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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published April 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)

Cover Details

Genre jungle
Pencils Charles Sultan?
Inks Charles Sultan?; ?

10 page Kaänga story "The mighty white man of the jungle, Kaänga..."

Characters Kaänga; Sam Broot (villain)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Red Brady]
Pencils Ken Jackson
Inks Ken Jackson

5 page The Red Panther story "Two ex-convicts beat their way through the jungle..."

Characters The Red Panther; two crooks (introduction, villain, death)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Taylor Martin]
Pencils Arthur Peddy?
Inks Arthur Peddy?; ?

6 page Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story "Tabu's muscular activity is a challenge to the..."

Characters Tabu; Tom Barton (introduction); The Bargonans (introduction, villain)
Genre jungle
Pencils R. L. Golden (signed)
Inks R. L. Golden (signed)

Half page story "The Case of the Frightened Killer: Case 2: File A: Clue 2"

Genre mystery
Pencils Bob Powell?
Inks Bob Powell?

7 page Camilla story "Camilla, bemoaning the loss of the spring of..."

Characters Jon Dale; Ruth; Camilla
Synopsis Camilla apparently reforms.
Genre science fiction
Pencils C. A. Winter [as CAW]
Inks C. A. Winter [as CAW]

2 page text story "Son of the Lion"

Characters Ron-tog (a jungle boy) (introduction)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Bob Clark]
Letters typeset

7 page Captain Terry Thunder story "A fierce jungle tribe attacks the lonely outpost..."

Characters Captain Terry Thunder
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Buck Johnson]
Pencils Rafael Astarita
Inks Rafael Astarita

7 page Wambi, The Jungle Boy story Thundering Herds ["Buck Larsen, renegade, goes back to the scene..."]

Characters Wambi; Buck Larsen (villain, death)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Roy L. Smith]
Pencils Henry Kiefer [as Karl Kief]
Inks Henry Kiefer [as Karl Kief]
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page Simba, King of the Beasts story "A terrific storm is lashing the jungle and..."

Characters Simba
Genre jungle
Pencils William M. Allison
Inks William M. Allison

7 page Fantomah story "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever known..." [The Super-Gorillas]

Characters Fantomah; The Doctor (introduction, villain, death); Mac (introduction, villain, death)
Synopsis Fantomah stops a mad scientist who has taken control of the gorillas in the jungle making them super-gorillas.
Genre jungle; occult
Script Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Pencils Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Inks Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Letters Fletcher Hanks
Notes First line of text reads: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever known, has such strange powers and insight, that she foresees all that is to happen in connection with jungle life..." The cover illustration and title of the 2009 Fantagraphics book "You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation!" come from the last page of this story.
Reprinted in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

6 page Roy Lance story "The young adventurous African explorer meets with more..."

Characters Roy Lance; The Zungos (introduction, villain, some die); John Mitchell (introduction); Ellen Mitchell (introduction)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Courtney Thomason]