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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published August 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor(

Cover Details - "Safari Into Shadowland"

Characters Kaänga
Genre jungle
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell

10 page Kaänga story Safari Into Shadowland ["The black maned lion, terror of the jungle..."]

Characters Kaänga; Jim Gorr (introduction, villain)
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 "Left to die horribly deep in the dark..."

Characters The Red Panther
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Taylor Martin]
Pencils Arthur Peddy
Inks Arthur Peddy

8 page Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story "Winding aimlessly through the jungle, Tabu, the great..."

Characters Tabu; Ratmen (introduction, villain); a band of Egyptians (introduction, villain)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Robert Lewis]
Pencils Charles Sultan
Inks Charles Sultan

6 page Camilla story "During the ball following Sir Champion's knighting, a..."

Characters Camilla; Sir Champion (guest); Goro (a gorilla) (introduction); Kao Tah-Kee (introduction, villain, death)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Ted Carter]
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell

2 page text story "The Dark Horde"

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

7 page Captain Terry Thunder of the Congo Lancers story "Kismet, the camel left by Gloria, misbehaves with..."

Characters Captain Terry Thunder; Yak-Ho (introduction, villain)
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Pierre La Rue]
Pencils Bill Bossert
Inks Bill Bossert

7 page Wambi, The Jungle Boy story "You say that the people of Inga are..."

Characters Wambi; The Inga tribe (introduction)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Roy L. Smith]
Pencils Henry Kiefer
Inks Henry Kiefer

6 page Roy Lance story "Roy Lance, globe trotter, finds adventure and a..."

Characters Roy Lance
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Courtney Thomason]
Pencils Nick Viscardi
Inks Nick Viscardi

5 page Simba, King of the Beasts story "Simba is watching the strangest sight of..."

Characters Simba; Jack Williams (introduction); Ann (introduction); a group of kidnappers (introduction, villain)
Genre jungle
Script William M. Allison?
Pencils William M. Allison (signed)
Inks William M. Allison (signed)

1 page Jungle Facts filler "The Strange Aardvark; The Bird of Paradise"

Genre fact
Script ? [as Stan Johnson]

7 page Fantomah story The Temple in the Mud Pit ["Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever known, has such keen insight that

Characters Fantomah; Mr. X (introduction, villain); Volcano people (introduction)
Synopsis When Mr. X steals a mystical headpiece that causes the boiling mud-pit to overflow into the jungle, he is confronted 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 First line of text reads: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever known, has such keen insight that she can see all that happens in the jungle... she devotes her great abilities to protecting the jungle-born..."
Reprinted in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]