Wambi, Jungle Boy (1942 Fiction House) comic books
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Published Sep 1948 by Fiction House.$24.00
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Art by Henry Kiefer and others. Cover by Henry Kiefer. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. The series resumes after a five-year hiatus. A prince's jungle safari offers a golden opportunity to his vizier, who wants to do away with him; A colonial commissioner finds trouble when trying to return a native treasure to its rightful owners; The origin of Wambi retold. Beware the Fanged Furies; How Wambi Came To the Jungle; Wambi; Spoor of the Tuskers' Graveyard; The Valley of Whispering Drums. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jun 1951 by Fiction House.$12.50
Art by Henry Kiefer and Mike Peppe. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. A mischievous monkey stands in the way of a scientist who wants to stop a cruel hunter; Fun facts about native tribes of Africa; Wambi ignores the warnings of his animal friends and goes to investigate Mystery Valley. Fun cover by Maurice Whitman. The Kavirondo; Test for a King; Mystery Valley; The Test of Manhood. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Dec 1951 by Fiction House.$11.50
Art by Henry Kiefer and August Froehlich. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. A hostile pygmy tribe is drugging other natives and selling them into slavery; A pair of tigons tries to dethrone the lion king named Simba; Renegades flee their village with a sacred talisman, leaving chaos in their wake. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Mar 1952 by Fiction House.$9.00
Art by Henry Kiefer and others. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. A mad scientist experiments on jungle animals, and then moves on to humans; A lion named Simba (not to be confused with The Lion King) debates whether to eat or save a lost boy; Fun facts about lesser-known African wildlife, such as the gnu, oryx, kudu, waterbuck and klipspringer. Alligator-vs.-elephant cover by Maurice Whitman. The Leopard Legions; Simba; Wambi; The Prize; The Apes Cry War. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jun 1952 by Fiction House.
- .5" Spine split from bottom.
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Art by Henry Kiefer and others. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. The monkeys of the jungle form a cult and begin attacking the other animals; Fun facts about African wildlife; Elephant hunters draw the ire of the jungle god Ushingo. Another great wildlife cover by Maurice Whitman. Jungle Animals; Simba; Wambi; Elephant Hunt. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.






