Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) comic books 1951-1953

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $390.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #2130591008

Bondage cover, possibly by Maurice Whitman. "Scourge of the Soudan," art by Maurice Whitman; Believing Kaänga to be their legendary hero, Queen Amra and her amazons kidnap Ann in order to force Kaänga to help them against the apemen that threaten their kingdom; Kaänga does as he is compelled and defeats the apemen; The queen frees Ann and she and Kaänga return to their jungle. Untitled story; Captain Terry Thunder and undercover intelligence agent Shaw break up a diamond smuggling ring. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Attempting to reach a river island, Wambi is swept away and taken for a river god by a distant, down-river tribe; Unable to escape, he sends two leopards to fetch Tawn and Ogg who rescue him. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; An evil goddess sends Tabu a false vision but he trusts his instincts and rescues a couple from the Jhontas. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; When Chief Nabilo is wounded by a leopard, Camilla goes to the herbalist Harana for help; She learns that Harana no longer has powers since her temple was desecrated by K'tonga; Only with K'tonga's death will her powers be restored. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Track of the Black Terror," art by Maurice Whitman; Ann is taken prisoner by the slaver, Queen Cobra. Kaänga must first traverse the country of the king apes and defeat their leader before he can free Ann. Untitled story, pencils by Ken Battefield; In order to learn the location of slaver al Raskobah hideout, Captain Terry Thunder, disguised as the Desert Panther frees Raskobah and accompanies him into the desert; Raskobah attacks Terry and exposes his identity; Raskobah then disguises himself as the Panther. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; As part of a practical joke, Wambi gives Ogg drugged fruit; A rhinoceros attacks a mouse deer; Tawn falls into a tiger trap; Needing Ogg's help, Wambi calls for him, but because he has been drugged, he does not respond; After getting the help of the monkeys, Wambi frees Tawn who is very angry with Ogg. Ogg and Tawn both leave Wambi in anger. Untitled story; Tabu tells the story of N'kulu of the G'zongas and how he was sustained in the wilderness by the lion god and returned to his people to take his rightful chieftainship. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Camilla is guiding a trading caravan to a mine; The caravan is attacked by Benson and his men, taking the weapons bound for the mine; Camilla goes to the mine and gets the owners and, with them, they go after Benson and recover the guns. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Orphans of the Congo," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga, Ann, and Zulu rescue the kidnapped parents of a pair of lost white children. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi grows bored with Tawn and Ogg and goes to play with the monkeys; He builds a kite and his pulled off his feet into a crocodile pool; His cries for help reach the ears of Tawn and Ogg who rescue him and chide him for playing with monkeys. "The Big Ghost of Simbah," art by Robert Webb; Terry exposes a plot to loot an underwater temple by white jewel thieves, using a mechanical octopus while lion cultists keep away outsiders. "Dangers in the Big Cage" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Treasure hunters kidnap the Nambuma princess and extort labor from her warriors for their radium mine; Camilla discovers this and frees the princess and leads the warriors in rebellion. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Caged Beasts and Plunder-Men," art by Maurice Whitman; Renegade Feliz Garon plans to establish an outlaw kingdom in the jungle where criminals are safe; He kidnaps Ann and police captain Bell; Kaänga summons several tribes to aid him and attacks Garon's castle. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi helps a wounded lion and is attacked by a buffalo for his efforts; The lion rescues him and agrees to be his friend. "Tiger on the Loose" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled story, art by Robert Webb; Terry goes to village of the bird cultists to free a pair of explorers that have been captured; After freeing them, Terry learns that the pair has stolen the bird cultists sacred bird symbol; The bird cultists pursue Terry and the pair. Untitled Jungle Tales story; Trader Dawson tells a story of an aging lion in order to persuade the Bafus to accept the advice of their elders. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Madigan hopes to lure Clayton to him with promises of an albino ape in order to steal Clayton's famed diamond collection; Camilla prevents Clayton's murder and kills Madigan and his men with a hand grenade. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Rhino Rampage," art by Maurice Whitman; A trio of criminals decided to find and loot the kingdom of the Phantom Queen; The queen sends her most trusted servant and a trained lion for help; The servant is killed but the lion takes a liking to Kaänga; Kaänga and Ann go to the kingdom and help defeat the criminals. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi sides with Leo in his feud with Sirdah and prepares a decoy in the shape of an antelope for Sirdah to attack; The decoy is filled with tree sap and while Sirdah is stuck, the leopards are free to hunt. "Tiger Rampage" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled story, art by Robert Webb; Terry is captured by leopard cultists but is freed by a hunter. Untitled Jungle Tales story; Trader Jim tells the story of the baboons' vengeance against an ivory hunter. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Jules Ranier, a crooked trader, hopes to get to a peace conference of native chiefs in time to stir up trouble and start a war that would drive out other traders; Camilla kidnaps him and keeps him away from the conference. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Niles and Glutz use the warriors of the Watimbis, fire hunters, to take over the post run by Trader Sanders; Instead it is a ruse to help attack the B'Shongo Temple and steal its riches. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi has to take on King Rhino and his animals in order to cross the jungle. "Escape at Midnight" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled story, art by Robert Webb; Kruger pays off some members of Chief Bambo's tribe to help kill Gloria and gain control of her plantation; He is tricked by Kleeto and Thunder into exposing himself and is arrested. Untitled Jungle Tales story; Moloki and Babongo share tales of their their large animal encounters that also serves as inspiration to stand up to Big Tembu. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Mason and his men capture Professor Brownley over native gold and are stopped by Camilla. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Rogue of Kopje Kull," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga attempts to save the lives of a pair of hunters pursuing the murderous rogue elephant, Old Thunder. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and the animals of the jungle stop Sirdah from killing a rajah. "Terror in the Baggage Car" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled Jungle Tales story; Boku tells his story of training eagles. Untitled Jungle Animals story, art by August Froehlich; A male lion protects his wandering cub. Untitled story, pencils by Alex Blum, inks by Matt Baker; Tiger Girl confronts and defeats the war-mongering Masu. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Emir Shekar is teaching his stepson how to be a ruthless ruler by watching the slaughter of slaves; Kaänga frees the slaves and takes Prince Kajumba with him; Kaänga and N'sungu build a stockade for the newly-freed slaves; Shekar attacks with his war elephants. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A sacred white ape demands that Wambi worship him and is only prevented from hurting the boy by Tawn's timely interference; Then the ape falls into a crocodile pool and is rescued by Wambi and Tawn; The natives that worship the ape arrive and hope to kill Tawn. "Fan Mail" text story by Clyde Beatty. "The Shrunken Heads!", art by Tony D'Adamo; Jivaro headhunters lure several plantation owners to their death by promising them secret riches and then harvesting their heads. Untitled story; The Bantulis are wantonly slaughtering animals on the veldt. Jim and the bushmen put a stop to it. Untitled story; In order to loot the Masai's sacred treasure, Dawson pretends to be the prophet of the Masais' river god; Tiger Girl exposes him and he falls to his death. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Big Game Hunters!", art by Maurice Whitman; A trio of big game hunters are slaughter drugged animals in order to capture the kill on film and enhance their reputations; Kaänga puts a stop to their hunts by stampeding Marmo's herd over them, killing them. "The Devil Dog" text story by Gus Cassell. "The Magic Tree," art by Tony D'Adamo; The queen of a vulture cult attempts to force the artists of the Bushangos to created vulture fetishes for her. Objecting that such objects were evil, the Bushangos refused; The queen placed a curse on them and then attempted to kill them, but they were protected by the eagle spirit of a magic tree. Untitled Jungle Tales story; Jim tells a story about the faithfulness of elephants. "Voodoo"; A fictionalized account of the Haiti slave rebellion of 1794. Untitled story, art by Matt Baker; Treasure hunters capture and torture Abdola, but he refuses to reveal the location of Tiger Girl's secret temple; However, the thieves drug one of her tigers and follow it as it staggers back to the temple; There they attempt to find the treasure but are killed when Tiger Girl topples the idol of Kahiva on them. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.