Jungle Comics #135

(March 1951)

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Kaänga / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Maurice Whitman

Inks

Maurice Whitman

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Down the river the dugout raced, with yelling death behind it...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; B'tora; Harry Sands; Zulu; Dar-fungs (African natives); Marmo (elephant); Dora Sands; Jim; Dawson; Potter; N'gola

Synopsis

Witchdoctor N'gola plots with criminals Dawson and Potter to drive the Sandses from their mine. While Ann helps hold off the Dar-fungs (attacking at N'gola instigation), Kaänga exposes the witchdoctor as a fraud.

Keywords

disguises; leopards; masks; mines; rhinoceroses; saddle zebras; spotlights

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

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Pencils

Ken Battefield

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A great Riff tribe dwelt somewhere out in the sandy wastes of North Africa...

Characters

Terry Thunder [Desert Panther]; Zanzibar; al-Sinda; Agha

Synopsis

Terry assumes the guise of the recently deceased Desert Panther, a staunch opponent of slavers in the area.

Keywords

dancing girls; slavers; stereotyping of Arabs

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statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

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Stamps (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Wambi the Jungle Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

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The gloomy, green stretches of jungle were ever a source of surprise to Wambi...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Tawn; Ogg; Sirdah (tiger); Tuareks (African tribe); Mossa; Crekko (jackal)

Synopsis

Sirdah tricks the Tuareks into believing that Wambi has desecrated their idol. When Tawn and Ogg go to investigate, they are captured. Wambi frees them and tricks Sirdah into battle with the warriors.

Keywords

idol of Banla'a; totem poles

Read Them All! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Feuds in the Big Cage (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Clyde Beatty

Letters

typeset

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Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Fear -- alive and menacing -- spun a web of terror over the jungle.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Perry; Karen; Djibutis (African tribe); Akoonas (African tribe); Orogo

Synopsis

Through the use of a mind-control gas, Tabu is tricked into getting a pair of animal thieves safe passage into the Akoonas' kraal. He recovers in time to prevent the theft of the Akoonas' animals and to capture the thieves.

Keywords

gas masks; mind-control gasses

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Camilla / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Ralph Mayo (signed)

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Ralph Mayo (signed)

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The natives called it a place of death, and even the scent of death hung heavy on the air...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Fang; Zagounas (African tribe); Ugago; Kizembe; Seth Shannon; Marty; Brian

Synopsis

Ugago is accused of leading white looters to the Zagounas' temple. Camilla discovers it was done by placing a radio tracker on Ugago and convinces the tribe. The looters are captured

Keywords

elephants; gorillas; howdahs; pythons; radio trackers; saddle zebras