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Jungle Jo (1950) comic books 1955 or before

  • Issue #NN
    Jungle Jo (1950) NN
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1234585008

    Content likely intended for publication as the non-existent Jo-Jo Comics (1945) #30. Feature stories are "Jo-Jo Congo King" with mastheads obscured so that only "Congo King" remains; scripts retain the "Jo-Jo" character name. In order of appearance: "Congo King, The Political Pirates!"; "Congo King"; "The Cheat! The Swaggering Coward." retitled and reprinted as "The Coward." in Ghostly Weird Stories (1953) #124; and "Congo King, The Crossbowmen of Carnabor". "Otombo to the Rescue!" text story reprinted from Jo-Jo Comics (1945) #7B. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Jungle Jo (1950) 1
    • Cover coming loose at one staple. Cover tear taped at interior. Water spotting with staple rust/migration.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Art by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Jungle heroics in the style of Jo-Jo Comics, which preceded it. Strange creatures are abducting members of the Tangane tribe in the middle of the night; Jungle queen Tangi protects magical black pearls from a sinister safari; A mad scientist wants to transplant human brains into gorilla bodies. Classic gorilla-abducting-girl cover. The Vanishing Tanganes; Tangi: The Sacred Waters; The African Constabulary; The Mystery of Doc Jungle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.