Kaanga (1949 Fiction House) comic books 1951-1953

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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.

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.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, 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; Kaänga foils the scheme and a real gorilla kills Cass. Untitled story, 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; Camilla prevents the assassination of a chief by his witch doctor. "Gorilla Hunt" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story, 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. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Lansing, a trader scarred by a rifle accident for which he blames Kaänga, is collecting slaves from among the pygmies for his gold mining operation; Kaänga, N'geeso, and Ann ride to the rescue of the slaves and Lansing is killed. "Primitive African Cults" Jungle Facts. 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 Fran Hopper; Camilla hears that Senga (an evil Zombi queen that reportedly cannot die) has declared that K'Bali must die; She rescues K'Bali from a leopard and sends a message that K'Bali will tell Senga's secrets; Senga kidnaps him and gives K'Bali a knife and tell him to kill her so that she can prove that she can't be killed. "The Queen's Curse" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters are seeking a little boy with a treasure map hidden in his clothes; Kaänga and Ann protect the child and find his parents. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Maurice Whitman. "Death Web of the Amazons"; A trader refuses to sell guns to a spider cult. In retaliation, they capture him and attempt to have him killed by leopards; Kaänga rescues him and agrees to investigate the spider cult; When he arrives at their village, he attacks them and overcomes their queen, who is bound over for the colonial commissioner. "Map of Mystery"; Believing that Kaänga has an old prospector's map to the Katanga mine fields, Weber and his henchmen kidnap Ann and then attack Kaänga; Kaänga quickly dispatches them and explains that the only map was in the prospector's head. "The Music Box" text story. Untitled story, art by Kurt Caesar; In the Katangah Swamp, a Leopard Girl is trying to drive Mrs. Lawson and her husband off a jungle outpost. "Safari of Savage Spears"; A pair of treasure hunters track an archaeologist to his dig, only to find that what they believed to be gold idols were made of gilded clay. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Ann is taken by slavers; Kaänga and N'geeso pursue and rescue her. "Slave Galley of the Lost Nile," 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 Kurt Caesar (as Jack Away); King of the Congo vs. Gloria and Rex. "The Mark of the Python" text story by Frank Riddell. "Beware the Gorilla-Master," 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. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Untitled story, art by John Celardo; The overseers of the Hamiltons' mine discover that a vein previously thought to be worked out still has yields; They plot to kill the Hamiltons and claim the mine for themselves; They are foiled by Kaänga. "The Black Carpet of Death," inks by Tony D'Adamo; A pair of rhinoceros hunters are beset by soldier ants. "Matago's Drum" text story. "Lobengula"; Brief history of the conflict between Zulu king Lobengula and British imperial forces. Untitled story, 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; Camilla and the Ulangoas fight off the cultists and the witch doctor is killed in the melee. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Captain Rawls of the colonial police and asks Kaänga to assist him in locating the Blanton-Becker party; During their pursuit, they are attacked by a mammoth. "The Fifth Ace" text story by A. J. Castanon. "The Cave-Man Valley," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga and his party enter a volcano through an entrance blasted by Becker; They discover that the jungle inside the volcano is home to many prehistoric monsters; They also find that Becker had imprisoned his partners, the Blanton's, and was looting the golden idols of the jungle. "The Men with Tails"; An anthropological expedition discovers a human tribe with tails. Untitled Sheena story, art by Robert Webb. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Maurice Whitman. "Tembu, the Elephant!", art by Maurice Whitman; When the Iboras refuse to give warriors to the Rugas, the Rugas attack the Iboras' kraal with an enormous elephant under the command of Tembu; Trader Grant's daughter and Ann are taken hostage; Kaänga and Musungu follow the Rugas to their own country. "The Tabu City" text story by John Rensler. "The Battle of Giants, Tembu's Terror Trail," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga and Musungu attack the Rugas; The battle is not going well for Kaänga, and he elects to summon Marmo to battle Tembu's giant elephant. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Gorth, former lancer, seeks revenge on Inspector Brian for the amputation of Gorth's hand; Terry rescues the inspector and Gorth is killed by a charging oryx. "King of the River!", art by Maurice Whitman; Gus Corrigan, seeking his lost brother, asks Kaänga to help him; Unknown to Corrigan, his brother has been captured by a gorilla cult and the leader of the cult has given him amnesia-inducing drugs and convinced him that he is the gorilla god Jebola, returned to his people; Kaänga locates the cultists and frees Corrigan's brother and turns the cult leader over to the district commissioner. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.