Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) comic books

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $930.00 View scans Restored: C1 Paper: Cream to off white Restoration includes: small amount of glue on cover. Label #3756022020

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $1,100.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #3878952005

Cover art by Bob Powell. "Live Sacrifice," script by Red Bradey, art by George Tuska; Kaänga guides an explorer to a lost valley inhabited by descendants of ancient Romans and cannibalistic monkey me. Untitled story, art by Arthur Peddy; The Red Panther restores a deposed chief to his position in his village. Untitled story, script by Ted Carter, art by Bob Powell; Camilla and Caredodo brave the Cave of Sighs, the entrance to the supernatural underworld; Captured by Satan, Camilla carves a crosses that repulses the monster; The Angel of Faith rescues them and rewards Caredodo by transforming him from an ugly hunchback into a tall, handsome knight. Camilla dubs him "Sir Champion" and makes him her prime minister. Untitled story, script by Courtney Thomason, art by Nick Cardy; Joe Manners captures his explorer brother and plans to murder him to secure his inheritance; Roy attempts to rescue the explorer and only succeeds with the assistance of a tribe of giant gorillas. "The Claw of Simba" text story. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); A group of criminals enslave a village in Fantomah's jungle in order to use them as labor in a diamond mine; Fantomah frees the slaves and takes the four criminals to the Secret Pit of Jungle Horrors. Untitled story, art by William M. Allison; A wounded Simba makes friends with a wounded white girl, lost from her safari; Simba escorts her back to her father where they discover that the father is being tortured by criminals looking for his stash of gold. Untitled story, script by Pierre La Rue, art by Bill Bossert; Gloria is tricked into a treasure hunt by an Arab merchant who then kidnaps her; Terry rescues her and his two men that he ordered to accompany her on her hunt. Untitled story, script by Robert Lewis, art by Charles Sultan; To prevent the destruction of a village, Tabu imprisons a wind spirit. Untitled story, script by Roy L. Smith, pencils by Henry Kiefer; The provincial governor's daughter is kindapped and held for ransom, but she is rescued by Wambi and his jungle friends. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $1,080.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #3952791001

Cover art by Bob Powell. "Safari into Shadowland," script by Red Bradey, art by George Tuska; Criminals drive out the workers of a diamond mine and bring in their own natives to work the mine; Kaänga, together with a group of black-maned lions, restores the mine to its rightful owners. Untitled story, script by Taylor Martin, art by Arthur Peddy; After a savage tribe wipes out a group of missionaries, the Panther sees to it that they are punished by a flood that leaves their leader dead. Untitled story, script by Robert Lewis, art by Charles Sultan; A group of scientists are stricken with a plague after they open an ancient Egyptian tomb in the jungle; Tabu goes to a lost ancient Egyptian outpost for a cure. Untitled story, script by Ted Carter, art by Bob Powell; With the aid of a band of gorillas, Camilla and her army repulse an attack by a medieval Asian army. "The Dark Horde" text story by Bob Clark. Untitled story, script by Pierre La Rue, art by Bill Bossert; Yak-ho and his savage tribe attack the peaceful Kadahs; Terry uses a stick of chewing gum as a bribe to stop the attacks, but later must exorcise the evil spirit of the gum with a piece of jewelry. Untitled story, script by Roy L. Smith, art by Henry Kiefer; The Ingas, weakened by disease, are attacked by the Kurgas. Wambi goes to the military outpost to get both military and medical assistance. Untitled story, script by Courtney Thomason, art by Nick Cardy; Roy helps a diamond mine owner find his mine with the aid of the thieves who stole the map to the mine. Untitled story, art by William M. Allison; Simba rescues the pilot of a crashed airplane who is looking for his kidnapped fiancé; With the help of Simba and some apes, he frees the girl and captures the kidnappers. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); When Mr. X steals a mystical headpiece that causes a boiling mud-pit to overflow into the jungle, he is confronted by Fantomah who transforms him into a mud being and condemns him to live underground forever. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $220.00 or Best Offer View scans 6" cumulative spine split (taped on interior cover and under staples). Centerfold detached. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Lair of the Renegade Killer," script by Red Bradey, art by George Tuska; Kaänga rescues a kidnapping victim from the same slaver who sold Kaänga into captivity many years before. Untitled story, script by Taylor Martin, art by Arthur Peddy; The Panther and Toni fly Toni's stratoplane to Mercury, where the Panther defeats the giant bats that were plaguing the Mercurians. Untitled story, script by Robert Lewis; Hunters, using poison gas and electrified water holes, slaughter the animals in Tabu's jungle; Tabu retaliates by conjuring up the ghosts of the dead animals. "Fight To the Finish," script by Robert Lewis, art by Henry Kiefer; A black panther has been killing Wambi's jungle friends; A jungle council is called and the other animals persuade the panther to live with them in peace and to be a useful jungle citizen. "Jitterbug in the Jungle" text story by Toni Blum (as Toni Boone). Untitled story; Camilla is kidnapped by the Carthonians and Sir Champion quickly constructs a fleet to rescue her; In the course of the rescue, the deposed Carthonian king, Chrisa, is restored to his throne. Untitled story, script by Courtney Thomason; Roy is in command of the earth's space defenses against alien invaders; He discovers that water poisons the invaders and defeats them. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); A mad scientist creates "flaming claws" with which he attacks the jungle people and animals; Fantomah turns the claws against the scientist, who dies of fright. Untitled story, art by William M. Allison; Mogah the gorillas challenges Simba for the kingship of the jungle, only to be humiliated when a forest fire threatens all the jungle. Untitled story; Terry Thunder, disguised as a muezzin, helps the deposed Anderson recover his throne. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "The Devil's Death-Trap," art by George Tuska; Gangsters from American attempt to take over Kaänga's jungle. Untitled story, pencils by Arthur Peddy; The Panther rescues a party of scientists from a native tribe and then leads them to diamonds so that they can afford to carry on their scientific research. Untitled story; Camilla and Champion are shrunken to insect size by a mad scientist. Untitled story; Roy helps stops a cattle raiding tribe from plundering the herds of a peaceful village. "Violent Death" text story. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); A European army plans to use bases in Africa and South America to destroy democracy; Fantomah gives African lions the power of flight to destroy the European airborne assault in South American. Untitled story, art by Witmer Williams; Simba helps rescue a couple taken hostage by the savage chieftain, Wuga Moro. Untitled story, art by Bill Bossert; Terry outwits a group of Arabs determined to destroy an oil pipeline. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Tabu liberates a group of slaves working in a mine for the evil Baron Logh. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi prevents a Nazi-planned tribal war. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Nick Cardy. "Terror of the Voodoo Cauldron," art by Alex Blum; Kaänga stops the looting of a native temple by white men. Untitled story, art by Arthur Peddy; An officer of a European power sets out to conquer all the jungle with a tank; Red Panther defeats him with a single arrow. Untitled Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story; The new queen of Lomar must be shown that her magic is not as great as Tabu's. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; The kidnapping of the chief's daughter causes Buono's manhood initiation rite to go awry, and he and Wambi must rescue the girl. Untitled story, art by Robert Webb; In a bid to force Camilla to marry him, Renardo arranges the destruction of her city, but she refuses him and slays him in a duel. Untitled story; Unscrupulous poachers follow museum hunter, Dana Lowe, with the intention of stealing her giraffe trophy, but Roy puts an end to their plans. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); Would-be conqueror Org, using a jungle drum, hypnotizes a herd of giant spiders to do his bidding; Fantomah breaks his spell and feeds him to a giant spider before she reduces them all to normal spider size. Untitled story; Overfed by a motion picture crew, Simba is slow in defending himself when he is attacked by a leopard and loses the confidence of the pride. Untitled story, art by Bill Bossert; Anderson is taken by a group of cannibals and must be rescued by Terry, Kismet, and Vincent. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Trap of the Tawny Killer," art by Dan Zolnerowich; Kaänga and Ann are captured by pygmies for sacrifice to their sacred leopards. Untitled story; Camilla and her Vikings find their ancestors' lost treasure. Untitled story; The Red Panther warns Dr. Adams that there is a witch doctor's curse on the cave that he wants to explore. Untitled Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story; Bill and Joan's safari is captured by Ortiz, the magician king; When he attempts their rescue, Tabu is captured, as well. "Temple of the Lost Empire" text story. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Professor Brent is taken captive by the Aggagis, who plan to sacrifice him to the god of steam; Wambi and Brent's son Davy manage to rescue him with the help of Wambi's jungle friends. Untitled story, art by Bill Bossert; Terry must help an Oxford-educated tribal chief get his plans for sending native warriors to assist the British in Libya to the British general. Untitled story; Two young lovers from separate villages come under the protection of Fantomah; When Fantomah causes a volcano to erupt, Koru saves his lover's father from the lava and the two villages are united. Untitled story; While searching for the daughter of a deceased comrade, Roy gets the opportunity to help a white doctor, condemned by natives who misunderstand Western medicine. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; Simba protects a pair of photographers who have befriended his youngest cub from a killer lion. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Bait for the Spotted Fury"; A white trader convinces a tribe to make sacrifice to the idol of Tozak. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Bedouin bandits threaten Fantomah's gold shipments to her allies. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; Tabu prevents Mukil from seizing the throne of the V'nogas and secures some ivory for the bankrupt Nortons. "Black Ghost of Sudan" text story. Untitled story, art by Al Stahl; The pasha attempts to reclaim the land on which the fort was built. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his animal friends venture into a haunted valley to get medicinal herbs for the Kuminu tribe. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; Exploring a cave behind a waterfall, Boko is taken captive by hippopotamus-worshiping cannibals and is eventually rescued by Simba who kills the hippopotamus god. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy; Jean Thomas comes to the jungle to find her fiance, Peter Cummings; Camilla helps her in her search; The two are captured by a tribe that attempts to sacrifice them to a lion god. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Land of Laughing Bones," art by Saul Rosen; Two criminals retrace their steps to find a sack of diamonds they cached, but they run afoul of Kaänga. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Sheri's Arabs lay siege to Kherfra. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; A hunter is indiscriminately shooting at animals and insults Tabu. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi stops a hunting safari from killing in his jungle; The safari guide steals jewels from the eyes of a sacred idol. "Claws of the Night" text story. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy (as N. Viscardi); Simba protects four orphaned lion cubs. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; A lawyer, seeking a lost heir to a fortune, is captured by a tribe led by a white woman with the ability to drive animals mad. Untitled story; Captain Terry Thunder and the gang prevent a German attack on a British tank column. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $255.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back; Significant scuff(s) inner well Label #4051669003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich and Ruben Moreira. "Master of the Moon-Beasts," art by Reed Crandall; A rhinoceros stampede leads Kaänga to a moon worshiping cult in the Mountains of the Moon; Ann is kidnapped by the white man who manipulates the natives cult; He intends to substitute her for his daughter, whom the natives believe to be the goddess, Tluva, kill her, and then revive her by replacing Ann's body with the live Taluva. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy (as N. Viscardi); Simba saves a chief's son from drowning and then protects the village from thieving baboons. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his jungle friends drive a cruel prince's hunting caravan from the jungle. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Khefra claims new land and battles cannibals and pirates to keep it. "The Madman's Ape" text story. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Nazis persuade an African village to store fuel for them; Terry and the lancers capture the Germans. Untitled story, art by Art Saaf; An animal trapper named DaCosta takes the contract that has been issued on Camilla's life by those trying to steal her inheritance; He and his partner are killed when they create an animal stampede at Trader Davis's. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $255.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #3808178003

Cover art by Ruben Moreira. "Monster of the Boiling Pool"; After N'geeso suffers a crocodile bite, Kaänga and Ann go to the country of the Baboon Men for a medicinal moss; They learn that headhunters have targeted the Baboon Men; Kaänga tricks the headhunters into running into a hot spring where many of them drown. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Simba's role as king of the jungle is challenged by a white rhinoceros. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; Melini uses trickery to convince the Mengos that he has magic power; Tabu does a stage trick of his own and exposes Melini. "Elephant's Graveyard!", art by Henry Kiefer; Tawn, wounded by ivory hunters, makes his way to the elephants' graveyard, followed by Wambi and Dr. Burman; Dr. Burman removes the bullet from Tawn and he makes a quick recovery. Untitled story, art by George Appel; A convict's wife, devastated by his life sentence, leads a slave revolt against Fantomah. "Lion Bait" text story. Untitled story, art by Rafael Astarita; Terry and the gang free a Free French jungle outpost from the Nazis. Untitled story, pencils by George Tuska; A con man plans a trip to Africa; on his return he planned to present an actress as the long lost daughter of Steven and Camilla Jordan Dane so that she could "inherit" the Jordan fortune; But the plot runs afoul of Camilla, who remains ignorant of her origins. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $500.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: See item notes Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #4276889007

Cover art by Rafael Astarita. "Blood Raiders of the Tree-Trail"; Con artists "salt" Juju Mountain with diamonds, setting off a series of bloody tribal wars. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Simba rescues Tiku from a crocodile and then battle the elephant, M'Glo, for the kingship of the jungle. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; Tabu exposes an ambitious witch doctor as a fraud. "Murder!", art by Henry Kiefer; Seeking revenge for her husband's imprisonment, little Ronald's nurse tries to murder him and make it look like an accident; Wambi rescues the boy and the woman is killed by a water buffalo. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Khefran inventor, Raa, with Fantomah's blessing, takes his failed invention, artificial wings, to the besieging Vixan army. "Juju Medicine" text story. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb and Arnold Hicks; Native chief Kaan, hoping that his daughter never marries so that he has no rivals for his kingship, has rigged an idle to give off poison vapors, and every suitor is required to approach the idol. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Camilla is drugged by a witch doctor and sold to an Arab slaver. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Lair of the King-Serpent"; A pair of wanted murderers come to Kaänga's jungle, thinking themselves out of the reach of the law. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; The remaining two tiglons kill lone villagers when they can find them, until Simba puts an end to their predation. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; An entomologist and his daughter are captured by natives who believe that the whites are working great magic by putting bugs in bottles; Tabu rescues them. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; In the midst of a drought, a village refuses to give Wambi food for his jungle friends; Later, that same tribe asks Wambi for help when they are attacked by neighbors and Wambi complies. "The Blood Trail" text story. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Ghazia, lusting after Fantomah's throne disguises the spotted men as mummies and sets them on the city of Khefra. Fantomah calls on the ancient gods of Egypt to turn the Spotted Men into real mummies and they crumble into dust as Ghazia flees the city. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; While Terry attempts to work out a peace treaty with the Hookahs, Andy helps the sheik's daughter run away. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Camilla rescues a little girl, orphaned and taken by bizarre little men to be their goddess. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.