Kaanga (1949 Fiction House) comic books 1949-1951

Cover art by John Celardo. Untitled story; A plane crash strands a trio of explorers on the rim of an ancient volcano; Kaänga and Ann 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 pushes the plane off the rim to glide to the jungle below; Kaänga and the explorers fly the plane into the Valley of Mist where they find Carthina, a lost Carthaginian outpost. Untitled story; A witch doctor, travels from village to village taking two maidens from each to use as "helpers"; In reality, he is selling them as slaves; He takes Ann, and all the slaves are liberated by Kaänga. "The Green-Eyed Monster" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story, art by Ruben Moreira. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jack Kamen. Untitled story, pencils by Tom Cataldo, inks by Ruben Moreira; Bull Brannigan hopes to drain a lake near the Mgombas village and expose an ancient city that he expects to be full of treasure; Brannigan suspects that Kaänga will interfere with his scheme and attempts to have both Kaänga and Ann sacrificed to the Mgombas' spider-god; Kaänga manages to escape and Brannigan is killed by the spiders. "Fire-Birds from the Sky!", art by Tom Cataldo; Bronson, an unscrupulous con man convinces the Tulagis that he commands the sky gods, using hot air balloons in his deception; Kaänga exposes him and watches him fall to his death. Untitled story, pencils by Tom Cataldo; Kaänga's arbitration of a dispute over an idol is not received well by the cliff people who steal the idol and Ann, with the intent of sacrificing her to the idol. "Boomerang Juju" text story by Frank Riddell. "The Dead Who Could Not Sleep," pencils by Tom Cataldo; Unscrupulous archaeologists trick the N'ganas into believing that the N'gana gods are alive; Kaänga and N'geeso expose their plans to steal the N'ganas' treasures. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Return of the Lion-Men!", art by Ruben Moreira (as Rubi Moore); 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. "The Panther Lord!", art by Ruben Moreira; A white man-led leopard cult kidnaps Ann for sacrifice. "King of the Congo Beasts" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story, 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; Ann is captured, but Kaänga frees both her and Dr. Marr. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Ann and Zulu are captured by a hostile tribe bent on exacting revenge on Kaänga for a murder they believe he committed; Kaänga frees his companions and forces the witch doctor to admit to framing Kaänga. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Kaänga is framed by treasure hunters for an attack on the Tanganis and theft of their sacred treasure; The treasure hunters capture Ann. Kaänga rescues Ann and exposes the treasure hunters' tricks. Untitled story; Kaänga leads what he believes to be a group of scientists to the N'glios' Temple; They are in fact, treasure hunters; The N'glios attack the party; It is only after Kaänga is rescued from drowning by the N'glios' chief that the deception is exposed. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Kamen. "Terror At Kaliko!", pencils by Robert Webb; El Hammad impersonates the deceased M'zabi and orders M'zabis men to kill Ann and Zulu; Kaänga frees his companions and exposes El Hammad as an imposter. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Posing as ivory traders, Carver and Strang attempt to persuade Kaänga to protect them from a pursuing tribe. Kaänga soon discovers that the ivory traders have stolen the tribe's sacred treasure; He captures the two traders and restores the treasure to the tribe. Untitled story, pencils by Charles Nicholas; Kaänga and Zulu rescue Ann and a hunting safari from the slaver, Sheikh Chandar. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Kaänga and Ann help restore twin bird priestesses Tantia and Fortuna to the rule of their ancient city. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; A crocodile cult takes Ann and Cynthia Kenyon, daughter of Kaänga's friend Captain Kenyon, to use as sacrifices to their crocodile god; Kaänga rescues the women and traps the cultists in a blind canyon for arrest by the commissioner's men. Untitled story; Bombura of the Zanzulus and L'gora of the tree people plot to pit their people against each other in a war that will lead to the overthrow of the queen of the tree people; Kaänga works for peace between the tribes but is forced to fight both of the plotters. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story; The Bafutis enter a gorilla in Kaänga's annual games. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Zizi, a French criminal, lays siege to Fort LeBoyne in order to free his girlfriend, Sata, who has been condemned to die; Camilla rouses the near-by native village to lift the siege. "Phantom of the Tree Tribes" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story; While Kaänga is away, helping the Majelu boys with their manhood ritual, Ann and the Majelu chief, Baruto, are taken captive by a treasure hunter aiming to loot the Majelu temple; Kaänga arrives and rescues Ann and the chief and defeats the thief. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Borungu witch doctor, B'fonga, schemes with treasure hunters to steal the Bufungus' sacred idol. Kaänga exposes Borungu and restores the idol to the tribe. "When the Earth was Young" non-fiction African Wild Life story, art by Fran Hopper. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; During their annual war games, the L'dongu sub-chief frames the Bathongas with the crime of attempting to kill during the games; Kaänga exposes D'burra's plot and restores peace between the tribes. "Jackal Justice" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Crooked trader Sanchez ambushes the B'kutas' gift for the commissioner of trained elephants; Kaänga defeats Sanchez's force and captures Sanchez for punishment by the commissioner. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Satina, an animal trainer, hopes to take a sacred ape back to the United States; Kaänga rescues the ape and restores it to the jungle. "The Sky Serpents' Prey!" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story; The medicine man of the bird people misinterprets a prophecy and for a while, the bird people believe Kaänga to be evil; But when Kaänga assists women being attacked by wild dogs, the bird people realize the truth. Untitled story; A young couple steal an idol and are pursued by a shape shifting witch until Tabu takes the idol and returns it to her. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Hagar, priestess of the apes, warns Amrâna, the tribal prince, that his people should continue to pay tribute to the ape god; Amrâna refuses until he and his men are attacked by the apes and saved by Hagar. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, 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 John Celardo; Treasure hunters want to know the location of the plane wreck that brought Ann to Kaänga's jungle, believing that it contains valuable jewels; Kaänga helps raise the wreck and then insures that the treasure hunters are eaten by crocodiles; Ann declines to look at the planes passenger manifest and burns it. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; A white renegade leads a band of slavers who are taking pygmy girls while disguised as gorillas. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.