Jungle Comics #150

(June 1952)

The Big Six of the Comics! (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Letters

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Indexer Notes

House ad for 6 Fiction House titles; cover reproductions

Rhino Rampage (Table of Contents: 2)

Kaänga / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

There was a secret empire hidden in the great rain forests of the upper Congo...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Zulu; Zonda (lion); Pete; Collins; DuBois; Woki; the Phantom Queen

Synopsis

A trio of criminals decided to find and loot the kingdom of the Phantom Queen. The queen sends her most trusted servant and a trained lion for help. The servant is killed but the lion takes a liking to Kaänga. Kaänga and Ann go to the kingdom and help defeat the criminals. The lion is given to Kaänga in gratitude.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #45 (2004)

Keywords

bondage; Congo; elephants; jewelry; scorpions; warthogs

Indexer Notes

title from cover.

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

Wambi the Jungle Boy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Roy L. Smith (credited)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Crouching low beside the trail, Sirdah, the tiger carefully tests the wind.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Sirdah; Tiki (monkey); Leo (leopard)

Synopsis

Wambi sides with Leo in his feud with Sirdah and prepares a decoy in the shape of an antelope for Sirdah to attack. The decoy is filled with tree sap and while Sirdah is stuck, the leopards are free to hunt.

Reprints

• in Biriba Mensal (RGE, 1949 series) #46 (Setembro 1953) [Feature changed]

Keywords

Cape buffalo; decoys; elands; leopards

Tiger Rampage (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Clyde Beatty

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

The 2 pages are separated by 2 ad pages

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

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue (credited)

Pencils

Bob Webb

Inks

Bob Webb

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kreee-aaah! The cry of the leopard calls you! Come! Come deep in the jungle...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Terry Thunder; leopard cultists; Baru; Beulah Curtis

Synopsis

Terry is captured by leopard cultists but is freed by a hunter.

Keywords

elephants; leopard cults

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Jungle Tales / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thieves, skulkers and killers... cruel, savage and dumb -- impossible to fight...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Jim Dawson; Tommy Fortune; Henry Braddock; Helen Braddock; Tombolo

Synopsis

Trader Jim tells the story of the baboons' vengeance against an ivory hunter.

Keywords

baboons; dynamite; hunting cheetahs; ivory; steamboats

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Camilla / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Ralph Mayo (signed)

Inks

Ralph Mayo (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

At far Angola, the feast fires burn. There, the tribal chiefs are meeting...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Jules Ranier; Stone

Synopsis

Jules Ranier, a crooked trader, hopes to get to a peace conference of native chiefs in time to stir up trouble and start a war that would drive out other traders. Camilla kidnaps him and keeps him away from the conference.

Reprints

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

Keywords

gorillas; hunting cheetahs; masks; signal drums