Jungle Comics #94

(October 1947)

Terror Raid of the Congo Caesar! (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

John Celardo (signed)

Inks

John Celardo (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The scene -- a peaceful village, laughing children, yapping dogs, and chattering tree dwellers...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'tomba; Trader Brown; Bart; Louella; Marmo (elephant)

Synopsis

N'tomba is leading his people on murderous raids. He captures a trio of hunters and Ann, planning to execute them. Kaänga arrives in time to prevent the executions, and N'tomba is dethroned in a duel with one of the hunters.

Reprints

• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #11 (Spring 1952) [Edited from 11 pages to 8 and heavily re-written]
which is reprinted
• in Kaänga Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #19
• in Kaänga (ilovecomics, 2018 series) #7 (2019)

Keywords

bondage; cowardice; crocodiles; duels; elephants; leopards; morning stars; saddle zebras; stereotyping of African natives; Tangora (African town); totem poles; wagons; whips; white feathers

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)

Inks

August Froehlich (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Beware! Death walks the trail of the two-legged ones!'

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; Zihadra; Aganis (African tribe); Tika (monkey)

Synopsis

A witch secretly poisons the local water hole and uses the death of the animals to convince her tribe that she is very powerful. However, Simba attacks her and she falls into the water hole and dies of her own poison.

Keywords

leopards; poison; Takta (god of vengeance)

Indexer Notes

Froelich's signature is in the final panel.

Superstitions (Table of Contents: 3)

Jungle Lore / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Evans ?

Inks

George Evans ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; jungle

Synopsis

A brief description of some jungle superstitions.

Keywords

boa constrictors; good luck charms; scalping; witch doctors

Indexer Notes

Saltarella states: "This looks more like Mike Peppe to me than Evans - the hand in the center panel in particular is not like Evans careful anatomy." (December 2013).

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 6.8 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Charles Sultan

Inks

Charles Sultan

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Kafka territory? But that's dangerous country!'

Genre

jungle

Characters

Terry Thunder; Cicero Coventry; Evelyn Coventry; Kafkas (African tribe); Marlowe; Mitchell; Keeto; Goro

Synopsis

Two treasure hunters, posing as anthropologists, work with the Kafka chief to located a buried treasure. Terry thwarts their plan, and they are killed and the map destroyed in an explosion.

Keywords

hand grenades; sacred elephants; shrunken heads; steamboats; tattoos; treasure maps

Indexer Notes

The bottom one-fifth of the final page is an advertisement.

At Close Quarters with a Galongwa (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Henry Lanier (credited as Henry Wysham Lanier)

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

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

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

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Frank Doyle

Inks

Frank Doyle

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Strange are the many tales passed from watchful eyes to waiting ear to babbling mouth'...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Varuna; Tawn; Ogg; Azadar (cobra); Lupa (wolf); Sirdah (tiger)

Synopsis

A prince and a slave girl elope and Wambi hides them in a cave. The jungle animals call a conference and tell Wambi that by allowing humans to hide in the jungle he is breaking the jungle law. Wambi dissolves the conference by throwing a wasps' nest at the animals. The wasp stings enrage Sirdah the tiger and he goes to kill the prince and his wife. Wambi and Tawn prevent him from harming the couple.

Keywords

elephants; horses; howdahs; polypa; wasps

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Death drums pulsed the call of the unliving...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Batubi; Lia; Waraz; Sira

Synopsis

Tabu goes to the village of Tuwalla to rescue the kidnapped princess, Lia, and to return her to her own people to rule.

Keywords

crocodiles; jewelry; Lake of Perils; mandrills; premature burial; saddle zebras; sarcophagi; stereotyping of African natives; Tuwalla (African village)

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Nick Cardy; Bob Lubbers

Inks

Nick Cardy

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Through steaming Congo wilds, talking drums boomed a message to Camilla, the jungle queen...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Guntali; Frog; Kolu; Murdoch; Wanculu; Fang (dog); Bantus (African tribe)

Synopsis

Two slavers battle over a party of slaves. Camilla insures the death of one slaver and the defeat of the other, freeing the slaves.

Keywords

bondage; Kamibo (African village); landslides; leopards; saddle zebras; sea monsters; signal drums; slavers; steamboats; stereotyping of African natives; torture; warthogs