Comic books January 1948

Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Billy the Kid finds gold and tries to share it with the town of Dry Gulch, but a gold rush is inevitable. An appeal for help from the Ghosts Benevolent Association sends Marvel Bunny into battle against the Ghost of Captain Shark. Sherlock the Monk pretends illness to get out of cleaning the office, and ends up fleeing from the head nurse at the hospital. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie and the Secret-Play Touchdown, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Billy the Kid and Oscar: Gold in Them Thar Hills!; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Ghost Talk!; Battling Bantam: The Haymaker Troublemaker; Willipus Wallipus: Snitch-Fibbers; Willie the Worm and Sammy: The Kingdom of King Vulture; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Real Pill; Fuzzy Bear Sleeps Like a Log. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Dan Barry (?). "Mr. Skeleton," script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Dan Barry; Doll Man (Darrel Dane) vs. Mr. Skeleton and Erik; Francesca, a tattooed lady, appears. "The Vicious Violin"; Swing Sisson vs. an extortionist. Untitled story; Roscoe vs. Joe Bunco. "The Fat Man's Fortune" starring Blimpy and Mr. Munchcript, script and art by Al Stahl. "Captain Black's Salvage Scheme" starring Rusty Ryan, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Untitled Big Top story, script and art by Bernard Dibble. "In Jokeland" starring Perky, script and art by Gill Fox. "Child Psychology" starring Officer Shenanigan, art by Michael Senich. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Manhunt" a short story by noted science-fiction writer Robert Moore Williams.

January 1948. Western adventure novels "The Last Frontier'" by John Starr, "Three Graves Have I" by Arthur Lawson, and "The Devil's Gulch" by Giff Chesire. Novelettes and short stories by Lee. E. Wells, Thomas Thompson, C. William Harrison, David Crewe, Everett M. Webber, Wallace Umphrey, Kenneth Fowler, Robert Moore Williams, Philip Ketchum, and James O. Goodwin. A few illustrations. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Alex Schomburg cover. 52 pages Cover price $0.10.

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Flash stars in "Crimes by Horoscope," written by John Broome, art by Lee Elias. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "Never Underestimate a Ghost" written John B. Wentworth, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Robert Oksner; Johnny Thunder and Black Canary in "The Tumbling Trees" by Kanigher, pencils by Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Atom in "Double Dilemma" by Joseph Greene and Jon Chester Kolzak; Ton o' Fun by Harry Lampert; Out of the Gag Bag by Ed Wheelan; and Hawkman in "The Phantom Menace" by Broome and Oksner. Cover art by Joe Kubert. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 179. Cover art by Walt Kelly. Uncle Wiggily's Flying Shoes, script by Roger Garis, art by H. R. McBride; Uncle Wiggily finds that he can bound high in the air with the aid of air-filled rubber pillows on his feet and guide himself with his umbrella; After Uncle Wiggily foils Skeezicks' attempt to steal a bird's nest; Skeezicks and his pal Pip plot to get revenge. Homemade Skeeter Dope, script by Roger Garis, art by H. R. McBride; Uncle Wiggily mixes up a batch of mosquito repellent, but it attracts mosquitoes rather than repels them. Uncle Wiggily Buries His Fortune, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by H. R. McBride; Uncle Wiggily digs a hole deep under a tree to bury his fortune. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, William Cuthbert, E. J. Reeves, Marty Taras, Al Stahl (credited as Bruce Baker), Charles W. Winter and Milt Hammer. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #25. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Frosty and Gabbie buy a plot of beachfront land from a suspicious-looking wolf, but they must build their house in one hour. Kittens Tick, Tack and Toe are pursued by a dogcatcher. Dopsy Durvy uses his Magic Storybook to battle pirates on Treasure Island. Neddy Bear; The Beauty Parade; Frosty and Gabbie; Johnny and Woof; Tick, Tack and Toe; Lee O'Lion; Chucky and Bub; Diggy the Derrick; A Turtle Is Not So Stupid; Dopsy Durvy; Sniffy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Mickey Klar Marks, and Milt Hammer. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #33. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Neddy and Betsy Bear create spring-shoes and bounce into a dangerous encounter with a witch's castle. Dopsy Durvy helps the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe after she loses her mortgage to Calvin Cobbler. Also, a story about living "radio tubes," a real showcase for the technology of another era. Neddy Bear; Dopsy Durvy: The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe; Roddy the Radio Tube; Spunky: Good Manners; Tick, Tack and Toe. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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No number - double size issue. Humor digest that features jokes and cartoons for men. Cartoons by Don Flowers, Reamer Keller, E. Simms Campbell, Vic Herman, and others. Pin-up photo inside back cover of Leslie Brooks. Squarebound digest, 5-in x 7-in. 192 pages, BW.

Cover art by Otto Feuer. Funny Folks ad. Untitled The Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer; Dunbar knows a goose who actually does lay golden eggs. Tootsie Roll ad, pencils by C.C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. Untitled story starring Blackie Bear, The Cubs and The Professor, art by Rube Grossman. Untitled J. Rufus Lion story, art by Rube Grossman; Mortimer tries to con Rufus out of dinner. Untitled story starring Dunbar Dodo and Fenimore Frog, art by Otto Feuer. Untitled Henry the Laffing Hyena story, art by Harris Steinbrook; Elmo gives Henry a watchdog that won't let anybody in; Including Henry. Untitled The Dodo and the Frog text story, art by Otto Feuer. All-Flash ad. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Otto Feuer. Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer. Blackie Bear story, art by Rube Grossman. J. Rufus Lion story, art by Ronald Santi. A Pinto Named Half-Pint starring Giggle-Toons, by Howie Post. Blabber Mouse story, art by Rube Grossman. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Jerry Siegel, plus a text story by Ray Krank and Gardner Fox. Art by Joe Shuster, Marvin Stein and Dick Ayers. Cover by Marvin Stein. Famous as the "other" superhero created by Siegel and Shuster, who started the whole phenomenon with Superman. TV comedian Larry Davis uses vaudeville-style shenanigans to fight bad guys. When a superhero-style publicity stunt results in the capture of actual criminals, Larry decides to use his comedy as a force for good, and becomes Funnyman. Funnyman's rivals Comicman and Laffman try to outdo Funnyman and catch Flathead Floogie after he escapes police custody at Grand Central Station. Funnyman and a jewel thief race to capture a runaway robot kangaroo with a fortune in its pouch. Featuring some of the first published work by future Marvel legend Dick Ayers. Jerks in the Works; Funnyman; The Teen-Age Terrors!; Funnyman, Comicman, and Laffman; The Truant Toy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 32, Issue 3 - January, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Vol. 7 #1 - Jan./Feb. 1948. Single-panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13-in., 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Howard Sherman. Crime Agency, art by Dan Barry. Hot Money, art by Howard Sherman. Me, Master Crook, art by Dan Barry. Crime on the Sea federal agent, art by Ed Moore. Case of the Iron-Clad Alibi perfect crime mystery, pencils by E.E. Hibbard, inks by Moe Wortham. Murder Was My Business, art by George Roussos. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Jesse Marsh and Till Goodan. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. This issue features art by Tarzan artist Jesse Marsh. Gene is captured by the Red Circle Bandit, who taunts him with the location of his next robbery. But what does Aunt Belle have to do with the Red Circle Bandit? Unorthodox sheriff's deputy Grumpy has his own method for safeguarding Leland's satchel full of gold. The Red Circle Bandit; The Runaway; Grumpys Hunch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Dan Gordon and others. Art by Dan Gordon, Jack Bradbury, and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Dan Gordon. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Superkatt debates fighting City Hall after the mayor's wife gets him to pass a law banning bubble gum; Corky the fox isnt sure how to feel when fox hunting season rolls around and all his friends think he's a squirrel; His angel and devil selves start a debate after Fremont Frog finds Clems wallet. Superkatt; Little Lost Sheep; The Duke and the Dope; Spencer Spook; Turning the Tables; Binky; Fremont Frog; Smart Cat; Corky; Witch Hazel. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - January, 1948. Science fiction and fantasy magazine by Stanley Mullen. 7-in.x 8 1/2-in. 84 pages, hectographed blue and white. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Bob Powell, Bill Draut, Buford Tune and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Hornet investigates a mad doctor who drives wealthy and powerful people to suicide with drugs of his own design. Electric-powered hero Shock Gibson faces gigantic monsters while exploring the far side of the moon with his science team. The origin of boxer Kid Adonis, in a story with art by Joe Simon and a likely script assist by Jack Kirby. Creative cover by Al Avison. Green Hornet: Maker of Madness; Spirit Of 76: Kidnap Kapers; Shock Gibson: The Giant-Eared Giants!; Green Hornet: Tearoom Murders; Kid Adonis: Bust of Adonis; The Furnished Room: The Smiling Salesman; Green Hornet vs. Puppet Master; Dotty Dripple. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Irwin Hasen. Framed By the Harlequin (Part 1) starring Green Lantern, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by John Belfi; No matter how hard he attempts to prove otherwise, Green Lantern fails to convince the Police he isn't on the side of the Harlequin, and is arrested. Challenge of the Harlequin (Part 2); Believing that the Harlequin is actually in love witrh Green Lantern, her gang wants her to prove them wrong. If she doesn't, they will kill him....and her! Ton O' Fun humor page by Harry Lampert. The Harlequin Haunts Green Lantern (Part 3); The Harlequin shocks the Police when she surrenders voluntarily to them--that is, providing Green Lantern will be her defense counsel! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Ken Hultgren and Hubie Karp. Art by Jim Davis, Jack Bradbury, Dan Gordon, Al Hubbard, and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Dan Gordon. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Grandma Nakomis tells Teepee Tim the story of How the Turtle Got His Shell; Blitzen Jr. leaves the North Pole after learning he cant fly like the other reindeer, but soon returns to Christmas duty with help from the rocket corps; Robespierre invites his pal Tiger to sleep in his house instead of a trash can, but it turns out Tiger fights in his sleep. The Impulsive Imps; How the Turtle Got His Shell; Two-Way Trouble; Robespierre; Izzy and Dizzy; Trunkline to Safety; Blitzen Jr.; Shilly and Shally; Surprise Package; Tee-Pee Tim. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Contains teen antics stories in the style of Archie Comics. In order of appearance: "Hap Hazard, Winner Lose All!"; "Stella the Starlet"; "Hap Hazard, The Weak Wolf"; "Hap Hazard, Do or Diet"; and "Hap Hazard, The Super-Suit Salesman". "Why I Dislike Bow Ties" text story by Joe Blair. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Contains three Frank Frazetta illustrations. Frazetta illustrations appear in eighteen consecutive issues of Happy Comics (1943) (#20-#37) and in sixteen consecutive issues of Goofy Comics (1943 Nedor/Standard) (#20-#35). Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Happy"; "Francois Feline"; "Scamper"; "Bear Facts"; "Homeless Hector" story by Warren Foster, art by Ed Dunn; and "Of Mice and Menace" by Manny Perez. Illustrated text stories: "Beautiful, But Not Dumb: Buddy Butterflyfish Wasn't Afraid of the Shark!" by Mickey Klar Marks, illustration by Frazetta; "Silky and the Wren: The Little Bird's Best Friend Was a Cat!" by Pat Cherr, illustration by Frazetta; and "Ernie the Earthworm: This Wiggly Little Creature Certainly Got Around!" by Lily K. Scott, illustration by Frazetta. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

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Art by Vee Quintal Pearson, Michael Buccino and Claudine Tiffany. Historical and religious illustrated stories. Newsprint 7-in. x 10-in. 32 pages full color

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Art by Vee Quintal Pearson, Michael Buccino and Claudine Tiffany. Historical and religious illustrated stories. Newsprint 7-in. x 10-in. 32 pages full color

Stories and art by Mike Roy, Sam Burlockoff, Seymour Pearlstein, and Alex Toth. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A teen swims two miles for help after his friends' canoe overturns; A story featuring early art by comics legend Alex Toth; A man accepts the difficult job of moving an elephant cross-country. Go Down for the Bicycle; Rescue at Bontoc; Telephone Heroine; An American Red Cross Boy; Heroine Saves 11; Swim to "Safety"; Hero Refuses Reward; Printer and the Policeman: "Heroes Both"; United States Medal for Lifesaving on R.R.; Nine Year-Old Heroine; Hot to Handle; The Desperate Emergency; Safety First!!; Bresnick Swims for Help; Hoboken to New York the Hard Way; No Can Do; Medal for Heroic Service. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Pete Riss. Untitled Kid Eternity story, art by Pete Riss; Eternity warns the U.S. Air Force about a Martian invasion, in which the invaders were using a green "mould" that caused semi-paralysis over Junction City. Untitled Her Highness story. Untitled Big Brother story. Untitled Betty Bates story. Untitled Bob and Swab story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Hey, Knuckle-Head! starring Sir Roger, art by Michael Senich. Untitled Rasputin story, art by Ernie Hart. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by John Broome and Frank Bolle. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Dr. Goodfellow's orphanage will lose its mortgage to Scrooge-like Mr. Stoneheart at midnight, unless Hopalong can help. When Hoppy finds a crashed stagecoach with a dead diamond appraiser, he realizes the man he met earlier is an impostor, and his friend Tom is in danger. Pistol-Packin' Pattie suggests that second-rate actor Showboat can put an entire audience to sleep. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie: The Secret-Play Touchdown, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Deadline at Midnight; Hill Billy; Warden We Doin' Hyar?; Death Holds the Reins!; Be a Sharpshooter; The Stove Pipe Calamity!; Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone Jr.: Net Profit; Vita Min; Dippy Detours; Chief Slaphappy; Pistol-Packin' Pattie; Ridin' Herd with William Boyd; The Strange Assignment! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

A booklet from the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis district containing 23 cartoons illustrating the process of how river and harbor projects are conceived, authorized and constructed. B&W, 46 pages.

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Cover pencils by Syd Shores. Daredevil of Crime starring the Human Torch, pencils by Ken Bald; A stunt girl turns criminal until apprehended by Torch and Toro. The Pirates of the China Sea starring the Sub-Mariner, Namora, and White Flower, script by Bill Woolfolk. The Cave of Echoes text story. You'll Die Laughing starring the Human Torch, pencils by Ken Bald, inks by Syd Shores. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

No Dust Jacket - Collection of Poems by August Derleth with Illustrations by Clare Victor Dwiggins. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in. Hardcover 108 Pages B&W

Cover by Margot Austin. Stories by Helen Burns, Margaret Hamilton, Rose Ross, Ann King, Louise Stinetorf, Dorothy Tooker, Hilda Watkins, Marian Richardson, Walter Pierce, Antonia Potemkina, Sadie Garnett, Elizabeth Hewitt, Alice Alison Lide, and A. Carter Anderson. Art by Mel Fahrner, Beth Krush, Jania Miller, Ursula Koering, Neal Janzen, Janet Smalley, Joe Krush, Rebecca Shapiro, Anne Wilcox, Elizabeth Sumner, Margaret Landes and Iris Beatty Johnson. A long-running magazine of fiction, fact and comics for children. Mollie dreams she goes to the animal hospital, where her dog is her doctor. The toys get left outside and go on an adventure while no one is looking. Ice Age twins Ik and Gik have an adventure on an island far from their tribal home. Winter Games Outdoors; The Prince Who First-Footed; Mollie's Dream; Catch That Possum!; Inky's Drawing Lesson; Jeanie in Florida; Nonsense Verses; Two Legends from Other Lands; Dot Puzzle; Things to Make; Puzzle Jingles; Home for the Holidays; Brother and Sister; Riddles; Naughty Katinka; Toys in the Sky; The Ice-Clan Twins; Boo Boo the Woods Boy; Doctor Monkey Earns a Title; Finnie; the Office Goldfish. 7-in. x 10-in., 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by John Gartner, Edd Ashe, Phil Berube, Vic Herman and Jack Sparling. Adventure comics and stories featuring radio hero Jack Armstrong and crime-busting scientist Vic Hardy. Jack and his uncle seek an outlaw submarine targeting diamond ships off the African coast; Vic Hardy uses forensic science to get the goods on a jewel thief; Jack discovers the truth about a lost valley when crooks try to scare him off. The Pirate Submarine; The Bentley Brothers; All American Award; The Case of the Telltale Bullet; Vic Hardy's Crime Clues; Jack Armstrong in the Lost Valley of Ice!; Pee Wee Half; Take a Tip...; Four-Alarm Adventure; Billy Goes Baby Sitting. 7.5-in x 11-in., slightly taller than standard Golden Age comics. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

All stories reprinted in Terrifying Tales (1953) #11. In order of appearance: "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Tiny Tyrants!"; "Jungle Curiosities" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; "Jo-Jo Congo King, Trance of Terror!"; and "Jo-Jo Congo King, Ransom for the Dead!". "Death Dance" text story reprinted in Zago Jungle Prince (1948) #4, Crimes by Women (1948) #9, Spook (1954) #28, and Strange Mysteries (1958 I.W. Reprint) #9. Indicia states "JO-JO". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Kirk Stiles, Al Zere, Vic Herman, and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Knobby's latest fighter is Humphrey, a sweetly dumb country bumpkin with super-strength and nigh-invulnerability, but no one is sure what to make of him other than Joe. Flyin' Fools Chickie and Gootch are hired to transport a captive gorilla to Shanghai, but they have to think fast when the primate escapes his cage en route. Plus two prose adventures of early female superhero Black Cat. Joe Palooka; Joes Good Turn; A Party for Joe; Bateese and Balonki Visit New York; Little Max: The Well-Dressed Man; Little Max: Test Pilot; Black Cat: Gun Play; Cartoon Laughs at the Ringside; The Flyin Fool; Ricky Roony; Flossie; Black Cat: Desert Wings. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest humor digest with cartoons, jokes and tasteful pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by Basil Wolverton and unknown. Art by Basil Wolverton, Morris Weiss and unknown. In this issue: Millie asks for time off to take a vacation in the Millie the Model story "Vacation Vexation"; Skidsy entertains a client, and asks Tessie to help, in order to get a contract signed in the Tessie the Typist story "At a Loss with the Boss!" with art by Morris Weiss; Jed, who suffered the loss of a toe during the war, goes to pick up Harriet at a dance in the 2-page text story "Dance Contest"; Powerhouse Pepper applies for, and gets, a job helping to build a bridge in "Power on the Tower" by Basil Wolverton; and Snazzy and Speedy believe that Nellie is escorting a counterfeiter in the Nellie the Nurse story "Reward"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

January 1948. Jr. magazine primarily contains children fiction stories, educational facts, and fun activity pages, but also some poems, sheet music, cooking recipes, etc. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 52 pages, PC/BW Cover price $0.60.

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle", reprinted in Golden Age Sheena Best of Queen of the Jungle TPB (2008) #2-1ST, and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #13; and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "King of the Pirates" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Wizard of the Whirling Doom," art by John Celardo; Kaänga and Ann visit the village of Tonga, where their friend Bonako is to celebrate his chieftanship by use of a ritual bow; The witch doctor, D'Hama, spoils the ceremony by poisoning the bowstring and causing an arrow to be shot from hiding, killing Bonako. Kaänga exposes the trick and D'Hama is killed by the tribe. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; When lightning starts a forest fire that traps many of the animals of his kingdom, Simba instructs the elephants in the building of a dam, in imitation of some natives he had seen earlier; The dam diverts the river, quenching the fire. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Raiders take the jungle fever drugs that Terry had promised to the natives at N'gwando; He and the lancers, joined by the commissioner's daughter, steam upriver and take back the drugs. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; When a deer is accidentally killed through the discharge of a discarded rifle that he stumbles over, the animals all believe that Wambi has reverted to man's ways; It is only through the animals overhearing Mogawa describe what happened that Wambi is exonerated. Sir Richard Burton biography, art by Mike Peppe. "Kraal of the Dead," art by Maurice Whitman; Ivory hunters murder any natives who spy them stealing fossil ivory from a volcano-destroyed village; Tabu arrives and allows the criminals to be gored and stomped by draft oxen. Untitled story, art by Bob Lubbers; Oil woman Sandra's partner, Thompson, attempts to prevent the filing of a joint deed to their oil claim in order to have it all for himself; Camilla exposes his plotting and Thompson is killed in an oil fire. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.