Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) comic books 1947

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Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Mad scientist Roho takes N'Tito's brain and places it in ape. He then kidnaps Ann and plans to allow the ape inhabiting N'Titi's body to kill her; Kaänga and N'Tito arrive in time to save Ann but N'Tito and Roho are both killed. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba protects a lost white child from buffalo stampede and mandrill attack until the boy's parents find him. Untitled story, art by Bob Lubbers; Terry rides to rescue the sultan's daughter from her kidnapper, Ali Khan. Keeeto, disguised as the Desert Whip, a notorious criminal, manages to get the better of Ali Khan and the girl is rescued. Cecil Rhodes bio, art by George Evans. Untitled story, pencils by Alex Blum; Two hunters trick Wambi into letting them record his voice while he is giving animals commands; Using the recording, they manage to capture dozens of animals with no effort. Brief descriptions of several jungle traps. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; The witch doctor Sikulu convinces his people that white men have killed their chief; He takes the tribe to the camp of innocent scientists with the intent of murder; Tabu arrives, tells the men the truth—that Sikulu had attempted to kill the chief. Untitled story, pencils by Fran Hopper; A pair of jewel thieves kidnap Trader Tom and hope to torture him into revealing the location of his cache of pearls; Camilla rescues Tom, but not before one of the thieves has been killed by a viper. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Firegems of L'hama Lost," art by John Celardo; Jewel thieves steal the L'homas' sacred jewels and kill their sacred leopard; The L'homas blame Kaänga and Ann; After a brief fight, they leave Kaänga for dead and take Ann to their village for execution; the jewel thieves accompany them. Kaänga recovers and pursues the L'homas. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba is forced to lead a safari of gold hunters to a cave with gold dust. Untitled story; Using drug addled slaves, Anders is stealing sacred gems from the local idols; Captain Terry Thunder and Keeto put an end to his plundering. Jungle Lore; A brief description of the sources of women's clothing in the jungle. Untitled story, pencils by Alex Blum; A mad riverboat captain takes a pair of hunters and their animals captive; Wambi boards the boat and frees the hunters and the animals. "Blood-Priest of the River God" text story. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A crocodile cult takes a pair of white hunters captive; Tabu rescues the pair and leaves the cultists to a pack of mandrills. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; While investigating a pair of slavers, Camilla is taken; She challenges one of the slavers to a duel on elephant-back and kills her. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Joe Doolin. "Horror Kraal of the Legless One," art by John Celardo; Ann is taken by slavers; Kaänga and N'geeso pursue and rescue her. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Tenga, with the assistance of a pack of hyenas, challenges Simba for the kingship of the forest; Simba meets the challenge and drives Tenga away. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Captain Terry Thunder, with the help of Tinga, the N'Togo priestess, and Keeto, puts an end to the depredations of the treasure hunter Brannigan. Jungle Facts, art by Mike Peppe; A brief description of some of the animals that inhabit the Indian jungles. Untitled story; Wambi returns a sacred gem to its place in a mountain idol. "Altar of Avarice" text story. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; When treasure hunters steal a tribe's idol, Tabu pursues the thieves and secures the sacred object. "Oddities of the Dark Continent," art by Mike Peppe; Brief natural histories of the rhinoceros, the cheetah, and the hyena. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Demo plots to steal the T'bongas sacred jewels; Camilla foils his schemes. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Ruben Moreira. "Beyond the Ju-Ju Mists," art by John Celardo; Seeking a cure for N'geeso's paralysis, Kaänga and N'geeso go to a far off valley, where they find a tribe of whites living in a style from ancient history; Kaänga inadvertently interrupts a courtship ritual and angers a giant named Gortha who makes it his purpose in life to kill Kaänga and destroy the city because of the slight given him by the city's princess. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba searches for his lost mate and finds her in an ancient temple; He digs their way to freedom; They followed on their path by a pair of archaeologists, fleeing from their safari leader who is determined that he will share their discoveries with them. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Terry and Keeto ride out to help a young woman find her long overdue photographer father; They learn that the father and his assistant had discovered gold and the assistant killed the father for it. James Bruce biography. Untitled story; Wambi is captured by the M'Batos and tortured; A young man of the tribe frees him; Later, Wambi learns that the Salusis are about to attack the M'Batos. Untitled story, pencils by Howard Larsen; The Masai priestess convinced the people that their chief is dead; unknown to them, she has merely placed him in a coma and, on reviving him from said coma, she uses drugs to place him under her control. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Explorers are seeking Lost Valley; Thief Dutch Madden is cutting off the arms of natives in an effort to get them to lead him to the valley ahead of the explorers; Camilla intervenes. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Blood-Moon Over the Whispering Veldt," art by John Celardo; In an effort to photograph an annual gorilla mating ritual, Prof. Lynne and his daughter visit Kaänga's jungle; Their safari guide, Cass, schemes to create faked footage and to murder the Lynnes. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; While Simba is attempting to teach Simba Jr the laws of the jungle, they are captured by trappers; Simba Jr is released as too small to sell. A brief natural history of the gorilla, art by Mike Pepper. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Terry is taken captive by his old foe Ali Bey, who is also attempting to secure the Baänji, a priceless elephant idol; Keeto schemes to rescue Terry through a double cross on a Trojan horse ploy. "Listen to the Madman's Drum" text story. Untitled story; A jungle priestess murders her chief and frames Wambi for the crime; Word spreads even to the jungle animals of Wambi's alleged crime; Wambi is captured by the tribe and is put trial by dunking. A brief natural history of the Cape buffalo, also known as the black buffalo, art by Frank Doyle. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Tabu attacks a band of slavers and releases their captives. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Camilla goes to the rescues of the Wasais, who have been taken by the bird tribe. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Skulls for the Altar of Doom!", art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters Riggan and Slade want to capture Ann to offer her to a tribe of white women for sacrifice to their god; To this end, Slade disguises himself as a witch doctor and lures Ann away from the N'logas' village; Kaänga and N'geeso follow and rescue Ann. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Mrs. Simba, responding to the cries of a water buffalo being killed by Cape dogs, is believed by the buffalo herd to be the killer herself; Simba searches for clues to her innocence and is given a bit of dog fur from the scene of the crime by a mole. Jungle Lore, art by George Evans; Trivia regarding the uses of various spiders, insects, and lizards of the jungles. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Captain Terry Thunder and Keeto escort a young woman into the interior to find her father and his partner and to see their land claim; The partner, Wrenne, having killed the girl's father, is collecting tribute from villagers with threats of death at the hands of a gorilla idol. "Thirst" text story. Untitled story; A royal brother and sister come to Wambi's jungle seeking a lost gem; Wambi finds it but greed turns the brother and sister against each other and they are then killed by their trained leopard. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Cut throat geologist Neale is working with a lion cult to locate a rare rock specimen; Tabu puts a stop to the cults murdering ways and sees Neale killed by a lion. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Ruthless hunter Curtis captures a sacred white leopard and, through trickery, makes it appear that the leopard will not attack him, thus making him holy to the natives. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Monsters from the Mist Lands!", art by John Celardo; A schemer from Princess Valla's city comes to Kaänga's jungle and takes the princess's bracelet from Kaänga. Kaänga, Ann, and N'geeso pursue the thief back to the city, where Ann is taken captive; The schemer, Kasna, demands that Valla follow the law and wed the holder of the bracelet; if she refuses, he will kill Ann. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba journeys to a new land where he is challenged by that country's lion-king, Zingara; Simba defeats Zingara but is then attacked by a tribe of apes, believing that he is Zingara, whom they hate. The Kavirondo, art by Mike Peppe; A brief description of a tribe living on the eastern shore of Lake Victoria. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Escorting a government official and his daughter on a hunt for a white giraffe, Terry and the hunters are taken captive by a white priestess and her tribe; Keeto arrives in time to save the party from death by leopard. "Dead Man's Revenge" text story. "Shirkah!"; Prince Kopur comes to Wambi's jungle to capture animals; He captures Wambi, as well, when Wambi attempts to free the captives; When Kopur elects to torture Wambi, he makes his escape and sets a fire that allows the captive animals to escape. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Tabu interferes in a magician's effort to extract payment from the N'ganzos for the return of their princess from the grip of the god of the mists. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Priestess Senga plots to have her personal assassin, K'bali, exonerated of his crimes at a public trial; Camilla thwarts her plans and Senga and K'bali are both killed by leopards. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Doolin. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters are promised a golden idol by Kafgars, in exchange for a white woman to sacrifice to their fire gods; The treasure hunters kidnap Ann and make the exchange. "Drums of War!", art by August Froehlich; During a raid on their neighboring tribe, a group of pygmies injures Mrs. Simba and draws Simba's wrath. Teddy Roosevelt biography, art by Mike Peppe. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Gorth, former lancer, seeks revenge on Inspector Brian for the amputation of Gorth's hand; Captain Terry Thunder rescues the inspector and Gorth is killed by a charging oryx. Untitled story; The rajah has placed a price on Wambi's head; A young man attempts to capture him, but the capture is prevented by Wambi's jungle friends. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Narundo wants to make war against his neighbors to enrich himself and his friend Gibbs; His plot is overheard by two young women and he decides to have them sacrificed to a sea monster. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; A group of men descended from Elizabethan pirates kidnap the women of the Bantus; Camilla rescues the women and blows up the pirates and their ship. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Vendetta of the Tree Tribes!", art by John Celardo; When hunters venture into her jungle, Titana, raised by apes from girlhood, attacks them and later captures a hunter, Ann, and N'geeso; Kaänga arrives in time to save Ann and N'geeso from being killed and Titana falls into a crocodile pool. Untitled story, pencils by August Froehlich; Simba rescues a giraffe calf from a crocodile and from hunters. Untitled story, pencils by Nick Cardy and Bob Lubbers, inks by Bob Lubbers; Camilla recovers a sacred idol and bag of diamonds from a corrupt colonial commissioner. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; Wambi rescues Tawn from an elephant trainer hoping to break Tawn's spirit and give him to the rajah. "The Crypt" text story. Untitled story, pencils by Charles Sultan; The overseer of a diamond mine is stealing diamonds by hiding them in dead bodies being sent down river for burial; Captain Terry Thunder puts a stop to the smuggling and kills the overseer. Jungle Lore; A brief description of several modes of transportation in Africa. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Tabu pursues the looters of his teacher N'moli's tomb; When he catches up to them, he causes them to believe that one of the golden statues has come to life and they flee into the jungle. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Terror Raid of the Congo Caesar!", art by John Celardo; N'tomba is leading his people on murderous raids; He captures a trio of hunters and Ann, planning to execute them; Kaänga arrives in time to prevent the executions, and N'tomba is dethroned in a duel with one of the hunters. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; A witch secretly poisons the local water hole and uses the death of the animals to convince her tribe that she is very powerful; However, Simba attacks her and she falls into the water hole and dies of her own poison. Superstitions; A brief description of some jungle superstitions. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Two treasure hunters, posing as anthropologists, work with the Kafka chief to located a buried treasure; Terry thwarts their plan, and they are killed and the map destroyed in an explosion. "At Close Quarters with a Galongwa" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. Untitled story, at by Frank Doyle; A prince and a slave girl elope and Wambi hides them in a cave; The jungle animals call a conference and tell Wambi that by allowing humans to hide in the jungle he is breaking the jungle law; Wambi dissolves the conference by throwing a wasps' nest at the animals. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Tabu goes to the village of Tuwalla to rescue the kidnapped princess, Lia, and to return her to her own people to rule. Untitled story, pencils by Nick Cardy and Bob Lubbers, inks by Nick Cardy; Two slavers battle over a party of slaves; Camilla insures the death of one slaver and the defeat of the other, freeing the slaves. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Prof. Northam, his daughter, Alice, and his assistant, Prof. Barton, discover valuable, ancient artifacts in the Gwaha country; They set up fake appearances by the Gwahas' gods to frighten the natives away, making it easier to seize the artifacts; An hallucinogenic drug, intended by Barton to drive Northram mad so that Barton could claim the discoveries as his alone, is smeared inside a pith helmet that is worn successively by Northram, Ann, and Barton. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; While fleeing a lion cult, Simba becomes covered in phosphorescent mud; The cultists believe him to be a ghost and call off their hunt. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Nolan and Billings, disguised as lancers, take a group of native men as slaves; Terry, escorting a newspaper reporter into the interior, frees the slaves and, with their help, take Nolan and Billings prisoner. Jungle Scrapbook!, art by Mike Peppe; Brief natural histories of several jungle animals. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; Wambi is captured a white woman hunter who wants to use his power to communicate with animals; That night, Sirdah the tiger prowls the camp and Wambi agrees to do anything Sirdah asks if he will free him. "Death on Film" text story. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; A pair of treasure hunters use mind control drugs on the jungle witch Serpina, in order for her to steal a sacred idol; Tabu discovers their plot and creates an illusion of the idol coming to life and threatening the hunters. Untitled story, pencils by Nick Cardy and Bob Lubbers, inks by Nick Cardy; Treasure hunters, working to get illicit gold out of the jungle, run afoul of the Jawalas, who capture them and torture them to death; Camilla returns the gold to the Jawalas. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover inks by John Celardo. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Treasure hunter Luca works with witch doctor Lago to discover the location of a tribe's hidden jewels; Determining that the jewels are located in the river bed, they dam the river, causing drought in Kaänga's jungle. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; An albino elephant denies Simba's authority over him; Soon the elephant's herd expels him because of his coloring; But when the entire herd is threatened by ivory hunters, the albino and Simba join forces to save the herd and the exile is allowed to rejoin the herd, and he acknowledges Simba's rule of the jungle. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Terry pursues the treasure hunter King Cobra; Cobra is a master of disguise, but Terry turns the tables and disguises himself as Cobra to infiltrate Cobra's operation; With the arrival of the lancers Cobra's men are defeated and Cobra himself perishes in a fire. "Man-Eater" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; Sirdah demands that Wambi repay his debt by bringing him two fawns and one piglet to eat; Wambi gets the animals and places them on the opposite side of a ravine from Sirah, with himself in the middle of the rope bridge across the ravine. Brief natural histories of several species of lemur. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; As future king of the Waneesis journeys to the village of his birth, he is killed by N'togi, who then impersonates him to the Waneesis until he is exposed by Princess Zandra; Tabu arrives in time to prevent N'togi from killing Zandra and frighten N'togi into an electric eel pool. Untitled story, pencils by Nick Cardy and Bob Lubbers; Madigan, a renegade, learns of the Wasulis bird god legends and disguises himself as the god; He orders the Wasulis to drive all white from the jungle with the intention of acquiring all the trade rights for himself; The Wasulis make captives of two hunters who are rescued from burning at the stake by Camilla who then exposes Madigan. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.