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Issue Details

Issue #40
Published April 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing John C. Mitchell (Editor)

Cover Details - "Killer Plague"

Genre jungle
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Inks Dan Zolnerowich (signed)

14 page KaƤnga story Killer Plague ["The wanton killing of men and beasts arouses..."]

Characters Varez (introduction, villain, death); Garez (introduction, villain); Zomdi (introduction, villain); Zulus (introduction, villain)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Frank Riddell]
Pencils Saul Rosen
Inks Saul Rosen
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page Simba, King of Beasts story "Early morning in a sleepy African border town..."

Characters Kagu (an ape) (introduction, villain, death)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Ed Hunt]
Pencils Nick Cardy [as Nick Viscardi] (signed)
Inks Nick Cardy [as Nick Viscardi] (signed)

10 page Wambi, The Jungle Boy story "As disastrous as the ravaging of the holocaust..."

Characters Kuda (a pilot) (introduction)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Roy L. Smith]
Pencils Henry Kiefer
Inks Henry Kiefer

7 page Fantomah, Daughter of the Pharoahs story "The Scorpion"

Characters The Scorpion Cult of Kta (introduction, villain, death); high priest of Kta (introduction, villain, death)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as W.B. Hovious]
Pencils George Appel
Inks George Appel

7 page Captain Terry Thunder story "Bedouins...Africa's craftiest, deadliest nomad tribe--strike again..."

Characters Bedouins (villain)
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Pierre La Rue]
Pencils Robert Webb
Inks Arnold Hicks?

3 page text story "The Jungle Empress"

Genre jungle
Script ? [as Tom O'Neill]
Letters typeset

8 page Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story "Deep in the jungle, strange companions march silently..."

Characters Magla (introduction, villain, death); The Zugos (introduction)
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Mackenzie]
Pencils Richard Case
Inks Richard Case

10 page Camilla story "The Affair of Mr. Silkidor"

Characters Trader Davis (guest); Josephine Jordan (introduction); Jim Jordan (introduction); Rodney (introduction); Akkua (introduction); Silkidor (introduction, villain, death); Moko (introduction, villain, death)
Genre jungle
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy