Dagar #16

(June 1948)

The Wretched Antmen! (Table of Contents: 1)

Dagar / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Edmond Good (signed as Damond)

Inks

Edmond Good (signed as Damond)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dagar; Talisman (horse); Silba; Big Sahib; Torro

Synopsis

Big Sahib uses his shrinking serum to kidnap women and to create a miniature slave army.

Reprints

• in Humdinger (Bell Features, 1950 series) #53 ([circa 1950?])

Keywords

anteaters; bondage; hypodermic syringes; leopards; shrinking serum; skeletons; staked out over an anthill; torture

Indexer Notes

Story begins on inside front cover.

The Murderous Mutinous Insurgent! (Table of Contents: 2)

Dagar / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Edmond Good (signed as Damond)

Inks

Edmond Good (signed as Damond)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dagar; Paula; Talisman (horse); Tirk [Poncha]

Synopsis

Paula, an American spy, is seeking Poncha, a usurper. Dagar helps her seek him out and they discover that he was closer than they suspected.

Keywords

bars; bugles; espionage; horse racing; spies; swords

Sarong of Death (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Bombay Bombshell! (Table of Contents: 4)

Safari Cary / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Safari Cary; Tasma; Lita

Synopsis

On his way home to the Congo from New York, Safari is captured by a revolutionary army in India.

Reprints

• in Mystery Adventure Thrillers (Bell Features, 1950 series) #14 (circa 1950) [First page used as cover.]

Keywords

automobiles; Floyd Bennett Airfield; India; New York; revolutionaries; stowaways

The Idol With Four Paws! (Table of Contents: 5)

Tangi / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as Alec Hope)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as Alec Hope)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tangi; Mason; Pochoo (monkey); Tansa

Synopsis

An escaped convict convinces a village that he is a monkey god in order to steal their sacred jewels.

Reprints

• in Jungle Girls (AC, 1989 series) #16 (1993)

Keywords

albinoism; canoes; hippopotamuses; idols; kudus; pygmies; snakes; stereotyping of African natives

The Arabian (Table of Contents: 6)

illustration / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

A description of traditional Arab clothing.

Keywords

camels; coffeepots; keffiyeh; tattooing; tobs

Indexer Notes

bottom one-third of the final page of the Tangi story.