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Issue Details

Issue	#12
Published	December 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
Pages	68
Editing	Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)

Cover Details - "The Devil's Death-Trap"

Genre	jungle
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich

10 page Kaänga story The Devil's Death-Trap ["A trim yacht cuts the spray out of..."]

Characters	Mickey Malloy (introduction, villain, death)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Red Brady]
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska; Art Saaf?
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb. The art style softens as the story progresses and HW suggests that perhaps Art Saaf might be involved with the inks.

5 page The Red Panther story "A huge tawny beast sights its prey - the..."

Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Taylor Martin]
Pencils	Arthur Peddy
Inks	Arthur Peddy?; ?

7 page Camilla story "Early one morning an exhausted explorer stumbles to..."

Characters	Sir Champion (guest); Von Blumb (introduction, villain, death)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Ted Carter]
Pencils	Bob Powell?
Inks	Bob Powell?; Saul Rosen?

6 page Roy Lance story "An adventure-seeking debutante, Diana Storm, has asked to..."

Characters	Diana Storm (introduction)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Courtney Thomason]
Pencils	Nick Viscardi?
Inks	Nick Viscardi?

2 page text story "Violent Death"

Characters	Dirk Hardy
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Bob Anthony]
Pencils	Lou Fine?
Inks	Lou Fine?
Letters	typeset

7 page Fantomah story "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman that ever lived..." [The New Blitzers]

Characters	Fantomah; The Fifth Column (introduction, villain, death)
Synopsis	Fantomah causes the animals of the African and South American jungles to rise up and destroy a Fifth Column invasion.
Genre	jungle; occult
Script	Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Pencils	Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Inks	Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Letters	Fletcher Hanks
Notes	First line of text reads: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman that ever lived, devotes her phenomenal abilities to protecting the jungle-born..."
Reprinted	in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

4 page Simba, King of the Beasts story "The village of the fierce warrior chieftain, Wuga..."

Characters	Wuga Moro (introduction, villain, death?); Jack (introduction); Ellen (introduction)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Johnson Melville]
Pencils	Witmer Williams
Inks	Witmer Williams

7 page Captain Terry Thunder story "Captain Terry thought the Arabs and savages were..."

Characters	Anderson the Arab (guest); Vincent (introduction)(a vulture)
Script	? [as Pierre La Rue]
Pencils	Bill Bossert
Inks	Bill Bossert

8 page Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story "In the heart of darkest Africa, far inland..."

Characters	Baron Logh (introduction, villain, death); Father Andre (introduction, death)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Robert Lewis]
Pencils	Charles Sultan
Inks	Charles Sultan

1 page Jungle Facts filler "Gorilla; Cobra; Black Panther"

Genre	fact
Script	? [as Leo Leon]

7 page Wambi, The Jungle Boy story "You say that Tawn and Tunno are fighting?"

Characters	Captain Schlact (introduction, villain, death); the Baron (introduction, villain, death)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Roy L. Smith]
Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer