Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	May 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)

Cover Details - "Empire Of The Ape Men"

Characters	Kaänga
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	typeset

10 page Kaänga story Empire of the Ape-Men ["Once again, the arch enemy of Kaänga strikes..."]

Characters	Kaänga; Sam Broot (villain); Ann (Ann's first "bathing suit" appearance.)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Red Bradey]
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb. Sam Broot is miscolored as a Caucasian.

5 page The Red Panther story "Deep in the jungle stands a group of..."

Characters	The Red Panther; The Ant Woman (introduction, villain, death)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Taylor Martin]
Pencils	Arthur Peddy?
Notes	If this is Peddy, it is very diluted.

7 page Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story "No power on earth is as great as..."

Characters	Tabu; The Zsingos (introduction, villain, death)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Robert Lewis]
Pencils	George Carl Wilhelms?
Inks	George Carl WIlhelms?

Half page filler "Strange Case of Ezra Ark: Case 3: File 1: Clue 2"

Genre	mystery
Pencils	Bob Powell?

6 page Camilla story "Restoring the eternal fountain of youth, Camilla rules..."

Characters	Camilla; Lief Thorgson (introduction, villain, death); Count Knuten (introduction, villain); Count Knuten's cousin (introduction, villain)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Tad Carter]
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell; ?

2 page text story "Death of the Laughing Terror"

Characters	Ran-Tog
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Lin Davies]
Letters	typeset

7 page Captain Terry Thunder story "The masked arrows, a band of thieving natives..."

Characters	Captain Terry Thunder; The Masked Arrows (introduction, villain, death)
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Bill Bossert
Inks	Bill Bossert?; Leonard Frank?

7 page Wambi, The Jungle Boy story "We'll find plenty of tuskers in there..."

Characters	Wambi; Wolf Lawsen (introduction, villain, death)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Roy L. Smith]
Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer?; ?

6 page Roy Lance story "Angered savage tribes, whipped to fierce action by..."

Characters	Roy Lance
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Harold Morley]

5 page Simba, King of the Beasts story "Simba approaches the water hole to slake..."

Characters	Simba; John Mason; Dick Mason
Genre	jungle
Pencils	William M. Allison
Inks	William M. Allison

7 page Fantomah story "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever born, has..." [Mundoor and the Giant Reptiles]

Characters	Fantomah; Mundoor (introduction, villain)
Synopsis	Discovering the eggs of giant reptiles on a fallen asteroid, Mundoor raises the reptiles in an attempt to take over the world.
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	The first lines of text read: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever born, has such keen insight that she foresees all the events of jungle life. Through her strange wizardry, she guards the jungle's secrets and avenges the evil deeds against the jungle-born........"
Reprinted	in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

Half page Jungle Roars filler "You're lucky - my doctor says I can only..."

Genre	gags
Script	? [as Lore]

Half page Prof. Dunk filler "A Jungle Tale"

Genre	gags
Pencils	Will Eisner? [as Heck?]
Inks	Will Eisner? [as Heck?]
Letters	?