| Issue | #487 |
| Published | August 1953 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "Rudyard Kipling's MOWGLI JUNGLE BOOK, No. 487." Code number is MOWGLI O.S. #487-538. "Picturized version based upon the "Mowgli" stories from "The Jungle Book" (or "The Second Jungle Book" as the case may be) by Rudyard Kipling. Authorized Edition." Copyright 1953 by Western Printing & Lithographing Company. |
| Characters | Mowgli; Shere Khan (tiger) |
| Genre | jungle |
| Pencils | Morris Gollub (painting) |
| Inks | Morris Gollub (painting) |
| Colors | Morris Gollub (painting) |
| Notes | Cover art credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Rasha the Demon (wolf); Baloo (bear); Bagheera (panther); Kaa (python); Bandar-log (monkeys); Rann (bird); Shere Khan (tiger) |
| Synopsis | Introduction of supporting cast. Mowgli does not appear. |
| Genre | jungle |
| Pencils | Morris Gollub |
| Inks | Morris Gollub |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Mowgli; Rasha the Demon (wolf); Baloo (bear); Bagheera (panther); Kaa (python); Bandar-Log (monkeys); Rann (bird); Shere Khan (tiger) |
| Synopsis | The story of Mowgli, a boy raised by a wolf pack and instructed in the ways of the jungle by Baloo the Bear and Bagheera the Panther. Mowgli is threatened by the Bandar-Log (monkey people) and Shere Khan, a crippled tiger. |
| Genre | jungle; animal |
| Script | Rudyard Kipling (original stories); ? (comic adaptations) |
| Pencils | Morris Gollub |
| Inks | Morris Gollub |
| Notes | Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Story is adapted in part from "Mowgli's Brothers" and "Kaa's Hunting" from the 1894 collection "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |