Jungle Comics #131

(November 1950)

Treasure-Tomb of the Ape-King (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (signed)

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For many, many moons the jungle lord had known the great grey ape dwelling high in his treetop temple...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Zulu; Marmo (elephant); Tonta; Mangawatos (African tribe); Billings; Sharkey

Synopsis

Billings and Sharkey convince Tonta that they are clearing the jungle near his temple to make it easier for worshipers of Tonta's gorillas to come to him. In fact, they're searching for treasure using mind-controlled slaves as labor. Kaänga and Ann show Tonta that he has been duped and he orders his apes to help capture Billings and Sharkey.

Keywords

dynamite; gorillas; idols; mind control drugs; saddle zebras; sea monsters; stereotyping of African natives; tree houses; zombies

Indexer Notes

Title from cover.

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

Capt. Terry Thunder / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue (credited)

Pencils

Ken Battefield

Inks

Jay Disbrow

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Military Diary: Captain Terry Thunder, North African Intelligence Corps.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; Ibn Jad; Black Scourge; Fesal; Ibn Jad's daughter

Synopsis

While waiting for word of the whereabouts of the Black Scourge, Terry is staying with Sheikh Ibn Jad. The Black Scourge sneaks into the sheikh's fortress and kidnaps his daughter. Terry disguises himself as an East Indian hunter and takes a caravan of the sheikh's men into the desert. Black Scourge attacks the caravan but is defeated and captured by Terry.

Reprints

• in Diamond Adventure Comic (Atlas Publishing, 1960 series) #17 (January 1962)
which is reprinted
• in Klassik Komix Men of Action (Mini-Komix, 2015 series) ([August 21, 2015]) [This reprint is from United Kingdom's Atlas Publishing black and white reprint and not the original color story. Confirmed by last panel blurb, "Captain Terry Thunder next month in Diamond Comic".]

Keywords

El Basheba (African village); elephants; howdahs; leopards; lions; stereotyping of Arabs

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

Wambi / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

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The sacred idol of the Lohakka tribe looks out over the waters of the river with two faces.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Tawn; Rango (monkey); Ogg; Sirdah (tiger); Matumbi; Hagar (jackal); Lohakkas (African tribe)

Synopsis

Wambi plays a joke on his jungle friends and, in the process, defiles a sacred idol. The Lohakkas take Wambi prisoner. When his jungle friends come to free him, they accidentally tip the idol over and the Lohakkas discover that it contains treasure. They happily let Wambi go free.

Keywords

idols; jewels; practical jokes

Adventures In the Big Cage (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Clyde Beatty

Letters

typeset

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

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Not many moons ago, a ghostly visitor came to Tabu in a dream...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; M'lagga; Edwards; Luara; Madawas (African tribe)

Synopsis

A Madawa girl becomes aware of a plot by the Madawa witch doctor and white hunter Edwards to raid Madawa supply canoes. She informs Tabu who exposes the plot.

Keywords

bondage; mandrills; saddle zebras; totem poles

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

Camilla / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited)

Pencils

Ralph Mayo

Inks

Ralph Mayo

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An Arab slaver found it...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Drake; Rod Remley; Beghallas (African tribe); Fang (dog); N'gari; Boko; John Clayton; Jeanne Clayton

Synopsis

Remley, a dishonest archaeologist and his henchmen, find a Viking helmet. While trying to find the source of the helmet, they are attacked in the jungle by Vikings. They soon discover that the Vikings are an earlier archaeology expedition, betrayed by Remley. Camilla helps the "Vikings" defeat Remley's men. Remly falls to his death and his henchmen are captured.

Reprints

• in Good Girl Art Quarterly (AC, 2001 series) #19 (2001)
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #57 (2005)

Keywords

chariots; crocodiles; disguises; draft antelopes; leopards; lions; Vikings