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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published June 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor(

Cover Details - "Tigress Of The Deep Jungle Swamp"

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

10 page Kaänga story Tigress of the Deep Jungle Swamp ["Trapped in the treacherous swamps by two of..."]

Characters Kaänga; Sam Broot (villain); Anitra (introduction)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Red Bradey]
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

5 page The Red Panther story "The black orchid! Scientists have searched in vain..."

Characters The Red Panther; Dr. Grayson (introduction); Dr. Grayson's daughter (introduction)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Taylor Martin]
Pencils Arthur Peddy
Inks Arthur Peddy

6 page Camilla story "The lost empire, dependent on its salt supply..."

Characters Camilla; Count Knuten (villain, death); Caredodo (introduction)
Synopsis Story influenced by THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell

6 page Roy Lance story "A lost white race, enslaved in a hidden..."

Characters Roy Lance; Gov. Malraux (introduction, villain); Jill March (introduction)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Courtney Thomason]
Pencils Nick Viscardi?
Inks Nick Viscardi?

2 page text story "The White Slave"

Characters Ran-Tog [formerly Ron-Tog]
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Bob Clark]
Letters typeset

6 page Fantomah story Phantom of the Tree-Tops ["Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever known, and the supreme

Characters Fantomah; The Jungle Demon (introduction, villain); Powerhouse
Synopsis Eating strange jungle berries transforms a man into the Jungle Demon that can only be stopped by Fantomah.
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 story title is taken from the cover blurb. The first lines of text read: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever known, and the supreme protector of jungleland, has the miraculous power to see and know all that is happening in the jungle. She has always watched the growth of a certain white boy, now grown to manhood, who was reared, strangely, in the heart of the jungle........"
Reprinted in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

5 page Simba, King of the Beasts story Vengeance On the Veldt ["Simba, walking along a jungle trail, hears a..."]

Characters Simba; Golox (introduction, villain, death) (an ape)
Genre jungle
Pencils William M. Allison
Inks William M. Allison
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

7 page Captain Terry Thunder of the Congo Lancers story "Men, we're going to have company! a woman!"

Characters Captain Terry Thunder; Gloria Frazier (introduction)
Genre adventure
Pencils Bill Bossert?
Inks Bill Bossert?

8 page Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story "The savage Mbuti tribe performs the weird ceremony..."

Characters Tabu; Batau (introduction, villain, death)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Robert Lewis]
Pencils Charles Sultan
Inks Charles Sultan

1 page Jungle Facts filler "Mapowi, strongest native of the Kenya colonies of..."

Genre fact

7 page Wambi, The Jungle Boy story "Wambi, mysterious child of the jungle, is master..."

Characters Wambi
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Roy L. Smith]
Pencils Henry Kiefer
Inks Henry Kiefer