Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) comic books 1944-1946

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Lair of the King-Serpent"; A pair of wanted murderers come to Kaänga's jungle, thinking themselves out of the reach of the law. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; The remaining two tiglons kill lone villagers when they can find them, until Simba puts an end to their predation. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; An entomologist and his daughter are captured by natives who believe that the whites are working great magic by putting bugs in bottles; Tabu rescues them. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; In the midst of a drought, a village refuses to give Wambi food for his jungle friends; Later, that same tribe asks Wambi for help when they are attacked by neighbors and Wambi complies. "The Blood Trail" text story. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Ghazia, lusting after Fantomah's throne disguises the spotted men as mummies and sets them on the city of Khefra. Fantomah calls on the ancient gods of Egypt to turn the Spotted Men into real mummies and they crumble into dust as Ghazia flees the city. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; While Terry attempts to work out a peace treaty with the Hookahs, Andy helps the sheik's daughter run away. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Camilla rescues a little girl, orphaned and taken by bizarre little men to be their goddess. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Doolin. "The Golden Lion of Genghis Khan," art by Jim Mooney; Seeking radium for medical purposes, Gordon enters the Khafu country with Kaänga, Ann, and N'geeso; The queen of the Khafus captures Ann and plans to kill her by exposing her to radium, but Kaänga comes to Ann's rescue and the queen suffers the fate she had planned for Ann. Untitled story; During a native lion hunt, Simba's cub is killed; In the village, the old chief dies and the witch doctor Dwando assumes his place. Cover pencils by Ruben Moreira; Tabu comes across a conquistador who has been drinking from a fountain of youth for hundreds of years; However, he is overdue for a drink so he and Tabu hurry through the jungle and barely make it in time to save the Don's life. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A brain-damaged British flyer kidnaps the daughter of scientists who are visiting Wambi's jungle to collect snake venom; Wambi and his jungle friends rescue the girl and the scientists agree to treat the flyer. "Elephant Code" text story. Untitled story, art by George Appel; An old friend of Fantomah's father leads her to a treasure cached by her father in her youth. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Ben Aouli kidnaps the sheik's daughter and Terry and Andy ride to her rescue. "The Golden Death," art by George Tuska; The B'jutis' witch doctor gives tribal treasures to white treasure hunters and blames the boy, N'gat; Camilla captures the thieves and clears N'gat's name. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Feast for The River Devils," art by Jim Mooney; Murderous con men lead a pair of archaeologists to the Khufu Temple where they plan to kill them; Kaänga, Ann, and N'geeso rescue the archaeologists and the con men are killed in the fight. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A forest fire threatens the lives of all the jungle animals; Simba rescues an orphaned leopard kitten and then battle crocodiles to enable the animals to cross the river to safety. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his jungle friends recover a sacred treasure for the Karen-laos people. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; On an errand to invite Arab chiefs to a feast, Andy is framed for murder. Untitled story, art by Ruth Atkinson; Despite Tabu's warnings of the danger, two American scientists search for the white ape men. "Hunger Makes the Kill" text story. Untitled story, pencils by George Tuska; Three hunters meet with bad luck. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Blood Bride of the Crocodile," art by Art Saaf; Hagua, a crocodile priestess kidnaps the maidens of the village for a blood sacrifice. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Simba rescues an orphaned native boy from drowning in a flood. Untitled story, art by Ruth Atkinson; K'mut, angered because Tabu prevents him from killing a lioness, attempts to murder him with a booby-trapped spear. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi discovers the identity of the thief plaguing a local village. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Terry must rescue the daughters of the river people from Arab slavers. "Cobra Death" text story. Untitled story, pencils by George Tuska; Camilla is framed for murder and is only cleared when the tribes of the region unite to find the real killer. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Land That Time Forgot," art by Ruben Moreira; A plane crash strands a trio of explorers on the rim of an ancient volcano. Kaänga and Ann come to offer assistance and they are all attacked by the Ka-winas, an ancient tribe determined to keep their home inside the volcano a secret; Kaänga uses the explorers' dynamite to ignite the volcano and destroy the Ka-winas and then he pushes the plane off the rim to glide to the jungle below. Untitled story; Taj's father is taken by bandits; Taj is freed by Singh after she saves his life from a cobra; Taj is then protected by elephants until she and the elephants can free her father. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Ngador, a black-maned lion, challenges Simba for the kingship of the jungle and is killed in his duel with Simba. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Terry discovers that the juju the swamp men use to terrorize their neighbors is an old cannon and destroys it. "Killers Make Good Eating" text story. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Drought drives the Demara tribe to rebellion. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Camilla frees a pair of white settlers from the Wasaganis, who are being led by a white criminal. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; Kaänga is tricked by the leader of a band of pearl thieves into freeing two of her accomplices from the lake dwellers. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi's friend, Lari, is expelled from his tribe because he will not participate in a ritual devised by the witch doctor Gwanda, in which an elephant is tortured to death; Wambi helps him return to his village and exposes the witch doctor as a coward. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A witch resurrects the body of the recently dead chief Ma Wali and sends him on a murderous rampage through the village. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; During a drought, Simba drinks all the contents of a small pool of water in order to have the strength to defeat the rhinoceros that has claimed a larger pool. "The Tribes from Nowhere" text story. "The Antelope"; Brief natural histories of the waterbuck, the white tailed gnu, the klipspringer, the red fronted gazelle, the sable antelope, Grant's antelope, the beisa oryx, and the kudu. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Terry rescues the kidnapped daughter of a sultan. Untitled Camilla, Queen of the Jungle Empire story, art by Marcia Snyder; Trader Swartz's nephew, von Weil, plots to murder him in order to inherit his trading station. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. Cover pencils by George Tuska. After a domestic spat, Ann runs away and finds herself in a lost valley where prehistoric creatures survive to today; Kaänga and N'geeso follow and free her and a group of scientists from cavemen. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Wambi finds a new god for a tribe of pygmies that have elected to capture and worship Tawn. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Simba prevents a rogue gorilla from abusing the gorilla's newly-stolen mate. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A trio of ivory hunters wound an elephant in order to follow it to the elephants' graveyard; Tabu catches up to them and summons the ghosts of the dead elephants, who frighten the hunters into giving up their scheme. "There's Always a Chance in the Jungle" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Alana hires Keeto to kill Terry. Keeto enters the outpost on the pretext of becoming a lancer; After training with Terry, he finds he respects him too much to kill him. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; A falling out among diamond hunters leads to violence. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Valley of the Ju-Ju Idols," pencils by Ruben Moreira; A con man comes to the jungle and convinces the Tulans to give him whatever he asks for in order to have it sacrificed to their gods; Fearing Kaänga's interference, he orders the natives to bring him Ann whom he plans to kill. Untitled story; A local chief desires a rare antelope skin for his favorite dancing girl; His hunters poison the local salt lick, inadvertently killing many other animals besides antelopes; Wambi discovers the problem and corrects it. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A tribal princess has been expelled from her village; Terry and Keeto return her to her home and punish the man who had her expelled. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A young couple steal and idol and are pursued by a shape shifting witch until Tabu takes the idol and returns it to her. "The Drum That Thatcher Made" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Simba, at first tempted to eat a lost human child, becomes the child's protector until he can be returned to his parents. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; Camilla prevents the theft of the giant gems that form the eyes of the M'kodas' idol. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Chant of the Voodoo Gods" text story. "Brides for the King Beasts," art by Ruben Moreira; The son of the T'lukas banished witch doctor, disguised as his father, demands tribute from the tribe and uses a series of tricks to fool them into thinking he has magic powers; He is exposed by Kaänga. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Camilla is asked by local natives to enter the Valley of the Blue Juju, in order to stop white men from plundering jewels from idols and to stop a murderous beast that roams that area. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Magna, a beautiful Arab girl, convinces Captain Terry Thunder that she was captured by Arab nomads; With her as a guide, he goes after them with half the outposts forces; Meanwhile, the Arabs, on Magna's signal, attack the outpost. Untitled story; Nyama, believing that his attempted murder of Wambi has been successful, wages war against the Bassingis; But Wambi arrives with an elephant herd and ends the war. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Pygmies engage in a "Trojan horse" deceit using a hollow elephant. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Spawn of the Devil Cult" text story. "Congo Prey," art by Howard Larsen; A group of white hunters and the Wambutas' witch doctor, convince the tribe that their crocodile god demands that they gather rare bird feathers for the hunters; Kaänga exposes their fraud. Untitled Captain Terry Thunder story, art by Fran Hopper; Archaeologists locate an ancient city and the queen of the local village induces her tribe to excavate the ruins in order to collect jewels. Untitled story, art by Alvin Hollingsworth; The Bergdama's queen and witch doctor conspire to sacrifice their king to the fire god and rule the tribe in his place; Wambi prevents their coup and the pair are killed, while fleeing, by crocodiles. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Disgrace witch doctor Natamba hypnotizes warriors of his old villages and Tabu in order to attack those who drove him from his office; A girl gives Tabu berries that break the spell and Tabu ensures Natamba's death. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; A jewel thief convinces Camilla that he is a doctor seeking to minister to the M'kilods, when in fact, he is attempting to steal their sacred idol. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Jungle Spell of the Golden Slave" text story. "Blood-Brand of the Veldt Cats," art by Ruben Moreira; A pair of thieves seize a safari and use the bearers as slaves in their mining operation; Kaänga frees the slaves. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Bandits disguise themselves as lancers and implicate Terry in their robberies; He escapes jail and exposes them. Untitled Wambi, The Jungle Boy story; A young white woman, seeking vengeance against the Longos who killed her father, hypnotizes their chief and causes him to behave viciously toward his own people. "The Grinning Face of Death," art by Howard Larsen; Satu disguises himself as the village witch doctor and orders the death of Mahila, who rejected his proposal of marriage, and of Tabu, whom he suspects of being in league of Mahila against him; Tabu rescues Mahila and causes Satu to believe that he is one fire. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; M'bata hits upon a scheme for robbing safaris by driving lions toward them and looting them after the members are slain. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Spoor of the Moon Hill Treasure" text story. "The Killers of M'omba Raj," art by Ruben Moreira; Dr. Marr's scientific expedition captures a white ape; Nilo, riding from the land of the Lake of Mists attacks the safari in order to free the ape, which is sacred to her people; They also take Dr. Marr. Kaänga and Ann pursue them. Untitled story; Wambi discovers a witch doctor poisoning a village's water supply in order to drive the villagers out. Untitled Captain Terry Thunder story; Marmo, his daughter Naru, and his witch doctor Kunda, frame the local pygmies for Naru's and Terry's faked deaths in order to take the pygmies gold. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Tauna attempts to kill the guardian of the serpent shrine in order to assume his post; Tabu shows her an illusion of a jeweled belt. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Two ivory hunters make their way to the elephants' graveyard; Camilla uses Fang to create and elephant stampede, killing one of the hunters and leading the other to promise to change his ways. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Ju Ju Kraal of the Flaming Death!", pencils by Howard Larsen; G'hama, a powerful witch doctor, uses mind control drugs to capture slaves; He manages to get Kaänga under his control until Ann can break the spell; Kaänga then turns G'hama over to a council of witch doctors for trial. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba allows a leopard to recover from a snake bite before punishing him for attack Simba's family. Jungle Facts filler, art by Mike Peppe. Untitled story; The outcast Bhaadras raid a local village for women; Wambi the Jungle Boy pursues them and frees the women and extracts a promise of no more raids. "The Prophecy of the Snake Goddess" text story. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; A priestess directs her men to capture lancers for sacrifice; Terry and Keeto follow the raiding party back to their village and free the captives and kill the priestess. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A witch doctor murders Chief Ka and then plans to murder his son; Tabu and Ka's daughter prevent the second murder and the witch doctor is killed by the leopard he planned to use as a weapon. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; A group of lost descendants of ancient Greeks raid the Rogas tribe for women; Camilla pursues them and frees the women; The Greeks are attacked by the condors that they use as instruments of torture. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Death Has a Thousand Fangs," art by Howard Larsen; Lance and Nora, brother and sister thieves, attempt to steal the idol of N'geeso's tribe. During the fight, Kaänga inadvertently kills Lance; Nora vows revenge; Nora kidnaps Ann and then disguises herself as Ann in order to lure Kaänga to her camp; While confronting Kaänga, Nora accidentally fires a pistol near his face, blinding him. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba Junior is a disobedient cub; Simba must save him from a gorilla, crocodiles, and a hunting safari. Jungle Facts filler. Untitled story; After Ogg is accused of stealing the villagers supplies, Wambi discovers that the true thief is Satanic, the tiger. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Tabu visits his dying mentor, N'moli who tells him, at last, that Tabu was the son of explorers who were killed by a hippopotamus and that toddler, Tabu, was rescued by N'moli; N'moli gives Tabu a cape, with many magical herbs in the lining and dies. "Jungle Justice" text story. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; A pair of thieves trick Terry into believing they are a father and daughter, seeking a human/ape hybrid; The real Dr. Barth arrives at the outpost after the impostors leave, explaining that he was in the jungle looking for an associate named Snyder, lost there since the end of the war; Terry and Keeto catch up to the impostors after they have captured Snyder, who they are hoping will lead them to a gold mine. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Mogo, a wanted criminal, convinces the Byandros that they need to work to eliminate both Camilla and the colonial commission; Several attempts are made on their lives but each is foiled by Camilla. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Classic bondage cover by Joe Doolin. "Salome of the Devil-Cats," art by John Celardo; Salome, a witch, convinces the rajah that she can make him young again; Kaänga determines to expose her as a fraud; Ann exposes Salome as a fraud and is taken prisoner; Salome prooceeds to torture her. Kaänga arrives, rescues Ann, and kills Salome. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba rescues a jerboa from a gorilla; Later, when Simba, wounded by a pygmy dart, is battling a leopard for the jungle kingship, the jerboa returns the favor and pulls the dart from Simba, enabling him to defeat the leopard. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A pair of treasure hunters raid the village of the Kalembus and kill the king; Tabu places a curse on them and both die before they can get out of the jungle. Jungle Facts. Untitled story; A professor visiting the jungle goes mad, believing himself the king of the jungle with power over life and death for all inhabitants; Wambi and his jungle friends manage to rescue the professor just before he is killed by the villagers. "Curse of the Panther Queen" text story. Untitled story, art by Bob Lubbers; Konga, the woman leader of a gang of criminal traders, breaks into the post in order to free her gang. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Camilla opens the bronze door in her temple and finds an underground civilization, called the Devils. The Devils have a prisoner, a village woman, that they intend to have killed by wild animals. Camilla rescues the woman and see to it that the Devils' leader is killed by a leopard. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "The Death of Kaänga's Mate!", art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters are seeking a little boy with a treasure map hidden in his clothes; Kaänga and Ann protect the child and find his parents. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba rescues an aging warthog from a pack of hyenas. Later, when a band of mandrills challenges Simba for lordship of the jungle and traps him in a net, the warthog frees Simba and helps with the defeat of the mandrills. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A pair of ivory hunters use a trained elephant to lure elephant herds to them; Tabu conjures up the ghosts of slain elephants and the trained elephant turns on the hunters. Jungle Lore. Untitled story; O'Hara's new overseer, Miss Cushman, is making slaves of the local villagers and is capturing animals as well; Wambi and his jungle friends free all the captives, and O'Hara promises that he will have no more slaves in his mines. "Quest of the Feathered Fetish" text story. Untitled story, art by Bob Lubbers; River pirates trick Terry into taking a booby-trapped steamboat into the fort's dock; Terry, however, discovers the hidden explosives and captures the pirates. Jungle Facts about primitive African cults. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; A hunter works with the village chief to betray the villages warriors into slavery; They are thwarted by Camilla and the village witch doctor. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Vampire Veldt," art by John Celardo; Seeking revenge on those who took his command away, Capt. Damon and his twin daughters wreak havok throughout Kaänga's jungle. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba defends a regal vulture against jackals and gorillas, but when the vulture takes one of Simba's cubs, the king of the beasts traps and kills the bird. "The Dirge of Death!" starring Captain Terry Thunder, art by Bob Lubbers; vs. Ali Abdul. Jungle Lore; A list of the fastest animals. Untitled story; A white slaver masquerades as a priest of Ruki, who demands sacrifices; He takes the sacrifices and sells them as slaves; Wambi is taken but calls on the animals in the slavers' camp to rebel. "The Vengeance of Ojibu" text story. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Tabu prevents a witch doctor from overthrowing his chief. A map of Africa showing the locations of several species. Untitled story, pencils by Fran Hopper; M'Kuba the witch doctor conspires to take over the tribe with the help of the Dwarf Men; Camilla exposes his plot. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.