Jungle Comics #122

(February 1950)

The Veldt of Phantom Fangs (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Heed my commands...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Zan-zar; Tikanus (African tribe); Marmo (elephant); Ann Mason; Zulu; Bokka; Barda; leopard cultists

Synopsis

The witch Zan-zar begins preaching war among the jungle natives. An old woman, who gives her name as Barda, takes Kaänga and Ann to Zan-zar's hidden headquarters. Barda reveals that she is the real Zan-zar and the leopard cult that had been serving the imposter turns on her

Reprints

• in Kaänga (ilovecomics, 2018 series) #20

Keywords

apes; bondage; chariots; crocodiles; disguises; draft zebras; imposture; leopard cults; leopards; lions; stereotyping of Asians

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

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 name of Marvella, the-woman-who-could-not-die, traveled faster than the pulsing sound of the drum...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Chief Nayika; Fajelus (African tribe); Azali; Landor (villain, magician); Marvella, the Priestess of Life

Synopsis

Chief Nayika has invited Marvella, the woman who cannot die, to visit his tribe. Marvella and her assistant, after a display of stage magic, demand tribue from the Fajelus. Tabu senses trickery afoot and, in seeking to stop it, accidentally wounds a boy, unwittingly falling into a well-laid trap set by the magicians. Tabu quickly learns the error of his ways and exposes the tricks of the magicians and chases them into the jungle with his illusions.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #91 (2013) [in black and white]

Keywords

blade box illusion; leopards; sawing a woman in half illusion; stage magic

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue

Pencils

Gus Schrotter ?

Inks

Jack Kamen ?; Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Each year Fort Diablo's lancer corps recruited their men from the jungle tribes.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; Keeto; Congo Jacques; Wasimbis (African tribe); Salinda

Synopsis

The crooked trader, Congo Jacques, uses ventriloquism to convince natives that their god wishes the lancers driven from the jungle. The natives attend Terry's annual recruitment drive and wreak havok. Terry exposes Jacques and wins over all the recruits.

Reprints

• in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #18/1954 (1954)
• in Diamond Adventure Comic (Atlas Publishing, 1960 series) #8 (March 1961)

Keywords

disguises; elephants; hunting cheetahs; idol of Dar-Zumbo; idols; saddle zebras; smoke bombs; ventriloquism

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

Jungle Facts / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

? [as Stan Johnson]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The tiger will not attack man unprovoked...usually...

Genre

non-fiction; jungle; nature

Synopsis

Trivia regarding some big cats.

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #15 (March 1941)

Keywords

leopards; lions; pythons; tigers

Indexer Notes

The bottom one-third of the final page is a subscription ad 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 ?; Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sleeping safely in his tree home, Wambi the jungle boy stirs restlessly...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Ogg; Kaw; N'tumbas (African tribe); Tawn

Synopsis

Offended that his people would prefer Western medicine to his, Kaw poisons the jungle's waterholes, driving the animals mad. Wambi forces Kaw to treat the animals and promise to never poison them again.

Reprints

• in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #15/1953 (august 1953)

Keywords

poisoning; tigers; witch doctors

Magic in the Big Cage (Advanced Trickology, Cont'd.) (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Clyde Beatty

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

[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

The jut-jawed trapper lashed his bullock through the steaming brush...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Fang; Gus; Limehouse; Pappy; Hope Harris; Harris; M'bilas (African tribe); B'hru

Synopsis

Renegades kidnap Hope Harris and hold her for ransom. Camilla encounters the kidnappers but believes there story that Hope is the daughter of one of their party and they are taking her for medical treatment. Harris, pursuing the kidnappers, believes Camilla to be in league with them. Learning the truth, Camilla catches up to the kidnappers and frees Hope.

Reprints

• in Seriemagasinet (Centerförlaget, 1948 series) #14/1950, #14/1950

Keywords

crocodiles; forest fires; hunting leopards; K'fango Trading Post; rope bridge; saddle zebras; soporific drugs; warthogs

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

Simba, King of Beasts / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

Iger Shop

Inks

Jack Kamen ?; Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Man is not fair prey, for his two puny legs cannot carry him to safety...'

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba; Griffo (Cape buffalo); Cheeta (leopard)

Synopsis

Simba prevents a Cape buffalo herd from driving men from a water hole, and the men begin to leave food offerings for Simba. The offerings anger Cheeta who breaks in the men's kraal and smashes their chicken coops. The natives believe Simba responsible and trap him. Simba escapes and saves the kraal from depredations by Cheeta.

Reprints

• in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #17/1953 (september 1953)
• in Diamond Adventure Comic (Atlas Publishing, 1960 series) #13 (September 1961)

Keywords

Cape buffalo; tiger traps