(June 1940)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Every month
- On-sale Date
- 1940-04-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Glen Kel Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 451777.
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Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Trapped in the treacherous swamps by two of the cruelest forces of the jungle, ...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Sam Broot (villain); Anitra (introduction); Kula; Ann Mason; Cheba (leopard)
- Synopsis
- Anitra rescues Kaänga from yet another attack by Sam Broot and his men, but when Kaänga refuses to become her king, she prepares to sacrifice him. Ann and Cheba arrive and prevent the execution and Anitra allows Kaänga to go free because of his love for Ann. Later, however, Anitra dispatches her men to kidnap Ann and feed her to the crocodiles. Kaänga manages to rescue Ann at the last second and once again delivers a pasting to Sam Broot.
- Keywords
- bondage; crocodiles; poison; sedan chairs; stereotyping of African natives; swimsuits; thrones
[no title indexed]
The Red Panther / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The black orchid! Scientists have searched in vain for this exotic flower.
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- The Red Panther; Dr. Grayson (introduction); Dr. Grayson's daughter (introduction); Sneed
- Synopsis
- Despite the Panther's warnings, a botanist pursues collecting a black orchid. He is followed by a gang of thugs who want to sell the flower. The plant is located and one of the thugs touches it and dies. The other thugs flee and the botanist extends his gratitude to the Panther for his warning.
- Keywords
- black orchids; bondage; botanists; torture
[no title indexed]
Camilla / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The lost empire, dependent on its salt supply from the nearby mines...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Camilla; Count Knuten (villain, death); Caredodo (introduction); Gerald; Arndt
- Synopsis
- The deaf hunchback, Caredodo, is persuaded by Count Knuten to assassinate Camilla. Caredodo follows her to the salt mines where she is attempting to discover the reason for the failure of salt deliveries. Camilla saves Caredodo's life during a cave in, however, both are captured by the monkey creatures who have killed the miners. Camilla's army arrives and during the battle with the monkey creatures, Cardodo kills Knuten and flees.
- Keywords
- caverns; monkey creatures; saddle zebras; salt mines
Indexer Notes
The depiction of Caredodo is an homage to Charles Laughton's portrayal of the hunchback, Quasimodo, in the 1939 film, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
[no title indexed]
Roy Lance / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A lost white race, enslaved in a hidden African jungle village!
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Roy Lance; Gov. Malraux (introduction, villain); Jill March (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Roy escorts immunologist Jill March into the jungle to eradicate sleeping sickness. They are captured and imprisoned in a village where the governor is using white slaves to manufacture illegal firearms. The governor and his mean are defeated when they are overcome with sleeping sickness and only Roy and Jill can save them.
- Keywords
- Angola; arms manufacturing; French equitorial Africa; gun running; ocean liners; sedan chairs; slavery; sleeping sickness; stereotyping of African natives; tsetse flies
[no title indexed]
Fantomah / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
- Pencils
- Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
- Inks
- Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Fletcher Hanks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She had always watched the growth of a certain white boy, now grown to manhood...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Fantomah; The Jungle Demon (introduction, villain); Powerhouse (python)
- Synopsis
- Eating strange jungle berries transforms a man, raised in the jungle by a python, into the Jungle Demon whose goal is to strip the jungle of all its diamonds and emeralds. Fantomah cure him of his berry-induced madness and take him and his foster parent, Powerhouse, to a remote plateau where that can live together in peace.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- pythons; stereotyping of African natives
in 
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Simba, King of the Beasts / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Simba, walking along a jungle trail, hears a commotion and turns aside.
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Simba; Golox (introduction, villain, death)(ape); Gloria
- Synopsis
- Golox, leader of the apes, decides that Simba has ruled the jungle too long. Golox confronts Simba and they begin to battle as a film crew arrives. During the confusion, Golox makes off with Gloria, the crew's actress. Simba pursues Golox and kills him, rescuing Gloria.
- Keywords
- apes; motion picture productions
[no title indexed]
Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The savage Mbuti tribe performs the weird ceremony of crowning their new chief...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Tabu; Batau (introduction, villain, death); Loula; Mbono; Waluri
- Synopsis
- A white boy, designated as the heir to the previous village leader, has his position usurped by Batau, who rules as a tyrant. Tabu restores the boy to the leadership position and the villagers burn Batau at the stake.
- Keywords
- bondage; burning at the stake; human sacrifice; stereotyping of African natives; thrones; torture
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Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wambi visits his friends, the pygmies, as they celebrate their feast of plenty.
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Wambi; Ogg (ape); Tawn (elephant); Erp (baboon); Tara (lioness); Circa (eagle)
- Synopsis
- Wambi's animal friends help a village of pygmies recover their homes after they are driven out by a neighboring tribe.
- Keywords
- blowguns; bondage; idols; pygmies; stereotyping of African natives
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Tigress of the Deep Jungle Swamp
Kaänga -
1.
["Don't miss this sensational offer!"]
-
2.
["Trapped in the treacherous swamps by two of the cruelest forces of the jungle, ..."]
Kaänga -
3.
["The black orchid! Scientists have searched in vain for this exotic flower."]
The Red Panther -
4.
["The lost empire, dependent on its salt supply from the nearby mines..."]
Camilla -
5.
["A lost white race, enslaved in a hidden African jungle village!"]
Roy Lance -
6.
The White Slave
-
7.
["She had always watched the growth of a certain white boy, now grown to manhood..."]
Fantomah -
8.
["Simba, walking along a jungle trail, hears a commotion and turns aside."]
Simba, King of the Beasts -
9.
["Men, we're going to have company! A woman!"]
Captain Terry Thunder of the Congo Lancers -
10.
["Fireworks for the 4th of July"]
-
11.
["The savage Mbuti tribe performs the weird ceremony of crowning their new chief..."]
Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle -
12.
["Mapowi, strongest native of the Kenya colonies of Africa..."]
Jungle Facts -
13.
["Wambi visits his friends, the pygmies, as they celebrate their feast of plenty."]
Wambi, The Jungle Boy -
14.
["if you want quality comic magazines -- look for the bull's-eye when you buy!"]
-
15.
["This beautiful desk for only $1.00"]
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