Jungle Comics #116

(August 1949)

The Banshees of Voodoo Veldt! (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

Maurice Whitman

Inks

Maurice Whitman ?; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No jungle terror can stand against his might...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Bathongas (African tribe); Benson; Cappy; Ann Mason; Trader Thompson

Synopsis

Treasure hunters persuade the Bathongas that Trader Thompson has taken their children as slaves. The Bathonga warrior leave their village in pursuit of Thompson. Meanwhile, the treasure hunters loot the Bathongas' treasures. Kaänga and the innocent Thompson expose the thieves and turn them over the district commissioner.

Reprints

• in Kaänga (ilovecomics, 2018 series) #17 (2022)

Keywords

bondage; cheetahs; crocodiles; disguises; dogs; idols; Kobisi River; ossuaries; saddle antelope; saddle zebras; sarcophagi; slavers; swimming; tear gas grenades; treasure chests

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

Bill Walsh

Inks

Bill Walsh

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

High over the wild primitive jungle drones a winged intruder...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; Anita; Cusco (lion)

Synopsis

An airplane, bearing the circus lion Cusco and his trainer, crashes in Simba's jungle. Simba fends off an attack by a leopard and takes the newly freed Cusco under his tutelage. Cusco's trainer spies Simba and, believing him to be Simba, has him shot with a drugged dart. While Simba is at the trainer's camp, recovering, Cusco is forced to fight a pack of leopards. Simba recovers and rescues Cusco at the last moment. He then escorts the tame lion back to his trainer.

Keywords

airplanes; animal training; blowguns; leopards; soporific drugs

B (Table of Contents: 3)

Animals of the World / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

August Froehlich

Inks

August Froehlich

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; nature

Synopsis

Animals of the World from A to Z, this features creatures beginning with "B".

Keywords

babiroosas; baboons; badgers; bantings; binturongs; burrhels

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

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

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Bob Webb

Inks

David Heames ?; Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Orders of the Day: L/R G4520 A

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Terry Thunder; Colonel Wickersham; Al Raschid; Keeto; Schezade

Synopsis

Terry is relieved of his command for failing to capture the bandit Al Raschid. When his replacement sends word that he has cornered the bandit and needs ammunition, Terry suspects that Al Raschid is arranging a trap. Terry and Keeto rig the ammunition cases with smoke grenades and allow the bandit's men to take the supplies. When the cases are opened and the bandit and his men are blinded, Terry and the handful of lancer loyal to him, capture them. Terry's command is restored and his given a commendation.

Keywords

K'haber Pass; smoke grenades; steamboats; stereotyping of Arabs

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

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

'Will the wild gohali dogs come this season and devestate the jungle as they did in other years?'

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Beebee (monkey); Coco (monkey); Tawn; Ogg; Sirdah (tiger); Maggo (macaw)

Synopsis

Wambi accidentally starts a small fire with a magnifying glass and his jungle friends all shun him. But when the gohali dogs attack, Wambi leads them into oil-polluted waters and ignites the oil with his magnifying glass. He is forgiven by his jungle friends for his earlier mistake.

Reprints

• in Wambi Jungle Boy (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #5 ([March 1951])

Keywords

fires; gohali dogs; magnifying glasses

Temple of Kali (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Enrico Bagnoli

Inks

Enrico Bagnoli

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In Zomialand, that mysterious region of Africa untrod by white men, stands a mighty escarpment...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Zan; Langa; Swahilis (African tribe); Tanika

Synopsis

Zan dispatches Tabu to capture the witch Langa. Tabu complies and makes the Swahilis believe that she has been taken by her evil gods.

Keywords

apes; bird cages; jewelry; saddle zebras; Staff of the Snake-God; Temple of Apes; witch doctors

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited)

Pencils

Iger Shop

Inks

Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Am enroute to determine whether your mine, known as the Cavern of the King-Lizards, is safe for native labor.'

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Brody; Sharpe; Fang; Chet; Mulhall; lion cultists

Synopsis

Treasure hunters bent on looting a lion cult's temple, set explosive charges that they believe have killed the district mines inspector. The inspector and his assistant blame the blast on Camilla. Camilla convinces them that she is innocent and the three of them confront and defeat the treasure hunters who are killed by the cultists.

Keywords

antelopes; Cavern of the King-Lizards; crocodiles; dynamite; lion cults; monitor lizards; rope bridges; saddle zebras