Issue | #1020 |
Published | August-October 1959 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "JUNGLE JIM, No. 1020." Code number is J.J.O.S. #1020-598. Copyright 1959 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Last Jungle Jim Four Color. Follows the Jungle Jim (Dell, 1954 series) which ended with #19 (January-March 1959). |
Characters | Jungle Jim Bradley; Kolu |
Genre | jungle |
Pencils | ? (painting) |
Inks | ? (painting) |
Colors | ? (painting) |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | Facts about the Kurdish people of the Middle East. |
Genre | fact |
Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
Pencils | Alberto Giolitti |
Inks | Alberto Giolitti |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Script submitted on March 2, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Jungle Jim Bradley; Kolu |
Synopsis | Jungle Jim finds the wreckage of a light plane in the jungle shortly after it goes down. The pilot is the Rajah of Bruntpur and he invites Jungle Jim to visit his palace. A week later, Jim and Kolu go to the Rajah's palace where the Rajah explains that once a year the Ghost of Kuran Das visits the Rajah's sealed vault and takes part of the treasure held there. After the "ghost" strikes the first night Jim is at the palace, Jim stays inside the vault the next night and is rewarded by seeing the "ghost" in action. |
Genre | jungle |
Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
Pencils | Alberto Gioletti |
Inks | Alberto Gioletti |
Notes | Script submitted on June 7, 1958. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Synopsis | Not allowed to go along with his father on a hunt for a jungle boar, Mauri is given five rounds of ammunition to use for target practice instead. The hunters wound the boar in the jungle and the beast makes its way to Mauri's house. |
Genre | jungle |
Pencils | Alberto Gioletti |
Inks | Alberto Gioletti |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with one 1/8 page illustration. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Ranee (tiger); her cub; Gahr (tiger, villain) |
Synopsis | Ranee and her cub fight off a crippled man-eating tiger that wants their kill, then the pair elude a tiger hunt by the local villagers. The man-eater flees an ambush, but tries to escape to same ledge of the ravine that holds Ranee and her cub. Ranee knocks him off, to be trampled by the stampeding herd of water buffalo. |
Genre | jungle; animal |
Pencils | Alberto Giolitti |
Inks | Alberto Giolitti |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Jungle Jim Bradley; Kolu |
Synopsis | While exploring the jungle south of the Nepalese Border, Jungle Jim and Kolu witness the sacrifice of a goat from a bridge to a "mugger" (giant crocodile) in the river below. The bridge breaks during the ceremony and Jungle Jim shoots at the crocodile and rescues one of the girls from drowning. Jim is taken into custody by the Rajah for attacking the sacred crocodile. Kolu comes the Rajah's city to rescue Jim but is also captured. Later the girl who Jim rescued comes to their cell and shows them a passage to the outside. |
Genre | jungle |
Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
Pencils | Alberto Giolitti |
Inks | Alberto Giolitti |
Notes | Script submitted on April 10, 1958. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Synopsis | Facts about Afghanistan. |
Genre | fact |
Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
Pencils | Alberto Giolitti |
Inks | Alberto Giolitti |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Script submitted on September 5, 1958. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Synopsis | Facts about cheetahs. |
Genre | fact |
Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
Pencils | Alberto Giolitti |
Inks | Alberto Giolitti |
Notes | Back cover; color. Script submitted on March 2, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |