Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 109

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Cover art by John Celardo. "Cavern of the Golden Bones," art by John Celardo; The district commissioner brings young Blandon to Kaänga's jungle in an effort to locate Blandon's father; They visit the land of the golden people and find Bladon Sr's assistant, Sanford, who has killed the older Blandon and set himself up as a god to the local people. Untitled story, pencils by Joe Doolin; Simba's cubs are taken by mandrills who then lose the cubs to hunting dogs who take the cubs to their white hunter masters; Simba pursues and kills the mandrill king while Mrs. Simba slips into the hunters' camp and frees the cubs. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi attempts to befriend a lost hunting leopard and helps it escape from Lekko and his tribe; Later, Wambi hurts his ankle and is menaced by the leopards; The hunting leopard comes to his aid and kills Lekko, becoming the king of the leopards. "The Courage of Kaambi" text story. Untitled story, art by Dan Zolnerowich; A mad sculptor threaten native villages with a "stone plague" if they do not give him tribute; Terry investigates and learns that the apparently petrified plague sufferers are, in fact, statues. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Paul Corveaux murders his wife and frames the slave girl, Lelana, for the crime; Tabu sends Lelana to the Mistlands to protect her and confronts Corveaux who confesses his crimes and is taken into custody by the local villagers. Jungle Facts; A brief natural history of the elephant. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; The witch doctor Asargi conspires with Terry, assistant to Carter the explorer, to capture the M'gandas' village; Camilla comes and helps defend the village. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.