Kaänga Comics
#13
(Fall 1952)
Fiction House,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-07-29
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Glen-Kel Pub. Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- J. F. Byrne (Managing editor)(credited); Jerry Iger (Art Director)(credited)
Issue Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals 1952, page 133
in 
Death Web of the Amazons
Kaänga / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason; Zulu; Lawson; the spider queen; Bafus (African tribe); spider cultists
- Synopsis
- A trader refuses to sell guns to a spider cult. In retaliation, they capture him and attempt to have him killed by leopards. Kaänga rescues him and agrees to investigate the spider cult. When he arrives at their village, he attacks them and overcomes their queen, who is bound over for the colonial commissioner.
- Keywords
- crocodiles; diamonds; dogs; leopards; spider cults; spider webs; treasure chests; Wakango River
Map of Mystery
Kaänga / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason; Weber
- Synopsis
- Believing that Kaänga has an old prospector's map to the Katanga mine fields, Weber and his henchmen kidnap Ann and then attack Kaänga. Kaänga quickly dispatches them and explains that the only map was in the prospector's head.
- Keywords
- Katanga mine fields; leopards; treasure maps; vultures
[no title indexed]
King of the Congo / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lonely ranch houses attacked and looted...who were the phantom raiders...
- Genre
- jungle
- Reprints
-
from Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #107 (July 1949) [Dialogue and captions rewritten. 1 page edited out.]
-
- Keywords
- Art credits from the GCD entry for the original publication.
Safari of Savage Spears
Kaänga / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason; Pete; Weida; Walter; Gurda (gorilla); Maxime
- Synopsis
- A pair of treasure hunters track an archaeologist to his dig, only to find that what they believed to be gold idols were made of gilded clay.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- clay; gold; horses; idols; lions; temples; zebras
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Safari of Savage Spears
Kaänga -
1.
Death Web of the Amazons
Kaänga -
2.
Map of Mystery
Kaänga -
3.
The Music Box
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4.
["Lonely ranch houses attacked and looted...who were the phantom raiders..."]
King of the Congo -
5.
Safari of Savage Spears
Kaänga
This issue was modified by, among others
- Pat Conolly
- Gregory Fischer
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
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