Jungle Comics
#151
(July 1952)
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-06-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Glen-Kel Pub. Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- John C. Mitchell (credited); J. F. Byrne (managing editor) (credited); Jerry iger (art director) (credited); T. T. Scott (president) (credited)
Issue Notes
A publication date of May 8, 1952 was reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 6, Part 2, Numbers 1-2, Periodicals, January-December 1952. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B356871.
A.N.C. lettering on upper left of cover, acronym for American News Corporation, the distributors of this comic.
[no title indexed]
Kaänga / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason
- Reprints
-
in Jungle Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #25 -
in Jungle Comics (Superior, 1951 series) #151 ([circa August 1952])
-
- Keywords
- elephants; leopards
Powerful
advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover in black and white.
Ad from Imperial Sales Co., of New York, New York, USA for a mini-direct current (DC) electric motor.
This page includes the indicia and the on sale date for the next issue at the bottom of the page.
The Big Six of Comics!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
A house advertisement for six of the Fiction House titles:
Wings Comics #116 (1952); Jumbo Comics #161 (July 1952); Jungle Comics #151 (July 1952); Indians #13 (August 1952); Jet Aces #1 (1952); and Planet Comics #67 (Summer 1952).
See those issues for cover credits and characters belonging to those issues.
[no title indexed]
Kaänga / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ? [as Frank Riddell]
- Pencils
- Maurice Whitman (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Whitman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- By day he had seen strange hunters roaming the trails...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason; Zulu; Veldt-Men [Niles (villain); Glutz (villain)]; Watimbis the Fire Hunters; Trader Sanders
- Synopsis
- Niles and Glutz use the warriors of the Watimbis, fire hunters, to take over the post run by Trader Sanders. Instead it is a ruse to help attack the B'Shongo Temple and steal its riches.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- asbestos suits; B'shongo Temple; bondage; leopards; Mgambo Volcano; tanks
in [no title indexed]
Wambi the Jungle Boy / comic story / 4 pages
Escape at Midnight
The Big Cage / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Clyde Beatty; Gracie (a tigress)
- Synopsis
- Clyde Beatty tells the tail of his time at the Shrine Temple in Detroit, Michigan when his female tiger, Gracie, escaped and ran loose.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Two advertisement pages fall in between both pages of this story.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.67 page
Indexer Notes
Fifteen classified style advertisements for stamp collectors, plus two advertisements for learning card tricks and judo.
The advertisements are designed to surround the Elias text article on why one should save stamps.
Why Save Stamps?
Stamp Page / text article / 0.33 page
- Script
- Sidney M. Elias
- Pencils
- ? (stamp art)
- Inks
- ? (stamp art)
- Colors
- ? (yellow background)
- Letters
- ? (title and byline); typeset (rest of text)
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- Sidney M. Elias promotes stamp collecting.
Draw the First Day
advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
An advertisement from Norton Products of New York, New York of the "Magic Art Reproducer," a light box type device designed to project any image on paper to make it easier to draw.
[no title indexed]
Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Trouble had started at the mahogany plantation...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Terry Thunder; Devil Pygmy raiders; Bwana Kruger; Gloria Royal (plantation mistress); Keeto; Chief Bambo (chief of Pygmies); Ba'as tribal members [Walah (only one named)]
- Synopsis
- Kruger pays off some members of Chief Bambo's tribe to help kill Gloria and gain control of her plantation. He is tricked by Kleeto and Thunder into exposing himself and is arrested.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- elephants; leopards; plantations; saddle zebras; treehouses
in Indexer Notes
Captain Terry Thunder's next appearance is in Sheena, Queen of the Jungle (Fiction House, 1942 Series) #16 (Summer 1952).
[no title indexed]
Jungle Tales / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The trading post at Angola was the place...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Trader Jim Dawson; Tommy Fortune; Big Tembu; Moloki; Babongo
- Synopsis
- Moloki and Babongo share tales of their their large animal encounters that also serves as inspiration to stand up to Big Tembu.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- giraffes; ostriches
[no title indexed]
Camilla / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The fight was at its climax...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Camilla; Professor Brownley; Mason (villain); Mason's unnamed henchmen (villains)
- Synopsis
- Mason and his men capture Professor Brownley over native gold and are stopped by Camilla.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- elephants; medicinal herbs; torture; treasure chests
Indexer Notes
Camilla's next appearance is in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 Series) #15 (Spring 1953).
Ro-Bert Fashions
advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ? (ad copy)
- Pencils
- ? (ad photographs)
- Inks
- ? (ad photographs)
- Colors
- ? (ad photographs)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for clothing from Ro-Bert Fashions of New York, New York.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I gained 53 Lbs. of shapely power-packed muscles!
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover in black and white.
Advertisement for muscle building from Jowett Institute of Physical Training of New York, New York.
Electric Spot Reducer
advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ? (ad copy)
- Pencils
- ? (ad photographs); ? (ad illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (ad photographs); ? (ad illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (spot colors)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Advertisement for a vibrator massager sold as a weight loss device from Spot Reducer Co. of New York, New York.
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0.
[no title indexed]
Kaänga -
1.
Powerful
-
2.
The Big Six of Comics!
-
3.
["By day he had seen strange hunters roaming the trails..."]
Kaänga -
4.
["For countless days, no rain has fallen on Wambi's jungle."]
Wambi the Jungle Boy -
5.
Escape at Midnight
The Big Cage -
6.
[no title indexed]
-
7.
Why Save Stamps?
Stamp Page -
8.
Draw the First Day
-
9.
["Trouble had started at the mahogany plantation..."]
Captain Terry Thunder -
10.
["The trading post at Angola was the place..."]
Jungle Tales -
11.
["The fight was at its climax..."]
Camilla -
12.
Ro-Bert Fashions
-
13.
["I gained 53 Lbs. of shapely power-packed muscles!"]
-
14.
Electric Spot Reducer
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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