Jungle Comics #107

(November 1948)

Banshee Valley (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

John Celardo (signed)

Inks

John Celardo (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Beware! Beware! For 'tis written that Zhandu, flame-god of the B'tongi tribe will rise once more --

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; B'tongis (African tribe); Dambu; Chalmers; Trader Brown; N'geeso

Synopsis

White renegades impersonate the fire god of the B'tongis and demand the B'Tongis act as their raiding force. Kaänga exposes the impersonations and N'geeso's tribe help route the B'Tongis.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Streamline, 1949 series) #[nn] (1949)
• in Jungle Comics (Locker, 1950 series) #nn [1] (1950)
• in Star Streamline Comics (Streamline, 1955 ? series) ([1950s])
• in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #18 (Winter 1953-1954) [Completely re-written with some panels re-arranged]
which is reprinted
• in Kaänga (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1 (1958)

Keywords

asbestos; bolas; bondage; disguises; leopards; masks; saddle antelope; saddle zebras; Zhandu worship

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

Joe Doolin ?

Inks

Joe Doolin ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Regal pride must be tempered with humility...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; Lokko (leopard); Torga (leopard); Pyro (parrot); Borgo (Cape buffalo)

Synopsis

Simba takes the prey of Lokko, learning later that Lokko's hunt was part of a leopard adulthood ritual and that Lokko is now banished from his tribe. Simba then pretends to attack Lokko and pretends to be defeated so that Lokko's tribe will acknowledge his strength and welcome him back.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Streamline, 1949 series) #[nn] (1949)

Keywords

adulthood rituals; warthogs

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich (signed)

Inks

Dan Zolnerowich (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Why do we visit the palm nut plantation?''

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; Keeto; Kim Reagan; Inez Baxter; Jud Baxter

Synopsis

The Baxters, treasure hunters, persuade Kim Reagan that his father was driven to suicide by Terry. They then use the distraction created by Kim's accusations to attempt to smuggle diamonds inside palm nut shells. Terry overcomes Kim and exposes the Baxters' smuggling trick.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Streamline, 1949 series) #[nn] (1949)
• in Thunder Comics (Streamline, 1951 series) #1 (1951)

Keywords

diamonds; mandrills; palm nuts; waterfalls

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

Jungle Journal / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Peppe ?

Inks

Mike Peppe ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Deep within the ominous folds of the trackless jungle...

Genre

non-fiction; animal; jungle; nature

Synopsis

The story of the circle of life in the jungle.

Reprints

• in Manhunt (Streamline, 1950 ? series) (1950)

Keywords

eagles; ferrets; mandrills; pythons; servals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Wambi 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

Black anger clouded the face of Wambi, the man-cub...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Cara (crane); Curka (hyena); Ogg; Tawn

Synopsis

Wambi rescues a baby gorilla from a tangle of vines and from hyenas.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Streamline, 1949 series) #[nn] (1949)
• in Star Streamline Comics (Streamline, 1955 ? series) ([1950s])

Keywords

bees; gorillas

Ambush at Dawn (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

Reprints

• in Diamond Adventure Comic (Atlas Publishing, 1960 series) #1

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mack

Pencils

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The jungle calls it Karza-Tan the ship of death!

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Lorila; N'kolo; Kim Kenyon; K'bori

Synopsis

Kenyon, a jewel thief, kills a two of a trio of royal siblings and takes their sacred gems. As he is attempting to kill the third, he is confronted by Tabu and the ghosts of his earlier victims. He is carried away to the Land of Mists.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Streamline, 1949 series) #[nn] (1949)
• in Star Streamline Comics (Streamline, 1955 ? series) ([1950s])

Keywords

crocodiles; ghosts; Kambala (African village); Karza-Tan the Ship of Death; Land of Mists; leopards; Mazzi (African village); Sacred Jewels of Balshar; signal drums; Tuwalo (African village)

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Peppe ?

Inks

Mike Peppe ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Giraffe -- by far the tallest of all mammals.

Genre

non-fiction; jungle; nature

Synopsis

Brief natural histories of several jungle animals

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Streamline, 1949 series) #[nn] (1949)
which is reprinted
• in Fighting Renegades (Streamline, 1950 ? series) (1950 ?)
• in Star Streamline Comics (Streamline, 1955 ? series) ([1950s])

Keywords

cheetahs; giraffes; leopards; okapis; zebras

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Matt Baker

Inks

Ray Osrin ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To the blood-curdling shouts of the Masai, to the curses of a renegade white and his half-caste bearers, the chase flashed on...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; N'kari; Masais (African tribe); Mike Melton; Fang (dog); Kalembu

Synopsis

Melton frames Camilla for his own looting of the Masais' Temple of Ka. She proves her innocence by capturing Melton with the rest of the treasure. The Masai kill Melton.

Reprints

• in Dixie Dugan (Streamline, 1950 series) #[1] (1950)

Keywords

binoculars; hunting leopards; necklaces; Temple of Ka; warthogs