Jungle Comics #118

(October 1949)

The Muffled Drums of Doom! (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell

Pencils

Maurice Whitman

Inks

Maurice Whitman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Two moons had passed since the jungle lord had saved the man-cub on the funeral barge...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Marmo (elephant); Toru; Asaki; Benson; L'tonas (African tribe); Langley

Synopsis

Treasure hunters looting local temples are confronted by Kaänga and his new ward, Toru. The looters are killed by crocodiles.

Reprints

• in Kaänga Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #2
• in Kaänga (ilovecomics, 2018 series) #18 (2022)

Keywords

blowguns; crocodiles; leopards; mandrills

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

Simba, King of Beasts / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

Bill Walsh (signed)

Inks

Bill Walsh (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A strange restlessness stirred the mate of Simba.

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; Mrs. Simba; Crekar (mandrill); Kino (eagle)

Synopsis

Mrs. Simba is caught in a hunter's snare. Kino goes to rouse Simba while Mrs. Simba, trapped, is attacked by mandrills. Simba drives away the mandrills and then gets two elephants to push down the tree that Mrs. Simba is hanging from.

Reprints

• in Wambi Jungle Boy (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #3 ([1951] ?)

Keywords

saddle kudus; snares

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

Wild Life / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Peppe ?

Inks

Mike Peppe ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The giant panda was found in the mountains...

Genre

non-fiction; nature

Synopsis

Trivia about several animals.

Reprints

• in Biriba Mensal (RGE, 1949 series) #34 (Setembro 1952)

Keywords

duck-billed platypuses; giant pandas; mammoths; vicunas; yaks

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

King of the Congo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Nils Van Duren]

Pencils

Kurt Caesar (signed as Jack Away)

Inks

Kurt Caesar (signed) ([as Jack Away])

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The deep-throated tree drums spoke of anger and unreast at Konya mines...

Genre

jungle

Characters

King; Steve Stone; Drake; Sahi; Bertha Lawton; Jingo

Synopsis

Bertha's mine overseer, in a plan to cover his diamond thefts, convinces Bertha's native laborers to go on strike. When King and Bertha arrive at the mine site, Bertha takes the airplanes control and buzzes the natives, humiliating Sahi, the chief. Sahi orders his men to attack King and Bertha. Jingo interrogates the overseer and the plot is exposed. The overseer is turned over to the district police and Sahi begs Bertha for forgiveness.

Keywords

elephants; labor strikes

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 4.67 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Bob Webb

Inks

David Heames ?; Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For many suns the native drums had not spoken.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Terry Thunder; N'lokis (African tribe); Kirby; Kenyon

Synopsis

Treasure hunters, searching an ancient Carthaginian treasure ship, uses dynamite to block the lancers' steamboat from leaving the fort. But, unknown to the treasure hunters, Terry has a helicopter that he uses to go after the hunters, whom he subdues and takes into custody.

Keywords

ancient Carthage; dynamite; gold; helicopters; hippopotamuses; ivory

Indexer Notes

The bottom one-third of the final page is an ad.

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

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

Script

Roy L. Smith

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'When in trouble, help often comes from the most unexpected sources!'

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Beaky (hawk); Ogg; Beebee (monkey); Tawn; Sirdah (tiger); Stripo (zebra); Griffo (giraffe)

Synopsis

Wambi plays pranks on his jungle friends using stilts, and they shun him. Then, local hunters begin to take captive many of the jungle animals. Tawn refuses Wambi's offer of help and is himself captured, trying to free Ogg. Wambi then uses his stilts to frighten the hunters. He is forgiven for his pranks when he releases his friends.

Reprints

• in Wambi Jungle Boy (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #3 ([1951] ?)

Keywords

net traps; stilts

Part 1 - The Freshman Class (Table of Contents: 7)

The Big Cage / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Clyde Beatty

Pencils

Enrico Bagnoli ?

Inks

Enrico Bagnoli ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

About training wild animals.

Indexer Notes

Illustrated text story.

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (house name)

Pencils

Ralph Mayo

Inks

Ralph Mayo

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Through the brooding tangled jungle, a native runner sped...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Fang; Commissioner Harris; Sylvia Harris; Larkin; Nyoto; Nicky Norton; Moru

Synopsis

Ivory looters take the ivory of Chief Nyoto's people. The looters tell the chief they are in league with Camilla. When Camilla arrives later that day, she is set upon by the tribe. She escapes, catches up with the looters and restores the ivory to the tribe.

Keywords

blackwater fever; crocodiles; hunting leopards; ivory; L'komo Lake; signal drums