Jungle Comics #140

(August 1951)

The Monsters of Kilmanjabo (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Maurice Whitman

Inks:

Maurice Whitman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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.

first line: "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..."

["Wambi, the jungle boy, had coaxed his friends Tawn and Ogg to level and place the huge tree trunk for him...] (Table of Contents: 2)

Wambi / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer

Inks:

Henry Kiefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Robert Webb ?

Inks:

?

Colors:

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Letters:

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First Line of Dialogue or Text:

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:

?

Pencils:

Ralph Mayo

Inks:

Ralph Mayo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

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