Issue Details

Issue	#108
Published	December 1948
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	J.F. Byrne (Managing Editor); John C. Mitchell (Editor)

Cover Details - "Merchants of Murder"

Genre	jungle
Pencils	John Celardo
Inks	John Celardo

10 page Kaänga story Merchants of Murder ["War and peace race side by side in..."]

Characters	Martha Matthews (introduction); Herbert Matthews (introduction); Lapham (introduction, villain); Beans (introduction, villain); the Kulangi (introduction, villain)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Frank Riddell]
Pencils	John Celardo (signed)
Inks	John Celardo (signed)
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page Simba, King of Beasts story "The innocent seed of curiosity, once planted in..."

Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Ed Hunt]
Pencils	Joe Doolin
Inks	Joe Doolin

6 page Captain Terry Thunder story " 'Seems like only yesterday,' wrote Terry Thunder in..."

Characters	Captain Terry Thunder (origin); Commissioner John Thompson (introduction, death); Claire Thompson (introduction); The Scorpion (introduction, villain, death)
Synopsis	The origin of Capt. Thunder has details and takes place before Jungle Comics #1.
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Pierre La Rue]
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich

Half page Jungle Facts filler "The Gerenuk roams the plains of eastern Africa..."

Genre	fact
Pencils	Mike Peppe?
Inks	Mike Peppe?

6 page Wambi, The Jungle Boy story "There is one master that all the living..."

Characters	Sirdah (villain, death)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Roy L. Smith]
Pencils	Henry Kiefer (signed)
Inks	Henry Kiefer (signed)

2 page text story "Diamonds of Doom"

Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Victor Ibsen]
Letters	typeset

6 page Tabu story "The temple of Kahzembu, the war god, yet towered..."

Characters	Zara (introduction); Mobu (introduction); Kito (introduction); Kahzembu (introduction, villain)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Mack]
Pencils	Maurice Whitman (signed)
Inks	Maurice Whitman (signed)

2 page Jungle Quiz filler "Tempers on the veldt are short today - strangers..."

Genre	jungle; fact
Pencils	Mike Peppe?
Inks	Mike Peppe?

8 page Camilla story "The gold shall bring thieves and killers to..."

Characters	Losako (introduction, villain, death); Barton (introduction, villain); Sammy Stone (introduction, villain); N'Kowa (introduction); Miss Barton (introduction); a female trader (introduction)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Victor Ibsen]
Pencils	Matt Baker