Kaänga Comics #1

(Spring 1949)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Kaänga / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tom Cataldo ?; Ruben Moreira ?

Inks

Maurice Whitman ?; Ruben Moreira ?

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Every living creature, who breathed the free jungle air, fell under the protection of Kaänga...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Lance; N'ghana; Ka-winas (African tribe); Helen; Asika; Helena; Portia

Synopsis

A plane crash strands a trio of explorers on the rim of an ancient volcano. Kaänga and Ann offer assistance and they are all attacked by the Ka-winas, an ancient tribe determined to keep their home inside the volcano a secret. Kaänga uses the explorers' dynamite to ignite the volcano and destroy the Ka-winas and pushes the plane off the rim to glide to the jungle below. Kaänga and the explorers fly the plane into the Valley of Mist where they find Carthina, a lost Carthaginian outpost. Kaänga and his companions help restore the emperor to his throne after a coup by his daughter Portia.

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #57 (September 1944), #58 (October 1944)
• in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #19/1953 (oktober 1953)

Keywords

air planes; ancient Carthage; bondage; Carthina (lost city); chariots; dynamite; gorillas; kuaki birds; leopards; lightning; lions; saddle zebras; storms; Temple of Silence; Valley of the Mist; volcanos

Indexer Notes

This story's title on the cover is Kaänga and the Panther Princess

The Moreira credits are from the original GCD entry for the original publication.

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

Kaänga / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tom Cataldo ?; Ruben Moreira ?

Inks

Maurice Whitman ?; Ruben Moreira ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come, Ann... the gift I carved for chief N'tana is finished...

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Rainmaker; N'geeso; N'tana; Tuaka; El Cairn

Synopsis

A witch doctor, travels from village to village taking two maidens from each to use as "helpers." In reality, he is selling them as slaves. He takes Ann, and all the slaves are liberated by Kaänga.

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #56 (August 1944)

Keywords

Cavern of Mists; disguises; leopards; rhinoceroses; sedan chairs; slave auctions; slavery; stereotyping of Arabs

Indexer Notes

The Moreira credits are from the GCD entry for the original publication.

The Green-Eyed Monster (Table of Contents: 4)

Kaänga / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann; Nuki (slim daughter of Chief Nagaki)

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

Kaänga / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ruben Moreira

Inks

Ruben Moreira

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kaänga, why do we take this stream? It flows so swiftly and the crocs are hungry!

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #61 (January 1945)