Jungle Comics #7

(July 1940)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Live Sacrifice (Table of Contents: 2)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Red Bradey]

Pencils

George Tuska

Inks

George Tuska

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Red Longjohn (introduction); Romey (introduction, villain); the Monkey Men (introduction, villains, death); Ann Mason; Lethor (lion)

Synopsis

Kaänga guides an explorer to a lost valley inhabited by descendents of ancient Romans and cannibalistic monkey me.

Keywords

Ancient Rome; bondage; cannibalism

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

first line: "A search for the lost valley into whose depths many an adventurer has vanished,..."

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

The Red Panther / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Taylor Martin]

Pencils

Arthur Peddy

Inks

Arthur Peddy

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Black beady-eyed vultures circle around an isolated part of the jungle.

Genre

jungle

Characters

The Red Panther; Boku (introduction, villain, death)

Synopsis

The Panther restores a deposed chief to his position in his village.

Keywords

blowguns; stereotyping of African natives

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

Camilla / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Ted Carter]

Pencils

Bob Powell

Inks

Bob Powell

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

After her narrow escape from the salt mines...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Camilla; Caredodo [becomes Sir Champion] (guest); Mephistopheles (introduction, villain); Temptation (introduction, villain); Satan (introduction, villain); The Angel of Faith (introduction)

Synopsis

Camilla and Caredodo brave the Cave of Sighs, the entrance to the supernatural underworld. Captured by Satan, Camilla carves a crosses that repulses the monster. The Angel of Faith rescues them and rewards Caredodo by transforming him from an ugly hunchback into a tall, handsome knight. Camilla dubs him "Sir Champion" and makes him her prime minister.

Keywords

angels; Cave of Sighs; Christian crosses; devil

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

Roy Lance / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Courtney Thomason]

Pencils

Nick Cardy

Inks

Nick Cardy

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The jungle lust for gold drives brother against brother in combat as savage as the primitive beasts and natives!

Genre

jungle

Characters

Roy Lance; Prof. Manners (introduction); Faith Manners (introduction); Joe Manners (introduction, villain); Champ (gorilla)

Synopsis

Joe Manners captures his explorer brother and plans to murder him to secure his inheritance. Roy attempts to rescue the explorer and only succeeds with the assistance of a tribe of giant gorillas.

Keywords

cave men; gorillas

The Claw of Simba (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Bob Clark]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

Characters

Ran-Tog

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Fantomah / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Fletcher Hanks (signed)[as Barclay Flagg]

Pencils

Fletcher Hanks (signed)[as Barclay Flagg]

Inks

Fletcher Hanks (signed)[as Barclay Flagg]

Colors

?

Letters

Fletcher Hanks

First Line of Dialogue or Text

She has discovered a plot by crooks to enslave the inhabitants of a native village...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Fantomah

Synopsis

A group of criminals enslave a village in Fantomah's jungle in order to use them as labor in a diamond mine. Fantomah frees the slaves and takes the four criminals to the Secret Pit of Jungle Horrors where she transforms the four into one man and abandons him to his horrible fate.

Reprints

• in I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) (June 2007)

Keywords

airplanes; anti-aircraft guns; diamond mines; monsters; Secret Pit of Jungle Horrors; slavery; white cobras

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

Simba, King of the Beasts / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

William M. Allison

Inks

William M. Allison

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Simba, out for a stroll along a favorite trail...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba

Synopsis

A wounded Simba makes friends with a wounded white girl, lost from her safari. Simba escorts her back to her father where they discover that the father is being tortured by criminals looking for his stash of gold. Simba rescues the man but then he, the father, and the daughter fall into a tiger trap and the criminals begin to bury them alive. Simba call on his animal subjects to rescue them.

Keywords

bondage; spring traps; stereotyping of African natives; tiger traps; torture

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Captain Terry Thunder of the Congo Lancers / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Pierre La Rue]

Pencils

Bill Bossert

Inks

Bill Bossert

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Miss Gloria Frazier's visit to Terry's fort is nearly over.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Captain Terry Thunder; Gloria Frazier; Abou Ben Ali (introduction, villain); Kismet (camel); Slim Lennon; Tubs Hedge; Sahabid

Synopsis

Gloria is tricked into a treasure hunt by an Arab merchant who then kidnaps her. Terry rescues her and his two men that he ordered to accompany her on her hunt.

Keywords

Arabs; camels; Dibella (Arab village); stereotyping of Arabs; treasure maps

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Robert Lewis]

Pencils

Charles Sultan

Inks

Charles Sultan

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A terrible wind, blowing over Africa, turns villages into a shambles and bends century old trees to the ground...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; the wind-god (introduction, villain); a witch doctor (introduction); Sirocco

Synopsis

To prevent the destruction of a village, Tabu imprisons a wind spirit. This angers the wind god who sends terrible storms, lightning, and a tornado to the village. Tabu agrees to release the spirit if the god will never attack the village again. The god agrees. Once the winds are gone, the villagers discover that their valley is no longer fertile. Tabu transforms four slain elephants into banana, coconut, and breadfruit trees.

Keywords

bananas; coconuts; lightning; stereotyping of African natives; storms; tornados; wind

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Jungle Facts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Stan Johnson]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In daylight, lions will not attack unprovoked.

Genre

non-fiction; jungle; nature

Synopsis

Folklore regarding lions and elephants.

Keywords

elephants; lions

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Roy L. Smith]

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer ?; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the midst of a laughing water game, Wambi hears a strange sound...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; the provincial governor (introduction); the governor's wife (introduction); Kathy (the governor's daughter) (introduction); Kaga (crocodile); Toga; Ongagis (African tribe); Tawn (elephant); Rouma (lion); Kaa (python); Core (condor); Ogg (ape); Dirk

Synopsis

The provincial governor's daughter is kindapped and held for ransom, but she is rescued by Wambi and his jungle friends.

Keywords

kidnapping; stereotyping of African natives

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)