Jungle Comics #102

(June 1948)

Queen of the Amazon Lancers (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 Congo guards its secret paths with jealous eyes...

Genre

jungle

Characters

The Amazon Lancers (introduction); Prof. Fendrick (introduction, villain, death); Johnny Clayton (introduction, villain); Kaänga; Ann Mason; Marmo (elephant)

Synopsis

A group of jewel thieves are intent on looting the T'angai burial ground. However, they are being pursued by the Amazon Lancers, seeking revenge for the earlier looting of their temple. With help from Kaänga and Ann, the Lancers bury the thieves alive in a T'angai grave.

Reprints

• in Kaänga (ilovecomics, 2018 series) #10 (2020)

Keywords

cobras; Congo; dynamite; gold; human skeletons; idols; premature burial; rope bridges; saddle zebras; T'angai burial grounds

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

Pencils

August Froehlich

Inks

August Froehlich

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'The raking claws of Kerchank, the great ape, are oft not so deadly as the poison fangs of tiny Lispa, the asp!'

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Hissa (introduction, villain, death)(snake); Tawkee (introduction, villain)(vulture); Kaka (introduction)(ape); Garra (introduction)(ape); Simba

Synopsis

One of Simba's cubs is taken by a vulture. Simba learns of the cub's capture from an ape-child and goes to the rescue. The cub has been attacked by a python which Simba kills.

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Charles Sultan

Inks

Charles Sultan

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the stifling heat of the orderly room at Fort Diablo, death sat at the elbow of Terry Thunder...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Squint Larsen (introduction, villain); Bret Chambers (introduction, villain); Doc Chambers [J. C. Johnson](introduction, death); Laroc (introduction, death); Terry Thunder; Keeto

Synopsis

Thieves infiltrate Fort Diablo, planning to seize a valuable serum when it arrives. However, Terry and the lancers overcome them and see that the serum reaches the sick.

Keywords

disguises; dynamite; jungle fever; medical supplies; Ragura (village); steamboats; wanted posters

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

Tabu / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'War! War!' roared M'Banshi, witch seer of the Tuwaki.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Queen Zala (introduction); M'Banshi (introduction, villain, death); Tabu; Tuwakis (African tribe)

Synopsis

Tabu offers Queen Zala a pair of visions of the future, depending on her choice of war or peace.

Keywords

dams; elephants; flooding; howdahs; saddle zebras; witch doctors

Indexer Notes

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

Death - and the Ghost Chief's Choice (Table of Contents: 5)

Kaänga / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

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

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

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Frank Doyle (signed)

Inks

Frank Doyle (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The taste of forbidden fruit may be sweet...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Rodoc (introduction)(eagle); Wambi; Tawn; Ogg; Rango (wild dog); Hydra (deer)

Synopsis

Wambi and his jungle friends set the newly-arrived native tribe and the wild dogs against each other, ensuring that both will leave the jungle.

Keywords

julla pears; soporific drugs

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

Jungle Facts / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Peppe ?

Inks

Mike Peppe ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hartebeest -- one of the fastest beasts in Africa...

Genre

non-fiction; jungle; nature

Synopsis

A brief natural history of the hartebeest, the kilspringer, and the sable antelope.

Keywords

hartebeests; klipspringers; sable antelopes

Indexer Notes

The bottom one-third of the page is an advertisement.

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited)

Pencils

Matt Baker

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Thy lands are cursed!'

Genre

jungle

Characters

Bill Grange (introduction, villain, death); Si (introduction, villain, death); N'Louga (introduction, villain, death); Bess Merrill (introduction); Kolo (introduction); Camilla; Fury (dog)

Synopsis

Bill Grange has discovered that there is radium in the area so he decides to drive out the pygmies. He bribes the evil witch doctor N'Louga to pronounce a curse upon the land. They then lure jackals to the area with hidden meat and release a gas that causes hallucinations. This convinces everyone that the land is cursed, but Camilla is convinced it was a trick. She takes Chief Kolo with her and they go after the witch doctor. The tribe follows and kills Bill Grange and the witch doctor when they attack Chief Kolo.

Reprints

• in FemForce (AC, 1985 series) #10 ([December] 1987) [re-colored, minor mods to splash page]
• in Jungle Girls Retro Comics (AC, 1997 series) #4 (1997) [in black and white]

Keywords

bondage; hallucinatory drugs; jackals; radium; rope bridges; saddle antelopes; witch doctors