Zoot Comics #13[a]

(February 1948)

Stone Jungle (Table of Contents: 1)

Rulah / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Matt Baker ?

Inks

Matt Baker ?

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rulah never expected to see America again...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Hal Lyre (villain); Mildred Maxim (cameo); Tadpole; Commissioner Blodgett; Rulah

Synopsis

Lyre, a publicist for Duram & Daly Circus, sees a New Times article about finding an American girl in Africa and hatches a scheme to lure Rulah to New York City. He hires a boy, Tadpole, to feign a fatal illness and a dying wish to see Rulah. The story makes its way to Commissioner Blodgett, who pays to fly her to the boy. Tadpole regrets his deception and confesses to Rulah, who goes to Madison Square Garden to teach Lyre a lesson.

Keywords

Boeing 307 Stratoliner; LaGuardia Airport; Madison Square Garden; New York City

Indexer Notes

The story doesn't mention if Rulah is Jane Dodge (as given in Zoot Comics #7), or Joan Grayson (as given in Rulah #20).

Mildred Maxim found Rulah in Zoot Comics #12.

Bloody Moon (Table of Contents: 2)

Rulah / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Matt Baker ?

Inks

Matt Baker ?

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Not even the great Rulah could fathom the ancient curse that...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Rulah; Tombo; Ungar; Black Bart (flashback, villain, dies)

Synopsis

With the coming of a Blood Moon, Ungar warns Rulah that the ghost of Black Bart will return to seek slaves. In a flashback, Rulah sees a maiden who looked just like her kill Black Bart. She dispatches the ghost with Ungar's golden knife.

Reprints

• in Asia (Bell Features, 1948 series) #14 ([circa Spring 1948]) [first page of story used as cover]

Keywords

blood moon; Malabar; sacred panthers

Indexer Notes

The Seychelle Islands were a British colony at the time of Black Bart's death. Slavery was abolished in British Mauritius in 1835.

Murder Deadline (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Otis

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Irv Chandler had worked late in City Hall's Press Room on a...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Irv Chandler (reporter); Frisco Joe Roberto; Vitrol

Keywords

City Hall

Plundering Cult (Table of Contents: 4)

Rulah / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Matt Baker ?

Inks

Matt Baker ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Aiee! She's dead, Rulah!

Genre

jungle

Characters

Rulah; Tombo; Ora

Keywords

gold; warthogs

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