Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	January 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	?

Cover Details - "Prey Of The Slavers"

Genre	jungle
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine
Letters	typeset

11 page Käanga story Prey of the Slavers ["Käanga, mysterious white man of the jungle, is..."]

Characters	Käanga (introduction and origin); Ann Mason [Ann] (introduction and origin); Prof. Mason (D; Ann's father) (introduction, death); Bill Blacton (villain, introduction, death)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Alex Blum [as Alex Boon]
Inks	Alex Blum [as Alex Boon]
Notes	Käanga appeared previously in Fiction House's JUNGLE STORIES pulp; The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page White Panther story "In a ruined city deep in the jungle..."

Characters	The White Panther (introduction and origin); White Panther's father (introduction); Dr. White (introduction); Dr. White's daughter (introduction); Prof. Zaroff (villain, introduction, death)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Taylor Martin (signed)
Inks	Taylor Martin (signed)
Notes	Signed by "Taylor Martin" and since several of the artists involved did sign their names to their features in this first issue, we'll guess Martin.

8 page Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story "Deep in the heart of the jungle reigns a man with a sixth sense..." [The Slave Raiders]

Characters	Tabu (introduction and origin); witch doctor (introduction); A band of slavers (villains, introduction, death)
Synopsis	Tabu tracks and defeats a group of slave raiders.
Genre	jungle
Script	Fletcher Hanks [as Henry Fletcher] (signed)
Pencils	Fletcher Hanks [as Henry Fletcher] (signed)
Inks	Fletcher Hanks [as Henry Fletcher] (signed)
Letters	Fletcher Hanks
Notes	Spelled "Taboo" on cover.
Reprinted	in You Shall Die by Your Own Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

8 page Camilla story Queen of the Lost Empire ["The young scientist, Jon Dale, seeks a lost..."]

Characters	Camilla (introduction and origin); Jon Dale (introduction); Dr. Birch (introduction); Ruth Birch (introduction)(his daughter)
Pencils	C. A. Winter
Inks	C. A. Winter
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb. Outline of story is similar to Camilla story in Jungle Comics #2, though she dies in this story, per Anthony Durrant, August 2008.

6 page Captain Terry Thunder of the Congo Lancers story "Deep in the African jungles, overlooking the headwaters..."

Characters	Captain Terry Thunder (introduction and origin); the Congo Lancers (introduction and origin); a band of slavers (introduction, villain)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Arthur Peddy
Inks	Arthur Peddy

7 page Wambi story "Wambi, jungle boy, the mysterious denizen of the..."

Characters	Wambi (introduction); Ricco (introduction, villain); Sven (introduction, villain)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer

6 page White Hunters of the African Safari story "A wealthy Englishman enters a bar-room in Capetown."

Characters	Buck (introduction); Rex (introduction); Slim (introduction)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	George Wilson (signed)
Inks	George Wilson (signed)
Notes	This is signed George Wilson, so we're inclined to use that as our guess. It's such amaterish stuff that almost anybody could have done it.

6 page Simba, King of the Beasts story "This is the story of Simba, king of..."

Characters	Simba (a lion) (introduction and origin); Slita (another lion) (villain, death)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	William M. Allison (signed)
Inks	William M. Allison (signed)

6 page Drums of the Leopard Men story "Africa. Out of the crawling fever-ridden jungle come..."

Characters	Buck Barton (introduction); Marc Vandell (introduction); The Leopard Men (introduction, villain); Zan Markov (introduction, villain, death)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Dick Briefer
Inks	Dick Briefer