Jungle Comics
#93
(September 1947)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-07-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Glen-Kel Pub. Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- J.F. Byrne (managing editor)(credited); John C. Mitchell (editor)(credited); Bob Lubbers (art director)(credited)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
Vendetta of the Tree Tribes!
Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Titana (introduction, villain, death); Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'geeso; Marmo (elephant)
- Synopsis
- When hunters venture into her jungle, Titana, raised by apes from girlhood, attacks them and later captures a hunter, Ann, and N'geeso. Kaänga arrives in time to save Ann and N'geeso from being killed and Titana falls into a crocodile pool.
- Reprints
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in Kaänga (ilovecomics, 2018 series) #6 (2019)
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- Keywords
- apes; buried to the neck; crocodiles; elephants; leopards; morning stars; saddle zebras; snakes; tiger traps
[no title indexed]
Simba, King of Beasts / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Three things did Simba prize above all else...
- Genre
- animal; jungle
- Characters
- Simba; Mrs. Simba
- Synopsis
- Simba rescues a giraffe calf from a crocodile and from hunters.
- Keywords
- crocodiles; giraffes
[no title indexed]
Camilla / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Long had the mombajuju meant rich crops for natives of Camilla's ageless empire.
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Camilla; Wasulis (African tribe); Fang (dog); Kalido; Shelton; Mobu; Kali; Ramsey
- Synopsis
- Camilla recovers a sacred idol and bag of diamonds from a corrupt colonial commissioner.
- Keywords
- diamonds; disguises; gorillas; idols; masks; saddle zebras; volcanos; waterfalls
[no title indexed]
Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The howling rains of the monsoon drove Wambi and his friends to dryer jungle...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Iba (introduction, villain); Wambi; Tawn; Ogg; Magar (sparrow hawk)
- Synopsis
- Wambi rescues Tawn from an elephant trainer hoping to break Tawn's spirit and give him to the rajah.
- Keywords
- disguises; elephant hooks; pearls; whips
[no title indexed]
Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 6.84 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Grim is lancer justice...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Terry Thunder; Miss Vance; Max Kruger; Moru; Sikes; Keeto
- Synopsis
- The overseer of a diamond mine is stealing diamonds by hiding them in dead bodies being sent down river for burial. Terry puts a stop to the smuggling and kills the overseer.
- Keywords
- bondage; diamond mines; diamonds; disguises; dynamite; mine cars; sailboats
Indexer Notes
The bottom one-sixth of the last page is an advertisement.
Transportation
Jungle Lore / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; jungle
- Synopsis
- A brief description of several modes of transportation in Africa.
- Keywords
- automobiles; canoes; saddle ostriches; saddle zebras
[no title indexed]
Tabu / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hallowed was the tomb of N'moli...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Tabu; Victor; Carol
- Synopsis
- Tabu pursues the looters of his teacher N'moli's tomb. When he catches up to them, he causes them to believe that one of the golden statues has come to life and they flee into the jungle.
- Keywords
- centaurs; gold; leopards; Tomb of N'moli
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Witch-Queen of the Hairy Ones!
Kaänga -
1.
Vendetta of the Tree Tribes!
Kaänga -
2.
["Three things did Simba prize above all else..."]
Simba, King of Beasts -
3.
["Long had the mombajuju meant rich crops for natives of Camilla's ageless empire."]
Camilla -
4.
["The howling rains of the monsoon drove Wambi and his friends to dryer jungle..."]
Wambi, The Jungle Boy -
5.
The Crypt
-
6.
["Grim is lancer justice..."]
Captain Terry Thunder -
7.
Transportation
Jungle Lore -
8.
["Hallowed was the tomb of N'moli..."]
Tabu
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
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