Jungle Comics #109

(January 1949)

Cavern of the Golden Bones (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

To the Congo came the white man and the district commissioner...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Blandon; district commissioner; Marmo (elephant); Salu; Nira; Sanford; Blandon Sr; golden people

Synopsis

The district commissioner brings young Blandon to Kaänga's jungle in an effort to locate Blandon's father. They visit the land of the golden people and find Bladon Sr's assistant, Sanford, who has killed the older Blandon and set himself up as a god to the local people. Kaänga exposes the assistant and kills him

Reprints

• in Kaänga (ilovecomics, 2018 series) #14
• in Jungle Comics (Streamline, 1949 series) #2 (1950)

Keywords

bondage; Congo; diaries; dynamite; elephants; gold; golden apes; gongs; horses; human skeletons; idols; landslides; leopards; masks

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

'Heed me and obey!' snarled mighty Simba.

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; Mrs. Simba; Bogora (mandrill)

Synopsis

Simba's cubs are taken by mandrills who then lose the cubs to hunting dogs who take the cubs to their white hunter masters. Simba pursues and kills the mandrill king while Mrs. Simba slips into the hunters' camp and frees the cubs.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Streamline, 1949 series) #2 (1950)
• in Star Streamline Comics (Streamline, 1955 ? series) ([1950s])

Keywords

dogs; horses; monkeys

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Peppe ?

Inks

Mike Peppe ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here is another series for your jungle scrapbook...

Genre

non-fiction; jungle; nature

Synopsis

Brief natural histories of several animals.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Streamline, 1949 series) #2 (1950)

Keywords

armadillos; brahmin bulls; camels; pronghorn antelope; sloths

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

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

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The blood-tingling rhythm of the booming tom-toms proudly proclaimed the return of the mighty hunters of the Awandi tribe --

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Togar (leopard); Awandis (African tribe); Tawn; Ogg; Lekko (leopard); Pyraa (parrot)

Synopsis

Wambi attempts to befriend a lost hunting leopard and helps it escape from Lekko and his tribe. Later, Wambi hurts his ankle and is menaced by the leopards. The hunting leopard comes to his aid and kills Lekko, becoming the king of the leopards.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Streamline, 1949 series) #2 (1950)
• in Adventure Streamline Comics (Streamline, 1951 ? series) ([1951?])

Keywords

fishing nets; hunting leopards; jullah pears; mandrills; waterfalls

The Courage of Kaambi (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

Reprints

• in Charlie Chan (Streamline, 1950 series) #1 (1950)

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

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

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks

Dan Zolnerowich

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Baffling and filled with mystery was the drum message that rumbled down the river...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Terry Thunder; Keeto; Umbali; R'nobi; Karen Thompson; George Thompson

Synopsis

A mad sculptor threaten native villages with a "stone plague" if they do not give him tribute. Terry investigates and learns that the apparently petrified plague sufferers are, in fact, statues. The sculptor is taken into custody.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Streamline, 1949 series) #2 (1950)
• in Star Streamline Comics (Streamline, 1955 ? series) ([1950s])

Keywords

bells; disguises; Kafka Prison Colony; saddle zebras; signal drums; statues

[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

Lelana, the slave maiden, droused in the shade of a plantation hut.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Lelana; Ruth Corveaux; Paul Corveaux

Synopsis

Paul Corveaux murders his wife and frames the slave girl, Lelana, for the crime. Tabu sends Lelana to the Mistlands to protect her and confronts Corveaux who confesses his crimes and is taken into custody by the local villagers.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Streamline, 1949 series) #2 (1950)

Keywords

bracelets; Land of Mist; leopards

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Peppe ?

Inks

Mike Peppe ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This mastodon (nipple tooth) is believed to have...

Genre

non-fiction; jungle; nature

Synopsis

A brief natural history of the elephant

Reprints

• in Redskin (Streamline, 1955 ? series) #2
• in Charlie Chan (Streamline, 1950 series) #1 (1950)
• in Star Streamline Comics (Streamline, 1955 ? series) ([1950s])

Keywords

African elephants; Indian elephants; mastodons

[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

Strange was the brooding silence of the vast jungle...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Fang; Mizra; M'gandas (African tribe); Asargi; Carter; Myra Carter; Terry

Synopsis

The witch doctor Asargi conspires with Terry, assistant to Carter the explorer, to capture the M'gandas' village. Camilla comes and helps defend the village. Terry is trampled by elephants.

Reprints

• in Jungle Comics (Streamline, 1949 series) #[nn] (1949)
• in Jungle Girls (AC, 1989 series) #6 (1992)

Keywords

battering rams; chariots; crocodiles; draft zebras; horses; witch doctors