notes

Illustrated text story.

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

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

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Alex Blum; John Forte ?

Inks

Jack Kamen ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Greed...the lust for money filled their evil souls...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Carol (introduction, villain, death); Martin (introduction, villain, death); Wambi; Tawn; Ogg

Synopsis

Two hunters trick Wambi into letting them record his voice while he is giving animals commands. Using the recording, they manage to capture dozens of animals with no effort. Wambi, however, comes to the rescue of his jungle friends.

Keywords

knockout gas; phonograph records; waterfalls

Jungle Traps (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Peppe ?

Inks

Mike Peppe ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; jungle

Synopsis

Brief descriptions of several jungle traps.

Reprints

• in Climax Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1962 ? series) #2 ([1963]) [page 1 (of 2) only]

Keywords

antelopes; elephants; hippopotamuses; leopards; lions; punji sticks; snares; springbows; tiger traps

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Howard Larsen

Inks

Howard Larsen

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Deep in the steaming brush, where death is ever-present, dwells Tabu...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Sikulu (introduction, villain, death); Paula (introduction); Paula's father (introduction); N'Mzani (introduction); N'Mzani's daughter (introduction); Tabu; Bantus (African tribe)

Synopsis

The witch doctor Sikulu convinces his people that white men have killed their chief. He takes the tribe to the camp of innocent scientists with the intent of murder. Tabu arrives, tells the men the truth -- that Sikulu had attempted to kill the chief -- and watches as the warriors kill Sikulu.

Keywords

burning at the stake; crocodiles; orachi herbs; rope bridges; witch doctors

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Fran Hopper

Inks

Fran Hopper; Maurice Whitman ?; Frank Frazetta ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The age-old smoky pearls foretold -- deep in the depths of their swirling murky mist -- of reckless, snarling white men...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Cronin (introduction, villain, death); Lewis (introduction, villain, death); Trader Tom (introduction); Kaaru (introduction, death); Naga (introduction); Camilla; Fang (dog)

Synopsis

A pair of jewel thieves kidnap Trader Tom and hope to torture him into revealing the location of his cache of pearls. Camilla rescues Tom, but not before one of the thieves has been killed by a viper; Camilla dispatches his partner.

Keywords

leopards; pearls; quicksand; saddle zebras; the Bogs of Death; torture; treasure maps; vipers; warthogs

Indexer Notes

George Evans noted that both he and Frazetta were hired at Fiction House after the war as 'clean-up' men - inking blacks, erasing lines, and so on. The penultimate panel on page 8 may be the first identifiable work of the 18 year-old Frazetta, but there are other probable touch ups throughout the story (the final panel on page 2, for example).