Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) comic books 1950-1959

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"Wolves of the Desert Night," art by Maurice Whitman; A group of escaped convicts, disguised as commissioner's guards, raise havoc in Kaänga's jungle until they are exposed by Kaänga and turned over to authentic district commissioner guards. Untitled story; Brugga kidnaps Simba's cubs, with the intention of killing them; Simba arrives just in time to save the cubs and kills Brugga in combat. Untitled story, pencils by Jay Disbrow, inks by Bill Walsh; Captain Terry Thunder escorts an archaeologist and his assistant to the Kongola country where they hope to find a buried, ancient city; A pair of prospectors, illegally hydraulically mining in the area, unearth the city. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A snake charming witch doctor is hired by hunters to bring them game; He uses his flute to lure all the animals of the jungle to the hunters' steamboat where they are caged; Wambi follows and frees the animals, extracts a promise from the witch doctor to never do this again, and cages the hunters, sending their steamboat down the river. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; B'maki, a prince of the Basulis, intercepts the new bride of his brother, Orago, as she makes her way to the Basuli village; He plans to marry her himself and become chief; Tabu divines the location of the kidnapper and his victim and hypnotizes B'maki, causing him to fall in a crevasse where he will wait for the jungle authorities. Untitled story, pencils by Ralph Mayo; Camilla infiltrates the camp of the safari raider, the Scorpion, disguised as one of his lieutenants; She then opens the camp's gate to a safari that had been robbed by the Scorpion and they defeat the Scorpion's men. 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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"Dawn-Men of the Congo," art by Maurice Whitman; The Wagonas send word to ga that they are encountering strange animals in their new country; Kaänga, Ann, and Zulu go to the Wagonas and encounter numerous prehistoric animals and Neanderthals; Kaänga challenges the Neanderthal chief to single combat and wins. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Simba rescues a baby eland from an attack by a hawk. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; Trader Harry has been seduced into cheating the natives by Nancy; Tabu exposes the dishonesty and shows Harry a vision of his murder at Nancy's hand. Untitled story; Chief B'timi is drugged by the Freunds and induced to reveal the location of Golden Beard's grave and its treasures; Terry follows them and uses the booby traps put in place by Golden Beard to prevent them from looting the grave. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi helps Princess Natoli recover the sacred sword of her people. Untitled story, pencils by Ralph Mayo, inks by Bernard Sachs; Renegade Chaney posts false notices of new land open for homesteading and, with his gang disguised as natives, attacks the would-be settlers and steal all their supplies; Camilla discovers the plot and exposes it to the commissioner. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Captives of Crocodile Swamp," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga puts an end to slave raiding by El Borro. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Villagers and white hunters pursue a rogue elephant that leads them into Simba's territory; Simba attacks the elephant and wounds it. Untitled story; Terry escorts Miss Ross to an oasis where they will meet with the ivory thief, Abu ben Hassin; Terry arrests Hassin but then the group is attacked by another party of raiders, working secretly for Miss Ross; Terry then signals the hidden lancers under Keeto's command and take the lot into custody. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; The rajah's daughter is taken hostage by men who would usurp his rule; Wambi uses hornets to attack the kidnappers and saves the princess. Untitled story starring Tabu, art by Enrico Bagnoli; The Lorutis confuse Merrill, a member of Finney's exploration safari and dressed in a deep sea diving suit, with a god and want to sacrifice the rest of the party. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Bennett and his gang of thieves buy hunting rights on the Nygailas' land; Mabaro, long-thought mad by his people, recognizes Bennett as the leader of the thieves who looted the Nygailas many years before and beat Mabaro and killed his father; He tells his story to Camilla who helps expose Bennett's new thieving of treasure. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; A troop of French Foreign Legionnaires is attacked by leopard cultists; Kaänga, who had been tracking the cultists, challenges the leader of the cult to single combat and kills him; Now, as head of the cult, he disperses them and sends the Legion on its way. Untitled story, pencils by Ken Battefield; Terry is assigned to discover the plans of rebel leader, El Cordofan; He discovers that El Cordofan plans to destroy Fort Diablo with a booby-trapped boat; Terry convinces some of El Cordofan's men to mutiny and El Cordofan is killed in a dynamite explosion. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Binongi hunters come to Wambi's jungle, pursuing a white ape; They capture Wambi when he prevents the taking of the ape; Later, Wambi's jungle friends, joined by the white ape, free him. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; Informed in a vision that the witch Lati plans to kill the beloved of K'kito, chief of the Luossas, Tabu hurries to the kraal and fights to free the chief and expose the plot. Untitled story, inks by Ralph Mayo; Bayne and his men are using mechanical dragons to fly stolen diamonds out of the jungle; Camilla, using one of their own dragons, defeats them and takes them into custody. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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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"Wild Boy!", art by Maurice Whitman; Greg Hartley has come to Kaänga's jungle to find his lost nephew. "Congo Justice" text story by John Starr. "The Temple of the Leopard" starring Kaänga, art by Maurice Whitman; Hurley pursues the treasure allegedly hidden by Billy's father; Billy's friend and guardian, Noguli, overcomes Hurley, and Billy is reunited with his uncle. "The Firebirds," art by Bill Benulis; A terrorist group vows to drive all whites from Africa; Their leader, Boku, is shot by a young white boy. "Jackal-Man"; Fossil hunters are thought to be prospecting valuable ores and are pursued by Hakkim Rood; Rood is killed by a dinosaur that survived in a warm pool. "The Voodoo Master!"; Tiger Girl exposes a witch doctor's curse of blindness as a trick of hypnotism. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.