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Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 103 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4427463002

Cover art by John Celardo. "The Phantoms of Lost Lagoon," art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters seek the ship of the Emperor Khan; Kaänga locates the ship but the hunters believe that there is no treasure on board; One of the hunters is killed by a rhinoceros and Kaänga kills the other. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; A hunting cheetah escapes from his masters and is befriended by Simba; The two of them free the animals captured by the cheetah's masters. David Livingstone biography, art by George Evans. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; A young man infiltrates the lancers and frees his brother from the fort jail; The brother, Unganda Bill, and his accomplice, T'Gara, go on an ivory raid but are captured by Terry and the lancers with help from Bill's brother. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; The Scepter of Guru, a sacred object, is stolen from a village in Wambi's jungle and winds up with Ogg; The villagers seize Ogg and prepare to sacrifice him for profaning their sacred scepter. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Priestess Zotara rigs King N'Mongo's annual kingship ritual to cause N'Mongo's death and her own ascension to the throne. Tabu re-enacts the ritual in the Land of Mists--a nebulous after-life--and demonstrates Zotara's criminal acts. Jungle Facts; Brief natural histories of several jungle cats. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; When mine owner's daughter Jane Bronson learns that her father's overseers are using slave labor in her father's mines, she hurries to tell him; However, she accidentally stumbles into a trap set by Camilla for hyenas. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 110 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage.

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Cover art by John Celardo. "Raid of the Fire-Fangs," art by John Celardo; Jewel thieves disguise themselves as the L'tongas' sacred mandrills and attempt to steal the tribe's sacred diamonds; Kaänga exposes the plot and turns the thieves over to the tribe for punishment. Untitled story, pencils by Joe Doolin; Zarkah, a tiger captured in India, escapes his captors in an African port and makes his way to Simba's jungle; He is killed when he challenges Simba for kingship of the jungle. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi suffers from amnesia after a fall and is persuaded to guide two white treasure hunters to a hidden temple; The treasure hunters begin their looting but dislodge a roof support and are killed in the ceiling collapse. Untitled story, art by Dan Zolnerowich; Treasure hunters install an artillery gun in a giant idol and attack river traffic in order to keep nosy visitors from finding their hidden platinum mine; Captain Terry Thunder and Keeto manage to destroy the idol and arrest the treasure hunters. "The Secret of the Leopard's Lair" text story. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Saraz-san gives a jewel to every family member who will make the trek to her jungle home; But each family member winds up dead; Tabu asks her to give him a gem and he goes to the Land of Mists; There he learns that the jewels belonged to the chief of the Opalis and that he was murdered by Saraz-san. Jungle Facts; Brief natural histories of several jungle birds. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; A white slaver, working with Arabs, comes up the scheme of disguising a woman as Camilla and having her lure villagers into a trap; This works until Camilla becomes aware of the scheme and puts a stop to it. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Tales of Tarzan (1964) 1 VG/FN 5.0

Signed by Sam Glanzman (splash). Certification not included.

Cover by Pat Masulli. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Bill Fraccio, Tony Tallarico and Joe Gill. Charlton Comics, believing Tarzan to be a public-domain character, produced this short-lived series before the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate made them cease and desist. It's an unauthorized adaptation of Burroughs' Jungle Tales of Tarzan, telling tales of a young Tarzan before he met Jane. An unusual item for the Tarzan collector. Tarzan saves Tantor the elephant from the pit trap the Mbonga tribe built. But when Tarzan falls in the pit himself, Tantor must take action, in a story with art by comics legend Sam Glanzman. In a tale of Tarzan's early life, he battles Sheeta the panther to earn his place in the ape tribe. Plus guides to the animals of Tarzan's jungle (including dinosaurs!) and his life in the jungle. And a fond introduction by editor Pat Masulli. The Capture of Tarzan; Creatures of the World; The Fight for Balu!; Tarzans Way of Life. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Ka-Zar (1970 1st Series) 1 FN 6.0

68-page squarebound giant. Reprints: "The Coming of Ka-Zar" (script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby; from Uncanny X-Men 10) and "The Mystery of the Midnight Stalker" (script by Lee, pencils by Gene Colan; from Daredevil 24). Also in this issue, a new Hercules story, "In His Footsteps, the Huntsman of Zeus" (script by Allyn Brodsky, pencils by Frank Springer, inks by Dick Ayers). Guest starring the Avengers. Story continues in Sub-Mariner 29.. New Marie Severin/John Verpoorten cover. Cover price $0.25.

Ka-Zar (1970 1st Series) 3 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4745258016

Final issue of the series. 64-page squarebound giant. Reprints: "The Coming of Ka-Zar" (from Amazing Spider-Man 57) and "If This Be Justice" (from Daredevil 14). New Angel (X-Men) back-up story: "In the Den of the Dazzler!" (script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Dick Ayers). The story continues from the previous issue and concludes in Marvel Tales 30. Marie Severin/Sal Buscema cover. Cover price $0.25.

Ka-Zar (1974 2nd Series) 13 VG+ 4.5

The Skull of the Lizard-Man! - Written by Doug Moench. Art by Larry Hama and Fred Kida. Cover by Rich Buckler, Klaus Janson and John Romita, Sr. (alterations on Ka-Zar's face). Barbaric battle for an unholy prize! Characters in this issue: Ka-Zar; Zabu; Tongah; Zaurai; Charn; Sharka; Karanda (introduction); Sheesa (villain); Lizard-Men (villains). Plus: 1-page Hostess Fruit Pies ad "The Incredible Hulk and the Twins of Evil!" with art by John Romita, Sr. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Ka-Zar the Savage (1981 Marvel) 1D CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4718090014

Direct Edition. Cover art by Brent Anderson. "A New Dawn... a New World!", script by Bruce Jones, pencils by Brent Anderson, inks by Carlos Garzon; Ka-Zar wonders if he should leave the jungle and join modern civilization, and ultimately discovers a vast new section of the Savage Land called Pangea! "Spider-Man in The Rescue!" Hostess snack cakes ad. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.

Kaanga (1949 Fiction House) 1 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4088255002

Cover art by John Celardo. Untitled story; A plane crash strands a trio of explorers on the rim of an ancient volcano; Kaänga and Ann offer assistance and they are all attacked by the Ka-winas, an ancient tribe determined to keep their home inside the volcano a secret; Kaänga uses the explorers' dynamite to ignite the volcano and destroy the Ka-winas and pushes the plane off the rim to glide to the jungle below; Kaänga and the explorers fly the plane into the Valley of Mist where they find Carthina, a lost Carthaginian outpost. Untitled story; A witch doctor, travels from village to village taking two maidens from each to use as "helpers"; In reality, he is selling them as slaves; He takes Ann, and all the slaves are liberated by Kaänga. "The Green-Eyed Monster" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story, art by Ruben Moreira. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Kaanga (1949 Fiction House) 13 FR 1.0

Staples added (not manufacturing). Tape at spine and inside front cover. Water damage. 1 1/2" cumulative spine split.

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Cover art by Maurice Whitman. "Death Web of the Amazons"; A trader refuses to sell guns to a spider cult. In retaliation, they capture him and attempt to have him killed by leopards; Kaänga rescues him and agrees to investigate the spider cult; When he arrives at their village, he attacks them and overcomes their queen, who is bound over for the colonial commissioner. "Map of Mystery"; Believing that Kaänga has an old prospector's map to the Katanga mine fields, Weber and his henchmen kidnap Ann and then attack Kaänga; Kaänga quickly dispatches them and explains that the only map was in the prospector's head. "The Music Box" text story. Untitled story, art by Kurt Caesar; In the Katangah Swamp, a Leopard Girl is trying to drive Mrs. Lawson and her husband off a jungle outpost. "Safari of Savage Spears"; A pair of treasure hunters track an archaeologist to his dig, only to find that what they believed to be gold idols were made of gilded clay. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Marvel Two-in-One (1974 1st Series) 16 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4756976006

"Into the Savage Land!" Guest-starring Ka-Zar. Fantastic Four cameo. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Ron Wilson and Dan Adkins. To prevent a natural catastrophe from destroying life on Earth as we know it, Mr. Fantastic has sent Ben Grimm to Antarctica, and more specific the Savage Land, to investigate. But when Thing and his pal Ka-Zar, the Lord of the Hidden Jungle, discover the cause of these eruptions they find the catastrophe may not be as natural as they at first thought. Cover price $0.25.

Tarzan (1948-1972 Dell/Gold Key) 4 FR/GD 1.5

4" Spine split from bottom. Cover detached. Cover and interior oxidation. Brittle cover with pieces detached.

"Tarzan and the Lone Hunter." Pan-at-lee escapes from a rebellion and gets captured by a Bongu witch doctor. Om-at is hot on her tail. Includes part four of Jesse Marsh's adaptation of Burroughs' Ape-English Dictionary. Script by Gaylord DuBois, art and cover by Jesse Marsh. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Tarzan (1948-1972 Dell/Gold Key) 107 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #0993887006

Gordon Scott photo cover. "The Shrouded Valley of Monsters," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan helps rescue an explorer lost in the Valley of Monsters. "The Lion Hunt" text story starring Mabu. "Boy Leaves Home," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Boy runs away from home. Untitled Brothers of the Spear story, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; The brothers head for the last known location of Zulena. Portrait of a mixed flock of vultures and ravens by Jesse Marsh. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Tarzan (1948-1972 Dell/Gold Key) 114 CGC 7.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4714017013

Painted cover art by Mo Gollub. Portrait of a well-fed chimpanzee by Jesse Marsh. "Valley of Lions," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan leads the Wakembes in eradicating lions in a fertile valley. "Trouble" text story starring Mabu. "Dry Lake Adventure," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; While windsurfing, Boy and Dombie are carried far afield by a tornado. "The Rescue in the Flood," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; Dan-El and Ingongi return to the their flood-trapped colleagues with Molithi and the elephants of M'tembo to the rescue. Dragon? illustration by Jesse Marsh; Portrait of Jane with a chameleon. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.