Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 101

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Cover art by John Celardo. "The Blade of Buddha," art by John Celardo; A white doctor whom Kaänga believes can cure Ann of her drug-induced madness is captured by a raiding party of Chinese who take him to their village; There Kaänga frees the rightful leader of the village and restores him to his chieftanship. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba is addled by a rifle shot; Mrs. Simba falls into a tiger trap and is caged by hunters; Simba, battling Lukor the leopard who wants to claim his throne, blunders into the hunters' camp and accidentally frees Mrs. Simba. Jungle Lore; A brief description of several African rivers. "Matabele Massacre" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; No-mouth, a horribly scarred artifact hunter, steals the sarcophagus of Antophes, a priceless relic, from museum archaeologist Carol Devens; Captain Terry Thunder helps recover the artifact, and No-mouth is killed by crocodiles. Jungle Facts; A brief natural history of the crocodile. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; Curka and Sirdah scheme against Wambi, hoping to kill him; Wambi leads Sirdah on a great chase and eventually tumbles the tiger down a bluff into the river. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; B'tonga schemes with two white treasure hunters to loot the tombs of his tribesman; The three, along with Tabu, are trapped in a fire and ghosts rescue Tabu, leaving the others to perish. African Wild Life, art by Mike Peppe; Brief natural histories of a few African animals. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; The Arab girl, Tanga, works with a group of white slavers; Camilla pretends to be Tanga and manages to turn the entire gang over to the territorial police. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.