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Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) comic books 1955 or before

  • Issue #1
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 1
    Auction opens January 3
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #24-3bb5327-002
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1156872001
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    Cover art by Lou Fine. "Prey of the Slavers," art by Alex Blum (as Alex Boon); Kaänga rescues Ann from the slaver, Blacton, and tells her how he came to live in the jungle. Untitled story, art by Taylor Martin; The White Panther is dispatched by his father to help Dr. White recover curative gems and to protect the Whites from Zaroff, an unethical competitor. "The Slave Raiders," script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Henry Fletcher); In return for rescuing a witch doctor, Tabu is given a "six sense" and amazing powers which he uses to combat evil and injustice in the jungle. "Queen of the Lost Empire," art by C. A. Winter; Explorer Jon Dale discovers a lost city in the jungle, ruled by Queen Camilla; Daily human sacrifices are necessary for Camilla and her people to retain their immortality. Untitled story; Terry and his lancers are assigned to a fort, deep in the jungle, and are charged with interrupting the slave trade. Untitled story; Gunrunners sell guns to the natives in Wambi's jungle, which they then use to steal gold from local prospectors; Wambi reports the crimes to the local constabulary who defeat the natives. Untitled story; Cog bails out petty criminals Buck, Rex, and Slim to use as overseers of his safari; Cog drives the natives too hard and they rebel. Untitled story; Aging Simba saves the life of his rival, Slita and then barely manages to prevent being usurped by the younger Slita; Simba concedes his pride Slita and departs. Untitled story; Safari guide Buck Barton infiltrates a leopard cult to rescue his client. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 4

    Untitled story, script by Red Brady, art by Ken Jackson; Kaänga and Ann are captured by Broot, who forces Kaänga to labor for him as an act of humiliation; Cheba, rescues the pair and Broot and his mean are left in a tiger trap. Untitled story; The Panther prevents two lost criminals from plundering the pitchblende of a tribe in his jungle; As punishment, he rolls the men in the pitchblende and releases them. Untitled story, art by R. L. Golden; Tabu rescues a naturalist from the Bargonans, who breed lion-leopard hybrids to eat their enemies. Untitled story, art by C. A. Winter; Camilla is exiled by her people for her cruelty; She encounters Jon and Ruth and transforms Jon into an ice statue and tells Ruth that if she will help her find the fountain of youth, Jon will be restored. "Son of the Lion" text story by Bob Clark. Untitled story, art by Rafael Astarita; The Ingaras attack Fort Death and capture Terry's men; He barely escapes and makes his way to the next outpost to raise a rescue party. "Thundering Herds," art by Henry Kiefer (as Karl Kief); Tawn and Ogg are captured by Larsen who plans to use them to lure Wambi to his death; Wambi and Lupa turn the tables on Larsen and free all the captured animals. Untitled story, art by William M. Allison; During a terrific storm, two of Simba's cubs become trapped beneath a fallen tree. Simba seeks the help of an elephant to free them. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); Fantomah stops a mad scientist who has taken control of the gorillas in the jungle, using a serum to make them super-intelligent; As punishment, she allows the gorillas to rip him to pieces. Untitled story, script by Courtney Thomason; Roy rescues his safari clients from the savage Zungos. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 7
    • Restored: C1
    • Paper: Off white
    • Restoration includes: Piece Re-attached to Cover With Glue.
    • Label #1292412007
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    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4158737011
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    Cover art by Bob Powell. "Live Sacrifice," script by Red Bradey, art by George Tuska; Kaänga guides an explorer to a lost valley inhabited by descendants of ancient Romans and cannibalistic monkey me. Untitled story, art by Arthur Peddy; The Red Panther restores a deposed chief to his position in his village. Untitled story, script by Ted Carter, art by Bob Powell; Camilla and Caredodo brave the Cave of Sighs, the entrance to the supernatural underworld; Captured by Satan, Camilla carves a crosses that repulses the monster; The Angel of Faith rescues them and rewards Caredodo by transforming him from an ugly hunchback into a tall, handsome knight. Camilla dubs him "Sir Champion" and makes him her prime minister. Untitled story, script by Courtney Thomason, art by Nick Cardy; Joe Manners captures his explorer brother and plans to murder him to secure his inheritance; Roy attempts to rescue the explorer and only succeeds with the assistance of a tribe of giant gorillas. "The Claw of Simba" text story. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); A group of criminals enslave a village in Fantomah's jungle in order to use them as labor in a diamond mine; Fantomah frees the slaves and takes the four criminals to the Secret Pit of Jungle Horrors. Untitled story, art by William M. Allison; A wounded Simba makes friends with a wounded white girl, lost from her safari; Simba escorts her back to her father where they discover that the father is being tortured by criminals looking for his stash of gold. Untitled story, script by Pierre La Rue, art by Bill Bossert; Gloria is tricked into a treasure hunt by an Arab merchant who then kidnaps her; Terry rescues her and his two men that he ordered to accompany her on her hunt. Untitled story, script by Robert Lewis, art by Charles Sultan; To prevent the destruction of a village, Tabu imprisons a wind spirit. Untitled story, script by Roy L. Smith, pencils by Henry Kiefer; The provincial governor's daughter is kindapped and held for ransom, but she is rescued by Wambi and his jungle friends. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 8
    • Some spine split (taped), staple added, heavy water damage, staple rust/migration.
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    Cover art by Bob Powell. "Safari into Shadowland," script by Red Bradey, art by George Tuska; Criminals drive out the workers of a diamond mine and bring in their own natives to work the mine; Kaänga, together with a group of black-maned lions, restores the mine to its rightful owners. Untitled story, script by Taylor Martin, art by Arthur Peddy; After a savage tribe wipes out a group of missionaries, the Panther sees to it that they are punished by a flood that leaves their leader dead. Untitled story, script by Robert Lewis, art by Charles Sultan; A group of scientists are stricken with a plague after they open an ancient Egyptian tomb in the jungle; Tabu goes to a lost ancient Egyptian outpost for a cure. Untitled story, script by Ted Carter, art by Bob Powell; With the aid of a band of gorillas, Camilla and her army repulse an attack by a medieval Asian army. "The Dark Horde" text story by Bob Clark. Untitled story, script by Pierre La Rue, art by Bill Bossert; Yak-ho and his savage tribe attack the peaceful Kadahs; Terry uses a stick of chewing gum as a bribe to stop the attacks, but later must exorcise the evil spirit of the gum with a piece of jewelry. Untitled story, script by Roy L. Smith, art by Henry Kiefer; The Ingas, weakened by disease, are attacked by the Kurgas. Wambi goes to the military outpost to get both military and medical assistance. Untitled story, script by Courtney Thomason, art by Nick Cardy; Roy helps a diamond mine owner find his mine with the aid of the thieves who stole the map to the mine. Untitled story, art by William M. Allison; Simba rescues the pilot of a crashed airplane who is looking for his kidnapped fiancé; With the help of Simba and some apes, he frees the girl and captures the kidnappers. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); When Mr. X steals a mystical headpiece that causes a boiling mud-pit to overflow into the jungle, he is confronted by Fantomah who transforms him into a mud being and condemns him to live underground forever. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 15
    • INCOMPLETE. Missing two center wraps, affects Wambi and Camilla stories. Cover detached, lateral spine tear.
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    Cover art by Nick Cardy. "Terror of the Voodoo Cauldron," art by Alex Blum; Kaänga stops the looting of a native temple by white men. Untitled story, art by Arthur Peddy; An officer of a European power sets out to conquer all the jungle with a tank; Red Panther defeats him with a single arrow. Untitled Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story; The new queen of Lomar must be shown that her magic is not as great as Tabu's. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; The kidnapping of the chief's daughter causes Buono's manhood initiation rite to go awry, and he and Wambi must rescue the girl. Untitled story, art by Robert Webb; In a bid to force Camilla to marry him, Renardo arranges the destruction of her city, but she refuses him and slays him in a duel. Untitled story; Unscrupulous poachers follow museum hunter, Dana Lowe, with the intention of stealing her giraffe trophy, but Roy puts an end to their plans. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); Would-be conqueror Org, using a jungle drum, hypnotizes a herd of giant spiders to do his bidding; Fantomah breaks his spell and feeds him to a giant spider before she reduces them all to normal spider size. Untitled story; Overfed by a motion picture crew, Simba is slow in defending himself when he is attacked by a leopard and loses the confidence of the pride. Untitled story, art by Bill Bossert; Anderson is taken by a group of cannibals and must be rescued by Terry, Kismet, and Vincent. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #18
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 18
    • INCOMPLETE. First wrap and centerfold missing, affects art and story.
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    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Trap of the Tawny Killer," art by Dan Zolnerowich; Kaänga and Ann are captured by pygmies for sacrifice to their sacred leopards. Untitled story; Camilla and her Vikings find their ancestors' lost treasure. Untitled story; The Red Panther warns Dr. Adams that there is a witch doctor's curse on the cave that he wants to explore. Untitled Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story; Bill and Joan's safari is captured by Ortiz, the magician king; When he attempts their rescue, Tabu is captured, as well. "Temple of the Lost Empire" text story. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Professor Brent is taken captive by the Aggagis, who plan to sacrifice him to the god of steam; Wambi and Brent's son Davy manage to rescue him with the help of Wambi's jungle friends. Untitled story, art by Bill Bossert; Terry must help an Oxford-educated tribal chief get his plans for sending native warriors to assist the British in Libya to the British general. Untitled story; Two young lovers from separate villages come under the protection of Fantomah; When Fantomah causes a volcano to erupt, Koru saves his lover's father from the lava and the two villages are united. Untitled story; While searching for the daughter of a deceased comrade, Roy gets the opportunity to help a white doctor, condemned by natives who misunderstand Western medicine. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; Simba protects a pair of photographers who have befriended his youngest cub from a killer lion. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #21
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 21
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #3788900004
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    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Monster of the Dismal Swamp," art by Dan Zolnerowich; Kaänga puts an end to human sacrifices to appease the Storm Monster by killing the beast. Untitled story, art by Al Gabriele; The Panther rescues a geologist and a pilot from pygmies and then helps them find a large radium deposit. Untitled story; Tabu rescues a boy from a vulture worshiping cult. Untitled story; After being kidnapped and taken to India by slavers, Fantomah escapes and meets Kalat, a friendly native whose people are beset by cobra cultists. "The Reaching Death" text story. Untitled story; Anderson, Kismet, and Vincent each dream that Terry is their slave after Terry punishes them by making them do chores. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; Simba rescues a hunter's son from a gorilla. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his jungle friends help a planter escape from a pair of contract killers. Untitled story; Camilla induces a tribe of pygmies to help her liberate Eric from Arabs who are holding him. Untitled story, art by Seymour Reit; Determined to capture the famous Crocodile Marsh on film, Roy's friend, Art, antagonizes the Tutan tribe before Roy manipulates the natives into thinking that a movie camera is a weapon. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #22
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 22

    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Lair of the Winged Fiend," art by Dan Zolnerowich; Zuko, owner of artificial wings that allow him to fly, agrees to rid the jungle of Kaänga in return for diamonds. Untitled story, art by Seymour Reit; Roy helps a tribe rescue their chief and his sons, kidnapped by a white adventurer. Untitled story, script by Edward Brodie Mack, art by George Carl Wilhelms; A young glamour girl crash lands on a volcanic island; Tabu comes to rescue her, but both are captured by some warriors from the "smoking mountain" who plan on sacrificing them to the volcano. Untitled story; Fantomah is accused of poisoning a native village; Her investigation reveals that their water originates in a mountain stream that is contaminated by a dead mammoth. "White Thunder" text story. Untitled story; Anderson gets rich in diamonds and decides to go to America, but he is dissuaded when his passenger liner is attacked by airplanes. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; Simba is captured by hunters but manages to save them from a cheetah. Untitled story, pencils by Jim Chambers; He then leads them to a village where a white woman is held captive. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his jungle friends free a village from slavers. Untitled story, art by Al Gabriele; The Panther rescues a chief and his sons from white kidnappers. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #32
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 32
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4641074006
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    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Curse of the King-Beast," art by Dan Zolnerowich; The Wombos attempt to kill the sacred lion of Ngeeso's tribe; Kaänga defeats them and it is discovered that the lion has a treasure map tattooed on its flank. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Jebba, queen of the Manzaans, plots to have her jester kill Fantomah and when that fails, she invites her to her castle and attempts to poison her. Untitled story, art by George Carl Wilhelms; Python skin hunters are abducted by a python cult and must be rescued by Tabu. "Leopard Ruse" text story. Untitled story, art by Al Stahl; A band of camel thieves, using the camels to smuggle Italian weapons into the interior for a big attack on the British, take Kismet who must be rescued by the gang. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his jungle friends help overthrow a treacherous rajah. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; A witch woman kidnaps Boko in order to learn the language of lions. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy; Ben attempts to fetch herbs to heal a jungle fever but is captured by a tribe of white men living in a volcano; Camilla rides to his rescue with help from a member of the Black Cobra tribe. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #37
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 37
    • INCOMPLETE. Page missing (affects Fantomah story). Interior tearing.
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    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Scaly Sentinel of Taboo Swamp," art by George Tuska; A gang of criminals believe that a scientist can lead them to a giant, solid gold statue; Kaänga pursues them into the Voodoo Swamp where they all learn that the idol is a living dinosaur. Untitled story, art by George Appel; An Indian rajah comes to Khefra in order to steal the ancient Black Diamonds of Kaa. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; Ivory hunters penetrate deep into Tabu's jungle where they encounter a tribe of mute men who kidnap Steve, the safari leader; Tabu learns that Steve had visited the tribe many years before and, after killing their king, had ordered the men's tongues cut out. "Blood Moon over Bandiagara" text story. Untitled story; Counterfeiters swindle Andy but lose their counterfeiting plates in the process. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; An unscrupulous Arab convinces a native village that a new lava formation is a god and orders them to bring him treasure. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; A rogue bull elephant makes trouble for the elephant herd before he is driven away by Simba and a monkey. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy (as N. Viscardi); In order to prevent a leopard cult from driving a tribe off their land, Camilla must select a jungle animal to battle a leopard; She chooses a water buffalo and the buffalo is triumphant. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #38
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 38
    • Cover is coming loose at the staple. Cover oxidation. Includes certificate of provenance from the Dr. Henry Binford Steele collection.
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    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Duel of the Congo Destroyers," art by George Tuska; Kaanga protects a trading party from Senegalese raiders. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Sheri, an Arab, convinces a group of Ethiopians that she is the rightful queen of Khefra and they aid her in an effort to overthrow Fantomah. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; Ben Hamid's Arabs kidnap a girl in order to trade her to cannibals for platinum; Tabu comes to her rescue. "Witch Doctor's Juju Trap" text story. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Terry and Andy are captured in Alexandria by Nazi agents; They manage to escape and, with Kismet and Vincent's help, sink a German submarine. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his jungle friends rescue a missionary's daughter from being sacrificed by a priest seeking revenge against her father. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Simba attempts to warn a white animal collector and his daughter of their impending betrayal by their safari. "Greed!", art by Nick Cardy (as N. Viscardi); Angered by business reversals, Sam vows to steal the sacred jewels of the Zugos; He is killed by a booby-trapped idol. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #45
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 45
    • Paper: Slightly britle
    • Label #4579640009
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    • INCOMPLETE. 2 pages missing, interrupts art and story. Water damage. Oxidation. Interior tearing.
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    Cover art by Rafael Astarita. Untitled story; The Baroness, the white ruler of a band of native outlaws is dying from drug use. Cairo Joe, her partner devises a scheme to replace her with Ann and make the natives think that their goddess has risen from the dead. Kaänga manages to rescue Ann and the outlaws kill the white leaders. Battle to the Death!"; Simba's kingship is challenged by a mad bull from the natives' herd. Untitled story, pencils by Richard Case; A witch doctor schemes to rule his tribe, first murdering the chief and then attempting to murder the chief's son and daughter-in-law; Tabu exposes him as a fraud. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A rajah decides to build a dam to make his sandalwood logs easier to transport; The lake being formed floods Wambi's jungle. Wambi and his jungle friends pull down the dam. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Fantomah challenges the visiting king of Ar to a chariot race, playing directly into his plans to murder her and assume her crown as well as his own; Fury comes to her rescue, leading to the king's death as his horse runs wild. "White Man's Juju" text story. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; A renegade leader stirs up trouble by kidnapping a local chief's daughter; Terry rides to her rescue. Untitled story, art by Jim Mooney; Nazi agents are hiding treasures pilfered from all over Europe in the African jungle. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Issue #47
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 47
    • INCOMPLETE. Missing 6 pages (affects Kaänga and Camilla stories). Near complete spine split through cover and all wraps. Piece missing from cover. Oxidation. Brittle.
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    Cover art by Rafael Astarita. "Monster of the Moon Pool" starring Kaänga, art by Jim Mooney; Muranda, a white woman, leads a tribe of natives in collecting very expensive cobra venom; Muranda, fearing interference in her business, captures Ann and attempts to execute her via hippopotamus. Untitled Simba story, art by Richard Case; A tiger is brought to Africa as part of an experiment to breed lion-tiger hybrids: tiglons; Oneof the tiglo cubs escapes and, when grown to adulthood, challenges Simba for the kingship of the jungle. Untitled story; Terry helps determine that the "ghost" haunting an Arab fortress is a hermit looking for treasure. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; White hunters capture all of Wambi's jungle friends, save Bruno the bear; Wambi and Bruno rescue them by tricking the hunters into thinking that their partners are dishonest. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Fantomah and Horus investigate an oasis where travelers are being robbed. "Curse of the Juju Diamond" text story. Untitled story; A tribe, ruled by a white Snake Queen, robs prospectors of their gems until they rob a friend of Tabu's. "The Jungle Is Haunted!", art by George Tuska; A girl is sacrificed to a crocodile pool by a village; Later, her ghost begins to haunt them. Camilla determines that the girls was rescued by Blab, a man who lives with baboons. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.