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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published October 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
Pages 68
Editing Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)

Cover Details - "Lair of the Renegade Killer"

Genre jungle
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich
Inks Dan Zolnerowich
Letters typeset

10 page Kaänga story Lair of the Renegade Killer ["Kidnappers from the civilized world meet the wrath..."]

Characters Kaänga (origin); "The Boss" (introduction, villain, death); Ann does not appear in this story.
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 Red Panther is asked to help Toni Beltan..."

Characters Toni Beltan (introduction); Kogh (introduction, villain); Mercurians (introduction, vilain)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Taylor Martin]
Pencils Arthur Peddy
Inks Arthur Peddy

1 page Jungle Facts filler "Primates or Apes"

Genre fact
Script ? [as Leo Leon]

6 page Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story "Tabu rallies the ghost animals of a peaceful valley..."

Genre jungle
Script ? [as Robert Lewis]
Inks ?; George Carl Wilhelms?
Notes Very amateurish work. JV posits possible early John Rosenberger? Wilhelms may have touched up the more polished faces on page two.

7 page Wambi, The Jungle Boy story Fight To the Finish ["Zari dead! Who did this useless killing?"]

Genre jungle
Script ? [as Robert Lewis]
Pencils Henry Kiefer
Inks Henry Kiefer
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

2 page text story "Jitterbug in the Jungle"

Characters Dirk Hardy
Genre jungle
Script Toni Blum [asToni Boone]
Letters typeset

6 page Camilla story "Across the great inland sea comes a scouting..."

Characters Sir Champion (guest); Chrisa (introduction); Hitlo (introduction, villain, death); Horo (introduction, villain); Camilla in a bikini for first time.
Genre jungle
Pencils Jim Chambers?
Inks Jim Chambers?
Notes Another possibility is Jim Mooney.

8 page Roy Lance story "A new and startling adventure befalls the jungle explorer..."

Characters Sram (introduction, villain); Sunev (introduction, villain); Otlup (introduction, villain); Sram, Sunev and Otlup are all dream creatures.
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Courtney Thomason]
Pencils John Celardo?
Inks John Celardo?

7 page Fantomah story "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman in the universe..."

Characters Angel Eyes (introduction, villain, death)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Barclay Flagg]
Pencils Henry Fletcher
Inks Henry Fletcher

5 page Simba, King of the Beasts story "Mogah, a giant gorilla, wanders across the grasslands..."

Characters Mogah (introduction, villain, an ape)
Genre jungle
Pencils William M. Allison
Inks William M. Allison

7 page Terry Thunder story "Weak with fatigue, his brave heart almost bursting..."

Characters Anderson the Arab (introduction); Ali Bahd (introduction, villain)
Genre adventure
Script ?
Pencils Al Stahl?
Inks Al Stahl?