Jungle Comics #121

(January 1950)

Wolves of the Desert Night (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

In the ancient temple of the Lotumbu kraal there was a legend inscribed on the altar wall...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Zulu; Marmo (elephant); Black Bart [Tom Nelson]

Synopsis

A group of escaped convicts, disguised as commissioner's guards, raise havok in Kaänga's jungle until they are exposed by Kaänga and turned over to authentic district commissioner guards.

Reprints

• in Kaänga (ilovecomics, 2018 series) #20

Keywords

airplanes; bondage; disguises; elephants; fire extinguishers; Kafka Prison Colony; leopards; totem poles; warthogs

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

Bill Walsh ?

Inks

Bill Walsh ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What chance for survival have new-born sucklings...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; Mrs. Simba; Hogar (hippopotamus); Brugga (ape)

Synopsis

Brugga kidnaps Simba's cubs, with the intention of killing them. Simba arrives just in time to save the cubs and kills Brugga in combat.

Keywords

crocodiles; rope bridges

Advanced Trickology (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Clyde Beatty

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Jay Disbrow

Inks

Bill Walsh

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'A lost city where an ancient civilization once flourished, lies crumbing beneath the matted jungle at Kongola.'

Genre

jungle

Characters

Terry Thunder; Professor Morely; Dian; Ali Khaber; Cass Stinson; Loangas (African tribe); Kamba; Buck

Synopsis

Terry escorts an archaeologist and his assistant to the Kongola country where they hope to find a buried, ancient city. A pair of prospectors, illegally hydraulically mining in the area, unearth the city. When Terry's party arrives the prospectors take them prisoner, demanding the maps that will help them properly loot the city. Terry overcomes them and arrests them

Keywords

archaeology; elephants; gold; helicopters; hydraulic mining; Kongola (African region); steamboats

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Jim Vadaboncouer Jr. The previous indexer credited the pencils to "Jack Kamen ?; ? (Iger Shop)" and the inks to "David Heames ?; ? (Iger Shop)."

The bottom one-third of the final page is a subscription advertisement for Jungle Comics.

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

Wambi, The 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

Wake up, Wambi!

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Tawn; Tongo; Croft; Ogg

Synopsis

A snake charming witch doctor is hired by hunters to bring them game. He uses his flute to lure all the animals of the jungle to the hunters' steamboat where they are caged. Wambi follows and frees the animals, extracts a promise from the witch doctor to never do this again, and cages the hunters, sending their steamboat down the river.

Keywords

hypnosis; snake charming; steamboats; witch doctors

[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

The jungle wherein Tabu, the wizard, dwells, is a land of darkness and evil...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Zana; Tonga; Golas (African tribe); Basuris (African tribe); B'maki; Orago

Synopsis

B'maki, a prince of the Basulis, intercepts the new bride of his brother, Orago, as she makes her way to the Basuli village. He plans to marry her himself and become chief. Tabu divines the location of the kidnapper and his victim and hypnotizes B'maki, causing him to fall in a crevasse where he will wait for the jungle authorities.

Keywords

bats; caves; crocodiles; saddle zebras

The Elephant (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; jungle; nature

Synopsis

Trivia about elephants.

Keywords

elephants; elephants' graveyard; ivory; lions; tiger traps

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

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

At the fork in the ancient jungle trail, Camilla posted her taboo...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Benton; Kent; Fang (dog); Akari; the Scorpion; K'tia; N'kyla

Synopsis

Camilla infiltrates the camp of the safari raider, the Scorpion, disguised as one of his lieutenants. She then opens the camp's gate to a safari that had been robbed by the Scorpion and they defeat the Scorpion's men.

Keywords

disguises; hunting cheetahs; leopards; mannequins; rope bridges; saddle zebras