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..."

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

Wambi / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wambi, the jungle boy, does not always have the company of his two best friends.

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.

Reprints

• in Diamond Adventure Comic (Atlas Publishing, 1960 series) #26 (September 1962)

Keywords

hyenas; models; tiger pits

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Robert Webb

Inks

Robert Webb

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A lonely jungle river...a missing trading boat...with it's elderly captain and young girl passenger...what happened to them?

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.

Reprints

• in Diamond Adventure Comic (Atlas Publishing, 1960 series) #26 (September 1962)

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] ?)

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

Camilla / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ralph Mayo (signed)

Inks

Ralph Mayo (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The war for hunting lands has ended...

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