Jungle Comics #140

(August 1951)

The Monsters of Kilmanjabo (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Maurice Whitman

Inks

Maurice Whitman

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By a she-lion's blood and the fang of an ape, King Zando of the Silver Spears swore his oath against the Walesa tribe...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Zulu; Zando; Walesas (African tribe); Marmno (elephant); Tembulu; Shashanis (African tribe); N'ganda

Synopsis

Kaänga, Ann, and Zulu aid the Walesas against the men of King Zando, who has vowed to destroy them.

Keywords

chariots; dancing; draft zebras; idols; javiro dust; rhinoceroses; stereotyping of African natives; Umbanza River

Indexer Notes

Title from cover.

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

Wambi / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

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Wambi, the jungle boy, had coaxed his friends Tawn and Ogg to level and place the huge tree trunk for him...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Leo (leopard); Tawn; Ogg

Synopsis

When Wambi asks Tawn and Ogg for their help in returning a hippo calf to its mother, they refuse, saying they owe nothing to the calf. Later, when Tawn's calf is endangered by native hunters, the hippo mother comes to the rescue. Tawn and Ogg learned a lesson in gratitude.

Keywords

canoe making; hippopotamuses

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

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

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Pencils

Robert Webb ?

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The long months of espionage work had ended at last for Captain Terry Thunder.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; Keeto; Kafir; Kibalas (African tribe); Miss Porter

Synopsis

Miss Porter and Kafir plot to make Kafir chief of the Kibalas. Kafir pretends to be blind and is granted entrance to the Kibalas' sacred temple. Once inside, he uses a camera to photograph the idol. Later, he claims to be the rightful chief of the Kibalas due to his amazing powers. He waves his hand over a canvas (previously treated by Porter to create a photographic print) and causes the image of the idol to appear. Terry exposes Kafir as sighted by threatening him with a spear which causes the fraud to flinch.

Keywords

blindness; cameras; leopards; steamboats

Cats 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)

Camilla / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Ralph Mayo

Inks

Ralph Mayo

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Zagar Khai, the natives called him -- Killer Claw!

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Zagar Khai (leopard); Narayo; Wasulis (African tribe); Masais (African tribe); Garro; Chip Gaines; Skeet

Synopsis

A pair of crooked traders take the Walsulis' sacred white hippopotamus. Camilla pursues them and recovers the sacred animal. The traders are killed by the other animals they had captured for the circus trade.

Keywords

Congo Star (steam boat); diamonds; white hippopotamuses