Kaanga (1949 Fiction House) comic books

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Cover art by John Celardo. Untitled story; A plane crash strands a trio of explorers on the rim of an ancient volcano; Kaänga and Ann offer assistance and they are all attacked by the Ka-winas, an ancient tribe determined to keep their home inside the volcano a secret; Kaänga uses the explorers' dynamite to ignite the volcano and destroy the Ka-winas and pushes the plane off the rim to glide to the jungle below; Kaänga and the explorers fly the plane into the Valley of Mist where they find Carthina, a lost Carthaginian outpost. Untitled story; A witch doctor, travels from village to village taking two maidens from each to use as "helpers"; In reality, he is selling them as slaves; He takes Ann, and all the slaves are liberated by Kaänga. "The Green-Eyed Monster" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story, art by Ruben Moreira. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jack Kamen. Untitled story, pencils by Tom Cataldo, inks by Ruben Moreira; Bull Brannigan hopes to drain a lake near the Mgombas village and expose an ancient city that he expects to be full of treasure; Brannigan suspects that Kaänga will interfere with his scheme and attempts to have both Kaänga and Ann sacrificed to the Mgombas' spider-god; Kaänga manages to escape and Brannigan is killed by the spiders. "Fire-Birds from the Sky!", art by Tom Cataldo; Bronson, an unscrupulous con man convinces the Tulagis that he commands the sky gods, using hot air balloons in his deception; Kaänga exposes him and watches him fall to his death. Untitled story, pencils by Tom Cataldo; Kaänga's arbitration of a dispute over an idol is not received well by the cliff people who steal the idol and Ann, with the intent of sacrificing her to the idol. "Boomerang Juju" text story by Frank Riddell. "The Dead Who Could Not Sleep," pencils by Tom Cataldo; Unscrupulous archaeologists trick the N'ganas into believing that the N'gana gods are alive; Kaänga and N'geeso expose their plans to steal the N'ganas' treasures. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Return of the Lion-Men!", art by Ruben Moreira (as Rubi Moore); A con man comes to the jungle and convinces the Tulans to give him whatever he asks for in order to have it sacrificed to their gods; Fearing Kaänga's interference, he orders the natives to bring him Ann whom he plans to kill. "The Panther Lord!", art by Ruben Moreira; A white man-led leopard cult kidnaps Ann for sacrifice. "King of the Congo Beasts" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story, art by Ruben Moreira; Dr. Marr's scientific expedition captures a white ape; Nilo, riding from the land of the Lake of Mists attacks the safari in order to free the ape, which is sacred to her people; They also take Dr. Marr. Kaänga and Ann pursue them; Ann is captured, but Kaänga frees both her and Dr. Marr. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

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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.