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Issue Details

Issue #74
Published May 1951
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor); Jerry Iger (Art Director)

Cover Details - "Avengers of the Jungle"

Characters Tiger Girl [Princess Vishnu]
Genre jungle
Pencils Maurice Whitman?
Inks Maurice Whitman?

12 page Tiger Girl story Avengers of the Jungle ["Months had passed since Doctor Douglas and..."]

Characters Tiger Girl [Princess Vishnu]; Dr. Douglas (introduction); Kent (Dr. Douglas' assistant, introduction); Stoney Shane (introduction, dies, villain); Hall (introduction, dies, villain); Martin (introduction, dies, villain); Gorundi (villainous witch doctor, introduction, dies); Abdola
Synopsis Dr. Douglas prepares to take his scientific expedition back home, but first fires Shane, Hall, and Martin, his guides who had been abusing the porters. They conspire with Gorundi to get Buhutu warriors to attack the departing group. She stops them and they discover the guides had hidden stolen treasure in the scientific model Douglas was taking home. The guides and Gorundi die when the Buhutu warriors mistake them for the enemy.
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Allan O'Hara]
Pencils Ken Battefield (Iger Shop)
Inks ? (Iger Shop)
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
Reprinted in Jungle Girls (AC, 1989 series) #11

5 page Kayo Kirby story "[Champs are made, not born, in the fistic world!"]

Characters Kayo Kirby; VILLAINS: Madame Florizon (intro); Blackie (intro); Scotty Fuller (intro)
Genre sports
Script ? [as Chuck Walker]
Pencils Edmund Good?
Inks Dick Giordano?; (Iger Shop)
Notes Half of the last page is occupied by the Ownership Statement and a small ad.

Half page Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation text article "Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation"

Genre Fact
Letters typeset

2 page text story "The Dandy Who Conquered Defeat"

Genre fact
Script ? [as Allan O'Hara]
Letters typeset

8 page Rip Carson of Risks, Unlimited story "An aged lhama of the Blue Dragon monastery..."

Characters Rip Carson; Jim Drake (intro; dies); VILLAINS: Lo Tao (intro); Kai (intro)
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Rollin W. Bell]
Pencils Ken Battefield?; ? (Iger Shop)
Inks ? (Iger Shop)