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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published April 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Malcolm Reiss (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)

Cover Details - "Caveman Killers"

Genre jungle
Pencils Nick Viscardi (signed)
Inks Nick Viscardi (signed)

10 page Kaänga story Caveman Killers ["Kaänga, while exploring the wild central Congo, loses..."]

Characters a tribe of cavemen and their queen (introduction, villain); The Hut Men and their chief (introduction)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Frank Riddell]
Pencils John Celardo
Inks John Celardo
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

7 page Red Panther story "The screams of a fierce tribe of head-hunters..."

Characters a tribe of headhunters (introduction, villain)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as J.J. King]
Pencils Saul Rosen
Inks Saul Rosen

6 page Camilla story "Turning sadly on the ruins of her beloved..."

Characters The Mobazi (introduction, villain)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Victor Ibsen]
Pencils Frank Frollo?
Inks Frank Frollo?

7 page Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story "Tabu, jungle born and bred, combines white man's..."

Characters Muju (introduction, death); a band of slavers (introduction, villain)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as "Mack"]
Pencils Sam Citron?
Inks Sam Citron?
Notes Another possibility on the art is Don Lynch, although he's not known for such a dynamic, heroic style.

5 page Roy Lance story "To make a motion picture of savage tribal..."

Characters Colo (introduction, villain, death)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Jock Campbell]
Pencils Tom Gill?
Inks Tom Gill?

2 page text story "The Dwarf That Played Giant"

Genre jungle
Script ? [as Arthur Garnett]
Letters typeset

6 page Simba, King of the Beasts story "Simba bounds from his lair as the crackle..."

Characters Col. Intrec (introduction); Sonny Intrec (introduction); Ms. Intrec (introduction) (sister)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Ed Hunt]
Pencils Al Walker
Inks Al Walker

8 page Wambi, The Jungle Boy story "Mysterious child of the jungle lives in its..."

Characters Rajah of Kaahki (introduction)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Roy L. Smith]
Pencils Henry Kiefer
Inks Henry Kiefer
Notes The elephant in this story is supposed to be white, but is never colored anything but gray.

7 page Captain Terry Thunder story "Anderson, the cook says a pie is missing..."

Characters a madman (introduction, villain)
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Pierre La Rue]
Pencils Bill Bossert (signed)
Inks Bill Bossert (signed)

6 page Fantomah story "A beautiful jungle princess uses her magic powers..."

Characters Orid Dass (introduction, villain)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as W.B. Hovious]
Pencils Robert Pious?
Inks Robert Pious?; ?