Jungle Comics #120

(December 1949)

Killer King's Domain (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

Only dimly did Zulu remember that fateful day when Kaänga, lord of the jungle, had found him on a funeral barge...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Zulu; Ann Mason; Azandes (African tribe); Bulando; M'fonga; Songa; Tugaro; El Haska

Synopsis

Kaänga learns that the Azandes have been forbidden to trade with the trader Songa by their witch doctor, M'fonga. Kaänga visits the tribe and tells the chief and the warriors that he thinks they should trade with Songa. At the trader's camp, the warriors are betrayed by their chief and Songa takes them all captives, including Ann, to be sold as slaves. Kaänga pursues them to the slave auction and frees the slaves and captures Songa. The chief is killed by Zulu as he attempts to escape.

Reprints

• in Kaänga (ilovecomics, 2018 series) #19 (2023)

Keywords

bolas; bondage; leopards; mandrills; pythons; saddle zebras; slave auctions; slavers; soporific drugs; whips; witch doctors

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

Simba / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

Bill Walsh

Inks

Bill Walsh

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What is the unfathomable spell that the jungle weaves around the hearts and minds of men...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba

Synopsis

Competing parties seek a legendary salt mine: white ivory hunters who will trade the salt to natives for their ivory and natives who will trade the salt for needed supplies. Simba, fighting cantankerous leopards, leads each party to the mine. The natives kill the white men, and Simba defeats the leopards.

Keywords

leopards; rhinoceroses; stereotyping of African natives

Indexer Notes

Simba turns white after a fall into a stream. While the change is noted in the text, there is no explanation for it.

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 6.75 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Bob Webb

Inks

Jack Kamen; Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

-- Official -- From: District commissioner's office...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Terry Thunder; L'tongas (African tribe); Anton Carter; Keeto; Fang (cheetah)

Synopsis

Terry escorts Dr. Carter, an ethnologist, to the L'tonga village where a trial for a pair of jewel thieves is scheduled. Dr. Carter is exposed as an ex-Nazi, looking for the loot taken by the thieves.

Reprints

• in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #11/1954 (mai 1954)

Keywords

disguises; elephants; ethnology' M'kimbwa River; helicopters; hunting cheetahs; medicinal herbs; Nazis; saddle zebras; steamboats; submarines; swastikas; torpedos; U-boats; whips

Indexer Notes

Bottom one-quarter of the final page is a Jungle Comics subscription advertisement.

[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

Nature has given Wambi's friends speed and strength...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Tawn; Ogg; Leo (leopard); Stripo (zebra); Kila (dog)

Synopsis

Wambi and Leo pretend to have swamp madness in order to drive away the gothali dogs.

Keywords

foot traps; medicinal herbs; soap root; swamp madness

Getting Acquainted (Table of Contents: 5)

The Big Cage / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Clyde Beatty

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Enrico Bagnoli

Inks

Enrico Bagnoli

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What the gods have or ordained, let no man defy... [sic]

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Naya; Bulandas (African tribe); Songais (African tribe); Ovambu; Myra; Shelton; Yona

Synopsis

A thief steals the idol of Ovambu from the Bulandas and hides it in the temple of the Songais. A pair of treasure hunters come and loot the Songai temple, taking the idol. They attempt to trade the idol to the Bulandas, not knowing the provenance of the statue. The Bulandas kill them.

Keywords

crocodiles; diamonds; gas bombs; gas masks; idol of Ovambu; machine guns; storms

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

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Ralph Mayo

Inks

Ralph Mayo

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A curse, ancient as the sands of Egypt...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Fang; Jane Wiggin; Hetlai; Kolonas (African tribe); Al Storm; Ahmed; B'timi

Synopsis

Treasure hunters kidnap chief Hetlai's daughter in order to coerce him into helping them loot an ancient Egyptian tomb. Camilla frees the daughter and captures the treasure hunters. She prevents Hetlai from killing them so they can be turned over to the district commissioner.

Keywords

ancient Egypt; bondage; disguises; lions; mummies; Ritual of Ra; saddle zebras; sarcophogi; Treasure of Tut-akan