Jungle Comics #144

(December 1951)

Quest of the Dragon's Claw (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

? (as Frank Riddell)

Pencils

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

LeRoy lettering

Genre

jungle

Characters

El Hammid (introduction, villain); N'Gando (introduction, villain); Nyika (introduction); Kaänga; Ann Mason; Bafwasendes (African tribe); Golu; Zulu

Synopsis

Kaänga, disguised, enters the kingship contest of the Bafwasendes in the place of the wounded Nyika. Despite the interference of the the witch doctor, Nyika recovers in time to complete the contest on his own.

Keywords

ascension rituals; disguises; elephants; howdahs; idols; lions; Quest for the Dragon Claw; rope bridges; shipwrecks; slavers; slaves; stereotyping of Arabs; Temple of the Blood Moon; witch doctors

Indexer Notes

Title from cover.

first line: "El Hammid, slaver king of the Congo wilds, had struck in the dead of night..."

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

Wambi / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

? (as Roy L. Smith)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Deep in Wambi's jungle, a big water buffalo is tangled in a maze of vines...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Sirdah (villain); Wambi; Tawn; Ogg

Synopsis

Wambi frees a Cape buffalo from a tangled mass of vines. Later, Sirdah attempts to kill Wambi. He is stopped by the grateful Cape buffalo who learns of Wambi's plight from a macaw.

Reprints

• in Jumbo Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #24

Keywords

Cape buffalo; hyenas; macaws

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

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

Script

? (as Pierre La Rue)

Pencils

Robert Webb ?

Inks

Robert Webb ?

Colors

?

Letters

LeRoy lettering

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Death to all intruders!' Barote cult drums had rumbled.

Genre

adventure

Characters

the Barote priestess (introduction, villain, death); the Barotes (African tribe)(introduction); Terry Thunder; Keeto

Synopsis

Terry and the lancer go upriver to deal with the murderous Barotes and their priestess.

Keywords

bathing; elephants; gorillas; howdahs; signal drums; steamboats

The Big Top Battles a Storm (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

? (as Victor Ibsen)

Pencils

Ralph Mayo (signed)

Inks

Ralph Mayo (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Down...down to the murky depths crashed the scientists' snare...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Bruce Asheley (introduction); Hope Asheley (introduction); Zago (introduction); Reagan (introduction, villain, death); Camilla; Nambumas (African tribe)

Synopsis

In an effort to loot a lost Egyptian temple, Reagan a safari guide, hypnotizes a scientist into believing that she is an ancient Egyptian queen. Camilla rescues the scientist and kills the guide.

Keywords

ancient Egypt; elephants; hypnotism; lions; octopoid monster; saddle zebras; statue of Anubis; whips