Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) comic books

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Cover art by John Celardo. "The Blade of Buddha," art by John Celardo; A white doctor whom Kaänga believes can cure Ann of her drug-induced madness is captured by a raiding party of Chinese who take him to their village; There Kaänga frees the rightful leader of the village and restores him to his chieftanship. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba is addled by a rifle shot; Mrs. Simba falls into a tiger trap and is caged by hunters; Simba, battling Lukor the leopard who wants to claim his throne, blunders into the hunters' camp and accidentally frees Mrs. Simba. Jungle Lore; A brief description of several African rivers. "Matabele Massacre" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; No-mouth, a horribly scarred artifact hunter, steals the sarcophagus of Antophes, a priceless relic, from museum archaeologist Carol Devens; Captain Terry Thunder helps recover the artifact, and No-mouth is killed by crocodiles. Jungle Facts; A brief natural history of the crocodile. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; Curka and Sirdah scheme against Wambi, hoping to kill him; Wambi leads Sirdah on a great chase and eventually tumbles the tiger down a bluff into the river. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; B'tonga schemes with two white treasure hunters to loot the tombs of his tribesman; The three, along with Tabu, are trapped in a fire and ghosts rescue Tabu, leaving the others to perish. African Wild Life, art by Mike Peppe; Brief natural histories of a few African animals. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; The Arab girl, Tanga, works with a group of white slavers; Camilla pretends to be Tanga and manages to turn the entire gang over to the territorial police. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by John Celardo. "The Phantoms of Lost Lagoon," art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters seek the ship of the Emperor Khan; Kaänga locates the ship but the hunters believe that there is no treasure on board; One of the hunters is killed by a rhinoceros and Kaänga kills the other. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; A hunting cheetah escapes from his masters and is befriended by Simba; The two of them free the animals captured by the cheetah's masters. David Livingstone biography, art by George Evans. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; A young man infiltrates the lancers and frees his brother from the fort jail; The brother, Unganda Bill, and his accomplice, T'Gara, go on an ivory raid but are captured by Terry and the lancers with help from Bill's brother. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; The Scepter of Guru, a sacred object, is stolen from a village in Wambi's jungle and winds up with Ogg; The villagers seize Ogg and prepare to sacrifice him for profaning their sacred scepter. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Priestess Zotara rigs King N'Mongo's annual kingship ritual to cause N'Mongo's death and her own ascension to the throne. Tabu re-enacts the ritual in the Land of Mists--a nebulous after-life--and demonstrates Zotara's criminal acts. Jungle Facts; Brief natural histories of several jungle cats. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; When mine owner's daughter Jane Bronson learns that her father's overseers are using slave labor in her father's mines, she hurries to tell him; However, she accidentally stumbles into a trap set by Camilla for hyenas. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Bondage cover by John Celardo. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Fangola, recently captured safari raider, escapes Kaänga; Fangola then attacks a small safari, taking Sylvia Lombard, her would-be suitor, Wesley, and Ann captive; Kaänga and Sylvia's other suitor, Matthew Clarke come to their rescue. Untitled story; Cheepo, a hectoring monkey, accuses Simba of tyranny, of ruling only by violence; Cheepo sings a different tune when he is captured by hunters and Simba comes to his rescue. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Conmen Vinson and Marge have persuaded several tribes to wager all their ivory on a rigged duel between elephants; The plot is exposed and Vinson and Marge are trampled by elephants. Jungle Facts; Brief natural histories of several jungle animals. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; Curka spreads word through the jungle that Wambi has become a hunter when a snare, constructed on a whim, traps an antelope that becomes a meal for Sirdah. "Trapping a Panther" text story. "The Crocodile Rules the River!", pencils by Matt Baker; Camilla extracts a promise from the chief of a tribe that follows a crocodile cult to never again attack trading posts, but the witch doctor of the tribe, secretly a white renegade, attack a trader's steamboat. A big cat identification quiz. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; A pair of treasure hunters are captured as they attempt to steal the Kawalis' gold; Tabu exposes the woman of the pair as the evil sorceress Vanza in disguise and sends her away, magically. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Fangs of the Hooded Scorpion!", art by Maurice Whitman; Borkha is raiding traders' safaris and Tania is buying their trading concessions on the cheap; Kaänga steps in and puts a stop to their raids; In the process, they rescue a mysterious mute boy from a funeral barge. Untitled story, pencils by Bill Walsh; When white prospectors build a dam, the water holes in Simba's jungle dry up and his subjects demand that he restore the water; Meanwhile, his cubs are captured by the prospectors' whose Geiger counter has detected radioactivity from mud on the cubs. Untitled story, art by Kurt Caesar (as Jack Away); Jingo stows away on the plane for a trading trip by King and Bertha; However, when escaped convicts tie up King and Bertha, it's Jingo's flying that saves the day. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Unlicensed traders Kenyon and Battersby have been intimidating the K'wombes for some time; Terry buys a helicopter, hoping to show the K'wombes that his magic was greater than that of the traders. :Congo Mission" text story. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; The adult animals of Wambi's jungle do not want their children swimming because they are afraid of Old Toothy, a crocodile; Wambi takes the children swimming despite the children's parents' disapproval. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; As Tabu is taking Langa to Zan for judgement, the N'kaos attempt to free her; Tabu recovers his prisoner and destroys the N'kao's idol of Mu. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Veldt of Phantom Fangs," art by Maurice Whitman; The witch Zan-zar begins preaching war among the jungle natives; An old woman, who gives her name as Barda, takes Kaänga and Ann to Zan-zar's hidden headquarters; Barda reveals that she is the real Zan-zar and the leopard cult that had been serving the imposter turns on her. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; Chief Nayika has invited Marvella, the woman who cannot die, to visit his tribe; Marvella and her assistant, after a display of stage magic, demand tribute from the Fajelus; Tabu senses trickery afoot and, in seeking to stop it, accidentally wounds a boy, unwittingly falling into a well-laid trap set by the magicians. Untitled story; The crooked trader, Congo Jacques, uses ventriloquism to convince natives that their god wishes the lancers driven from the jungle; The natives attend Captain Terry Thunders annual recruitment drive and wreak havoc. Untitled story, pencils by Henry Kiefer; Offended that his people would prefer Western medicine to his, Kaw poisons the jungle's waterholes, driving the animals mad; Wambi forces Kaw to treat the animals and promise to never poison them again. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Renegades kidnap Hope Harris and hold her for ransom; Camilla encounters the kidnappers but believes there story that Hope is the daughter of one of their party and they are taking her for medical treatment. Untitled story; Simba prevents a Cape buffalo herd from driving men from a water hole, and the men begin to leave food offerings for Simba; The offerings anger Cheeta who breaks in the men's kraal and smashes their chicken coops. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Ark of the Mist-Maids!", pencils by Maurice Whitman; The Wasumbas witch, Lutoa, is poisoning the chief so that her confederate, N'toba, can seize the chieftainship; Kaänga exposes her plot; N'tonga is killed by animals captured for a funeral sacrifice and Lutoa is captured. Untitled story, pencils by Richard Case; A tiger, brought to Simba's jungle for cross-breeding with lions, escapes and proclaims himself king of the jungle. Untitled story; As Captain Terry Thunder attempts to settle a border dispute between tribes, both parties are attacked by ape men, who are, in reality, disguised henchmen of Baron Lorne who has discovered diamonds in the area and wants both tribes driven out. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and Sirdah are captured by a big game hunter who wants Sirdah as a prize and Wambi to help him entice other animals into traps; Wambi extracts a promise from Sirdah to only kill when necessary in return for helping him escape. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; The Aswengi witch doctor and his wife murder Chief Okuda and frame Tabu; Tabu tricks the pair into confessing with his illusions. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; King Cobra's gang is raiding pygmy funeral barges and taking sacred gold; King himself is beginning to feel remorse for the native killed in these raids; He attempts suicide but manages to only wound himself; He succumbs to amnesia and is befriended by Camilla; His gang seize him from her and plan new raids; Camilla promises to help the pygmies defend their barges; King warns Camilla about the coming raid, allowing her to prevent it. 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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Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Mark and Sylvia plot to kill Mark's ward, Thorsten, and steal his fortune; Kaänga thwarts them and turns them over to the district commissioner. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A rhinoceros threatens to tear down a monkey band's fruit trees unless the monkeys bring him hay so he doesn't have to graze in the hot sun; Wambi and his friends free the monkeys from the rhino's tyranny. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Tabu turns a trio of vampire women into hyenas. "Training for the Big Cage" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Renegades Biggs and Blake plan to steal the sacred treasure of the Ape Temple; They disguise themselves as priests, but Camilla exposes them and takes them prisoner for transferal to the district commissioner. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. "Quest of the Dragon's Claw," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga, disguised, enters the kingship contest of the Bafwasendes in the place of the wounded Nyika; Despite the interference of the witch doctor, Nyika recovers in time to complete the contest on his own. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi frees a Cape buffalo from a tangled mass of vines; Later, Sirdah attempts to kill Wambi; He is stopped by the grateful Cape buffalo who learns of Wambi's plight from a macaw. Untitled story; Captain Terry Thunder and the lancer go upriver to deal with the murderous Barotes and their priestess. "The Big Top Battles a Storm" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; In an effort to loot a lost Egyptian temple, Reagan a safari guide, hypnotizes a scientist into believing that she is an ancient Egyptian queen; Camilla rescues the scientist and kills the guide. 36 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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Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Bandits prepare a poison from the black death fungus for sale in India; Kaänga stops them from leaving the jungle and destroys the fungus. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and Ogg extract Tawn from a tiger pit. "Tiger Escape" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled story, art by Robert Webb; Grutz kidnaps Duval's daughter in order to force Duval to sign over his trading rights; Terry collapses the floor of the temple that Grutz is using for a headquarters and places Grutz under arrest. Untitled Jungle Tales story; A Masai and a Wanderloo debate which tribe is braver. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; District policeman Lawton has Camilla's help pursuing the escaped felon, Rawley; Rawley and his men are recaptured when they attempt to raid the Baukuros' trading grounds. 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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Cover pencils by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; A series of forest fires brings Kaänga and his companions to investigate; They find the villainous white man, Benton, and his fakir, Kasmir, extorting riches from local chief, Torga; Kasmir has used magnifying glasses to spark fires and tells the Chief that they are black magic juju fires. Untitled Jungle Tales story; Trader Jim, N'Boli, and Tommy explore some jungle ruins; After fending off a leopard, Tommy finds a warrior's shield; N'Boli tells him of the importance of shields to a young warrior, and how finding one can bring good fortune. "The Animal Trainer" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi senses that the local volcano is about to erupt, and he warns his animal friends to flee; Sirdah the Tiger is skeptical and resists; The rest of the animals comply, but run into a hunting party; Sirdah accuses Wambi of leading them into an ambush. Untitled story, art by Tony D'Adamo; The god Kintu sends a warning vision to Chief Lobengola; When Arab slavers arrive, Lobengola leads them into a valley of killer elephants controlled by Kintu. Untitled story, art by Matt Baker; Beylo's golden juju statue has been stolen, and tribesman Kamo blames the Masai, yet has no proof; War will break out unless Tiger Girl can solve the mystery; Her investigation finds a white man guilty of the theft, and worse, setting the two tribes against each other. 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.

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"King Fang"; Kaänga's ape friend, Koonda is taken captive by hunters; Kaänga frees him and follows him back to his band where Koodna must fight to re-establish himself as king. "The Bone Bender" Jungle Mysteries story; A man is determined to watch a secret medical treatment and pays a high price. "The Courage of Kaambi" text story by John Lindstrom. Untitled Jungle Patrol story, art by Ruben Moreira; Kip and Shadow help free Marcia from her kidnappers. Untitled Jungle Tales story; Jim gives a brief natural history of the crocodile. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Tiger Girl exposes the forbidden Bakete Society and frees a young woman accused of witchcraft. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"A Warrior Must Die!", art by Maurice Whitman; Saxon, guide for the scientist Fowler, kills Fowler in order to lay claim to the treasure discovered in an archaeological dig; Saxon manages to kidnap Ann in an effort to force Kaänga to let him leave the jungle; Kaänga overcomes Saxon and frees Ann. "Ambush At Dawn" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; Treasure hunters steal a sacred elephant, hoping that it will lead them to a valuable jewel. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Henrig rouses the natives against white settlers; Tiger Girl defeats him and orders the natives to return to their villages. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.