Jungle Comics #145

(January 1952)

Spawn of the Devil's Moon (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks:

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Jeff Curtiss (introduction, villain); N'Dala (introduction, villain); Professor Pringall (introduction); Mrs. Pringall (introduction); Kaänga; Ann Mason; Marmo (elephant); Zulu; Lonkalos (African tribe)

Synopsis:

Witch doctor N'Dala convinces the Lonkalos that the white doctors have poisoned them. Kaänga protects the doctors from the Lonkalo attack and then shows the Lonkalos that the witch doctor was deceiving them.

Reprints:

• in America's Greatest Comics (AC, 2002 series) #14 ([August] 2006) [needs to be confirmed]

Keywords:

bondage; disguises; elephants; medical supplies; plague; witch doctors; zombies

Indexer Notes

Title from cover.

first line: "The plague has struck the Lokalo kraal..."

["Wambi, the jungle boy, does not always have the company of his two best friends."] (Table of Contents: 2)

Wambi / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer

Inks:

Henry Kiefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Sirdah (villain); Wambi; Tawn; Ogg

Synopsis:

Word is spread that while Tawn and Ogg are away, Sirdah will attack him. Wambi constructs a model tiger and places it over a tiger pit. Sirdah attacks the model and falls in the pit. Wambi only releases him after extracting a promise from him to be good.

Keywords:

hyenas; models; tiger pits

["A lonely jungle river...a missing trading boat...with it's elderly captain and young girl passenger...what happened to them?"] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Robert Webb

Inks:

Robert Webb

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Bascom Sands (introduction, villain); the Bangwillis (African tribe)(introduction, villains); Captain Henry (introduction); Miss Jarvis (introduction); Terry Thunder; Keeto

Synopsis:

River pirates take Captain Henry's boat. Terry and Keeto, disguised as spirits, frighten the pirates away.

Keywords:

boats; disguises; ivory; masks

The Animal Question (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script:

Clyde Beatty

Letters:

typeset

Reprints:

• in Kaänga Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #27 ([1952] ?)

["The war for hunting lands has ended..."] (Table of Contents: 5)

Camilla / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ralph Mayo (signed)

Inks:

Ralph Mayo (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Sitari (introduction); Digaro (introduction, villain); Kadir (introduction, villain); Arab slavers (introduction, villains); Camilla; Karongas (African tribe); Bafwazis (African tribe); Zamba

Synopsis:

At a peace celebration, the Karongas betray the Bafwazis to Arab slavers. Camilla follows the slave caravan and frees the Bafwazis and hurries them back to their village to defend against the further attacks of the Karongas. The Bafwazis are triumphant and the Karongas install a new chief.

Keywords:

elephants; leopards; sedan chairs; slavers; slaves; stereotyping of Arabs; whips