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Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 1
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1156872001
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    Cover art by Lou Fine. "Prey of the Slavers," art by Alex Blum (as Alex Boon); Kaänga rescues Ann from the slaver, Blacton, and tells her how he came to live in the jungle. Untitled story, art by Taylor Martin; The White Panther is dispatched by his father to help Dr. White recover curative gems and to protect the Whites from Zaroff, an unethical competitor. "The Slave Raiders," script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Henry Fletcher); In return for rescuing a witch doctor, Tabu is given a "six sense" and amazing powers which he uses to combat evil and injustice in the jungle. "Queen of the Lost Empire," art by C. A. Winter; Explorer Jon Dale discovers a lost city in the jungle, ruled by Queen Camilla; Daily human sacrifices are necessary for Camilla and her people to retain their immortality. Untitled story; Terry and his lancers are assigned to a fort, deep in the jungle, and are charged with interrupting the slave trade. Untitled story; Gunrunners sell guns to the natives in Wambi's jungle, which they then use to steal gold from local prospectors; Wambi reports the crimes to the local constabulary who defeat the natives. Untitled story; Cog bails out petty criminals Buck, Rex, and Slim to use as overseers of his safari; Cog drives the natives too hard and they rebel. Untitled story; Aging Simba saves the life of his rival, Slita and then barely manages to prevent being usurped by the younger Slita; Simba concedes his pride Slita and departs. Untitled story; Safari guide Buck Barton infiltrates a leopard cult to rescue his client. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 7
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #3878952005
    • Restored: C1
    • Paper: Off white
    • Restoration includes: Piece Re-attached to Cover With Glue.
    • Label #1292412007
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    Cover art by Bob Powell. "Live Sacrifice," script by Red Bradey, art by George Tuska; Kaänga guides an explorer to a lost valley inhabited by descendants of ancient Romans and cannibalistic monkey me. Untitled story, art by Arthur Peddy; The Red Panther restores a deposed chief to his position in his village. Untitled story, script by Ted Carter, art by Bob Powell; Camilla and Caredodo brave the Cave of Sighs, the entrance to the supernatural underworld; Captured by Satan, Camilla carves a crosses that repulses the monster; The Angel of Faith rescues them and rewards Caredodo by transforming him from an ugly hunchback into a tall, handsome knight. Camilla dubs him "Sir Champion" and makes him her prime minister. Untitled story, script by Courtney Thomason, art by Nick Cardy; Joe Manners captures his explorer brother and plans to murder him to secure his inheritance; Roy attempts to rescue the explorer and only succeeds with the assistance of a tribe of giant gorillas. "The Claw of Simba" text story. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); A group of criminals enslave a village in Fantomah's jungle in order to use them as labor in a diamond mine; Fantomah frees the slaves and takes the four criminals to the Secret Pit of Jungle Horrors. Untitled story, art by William M. Allison; A wounded Simba makes friends with a wounded white girl, lost from her safari; Simba escorts her back to her father where they discover that the father is being tortured by criminals looking for his stash of gold. Untitled story, script by Pierre La Rue, art by Bill Bossert; Gloria is tricked into a treasure hunt by an Arab merchant who then kidnaps her; Terry rescues her and his two men that he ordered to accompany her on her hunt. Untitled story, script by Robert Lewis, art by Charles Sultan; To prevent the destruction of a village, Tabu imprisons a wind spirit. Untitled story, script by Roy L. Smith, pencils by Henry Kiefer; The provincial governor's daughter is kindapped and held for ransom, but she is rescued by Wambi and his jungle friends. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 11

    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. Untitled story, script by Red Brady, art by George Tuska; To escape from Ann's fortune-hunting cousins, Kaänga and Ann hide in a valley populated by prehistoric monsters. Untitled story, script by Taylor Martin, art by Arthur Peddy; The Panther helps a young woman from her father, a jungle-mad hermit. Untitled story; Camilla is kidnapped by the sorcerer Thoth; Warlock, the city's wise man, sends Champion with a magic sword and shield to rescue her. Untitled story; Roy seeks the power of Sheshonk, father-in-law of the biblical Solomon. "When the Drums Stopped" text story. Untitled story, script by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); When the ancient Egyptian mummy and scientist, Arco, uses his "Scarlet Shadow" to blind the jungle natives, he is punished by Fantomah. Untitled story; Simba saves an elephant herd from ivory hunters. Untitled Captain Terry Thunder story; Terry and Anderson recover the stolen statue of Kismet. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Tabu and group of explorers are thrown into a prehistoric world through a whirlpool; There they meet the beautiful Nela and, with her assistance, escape their fishmen captors. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and George, a photographer, use motion picture footage of a tiger to rescue George's wife from being sacrificed to a flamingo god. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 15
    • INCOMPLETE. Missing two center wraps, affects Wambi and Camilla stories. Cover detached, lateral spine tear.
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    Cover art by Nick Cardy. "Terror of the Voodoo Cauldron," art by Alex Blum; Kaänga stops the looting of a native temple by white men. Untitled story, art by Arthur Peddy; An officer of a European power sets out to conquer all the jungle with a tank; Red Panther defeats him with a single arrow. Untitled Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story; The new queen of Lomar must be shown that her magic is not as great as Tabu's. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; The kidnapping of the chief's daughter causes Buono's manhood initiation rite to go awry, and he and Wambi must rescue the girl. Untitled story, art by Robert Webb; In a bid to force Camilla to marry him, Renardo arranges the destruction of her city, but she refuses him and slays him in a duel. Untitled story; Unscrupulous poachers follow museum hunter, Dana Lowe, with the intention of stealing her giraffe trophy, but Roy puts an end to their plans. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); Would-be conqueror Org, using a jungle drum, hypnotizes a herd of giant spiders to do his bidding; Fantomah breaks his spell and feeds him to a giant spider before she reduces them all to normal spider size. Untitled story; Overfed by a motion picture crew, Simba is slow in defending himself when he is attacked by a leopard and loses the confidence of the pride. Untitled story, art by Bill Bossert; Anderson is taken by a group of cannibals and must be rescued by Terry, Kismet, and Vincent. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #16
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 16
    • INCOMPLETE. Last 6 pages missing with one partial page, interrupts art and story. 8" cumulative spine split.
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    Cover art by Nick Cardy (as Viscardi). "Caveman Killers," art by John Celardo; Kaänga and Ann wander into a lost valley where prehistoric peoples and animals still survive; They help a group of semi-civilized people defeat a tribe of marauding cave men. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; The Panther rescues a group of white dancers who were kidnapped by native headhunters. Untitled story; Camilla and her people leave their ruined city and strive to create a new home in the jungle. Untitled story; Tabu summons an army of zombies to free and enslaved tribe from their Arab captors. Untitled story; Roy's translator betrays him and steals a jewel, a gift from a pygmy chief. "The Dwarf That Played Giant" text story. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; Simba protects a pair of children, lost in the jungle following an attack on a French jungle outpost. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A newborn white elephant is captured and made a part of the Rajah's court; Wambi prevents a tiger from killing the Rajah and secures the elephants freedom and protection. Untitled story, art by Bill Bossert; After a mad arsonist sets a forest fire, Anderson and Kismet become trapped and must wait on Terry and Vincent for rescue. Untitled story; Fantomah rescues a honeymooning couple captured by mad scientist Orid Dass. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #18
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 18
    • INCOMPLETE. First wrap and centerfold missing, affects art and story.
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    • Only one staple (not manufacturing). 3 center wraps detached.
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    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Trap of the Tawny Killer," art by Dan Zolnerowich; Kaänga and Ann are captured by pygmies for sacrifice to their sacred leopards. Untitled story; Camilla and her Vikings find their ancestors' lost treasure. Untitled story; The Red Panther warns Dr. Adams that there is a witch doctor's curse on the cave that he wants to explore. Untitled Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story; Bill and Joan's safari is captured by Ortiz, the magician king; When he attempts their rescue, Tabu is captured, as well. "Temple of the Lost Empire" text story. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Professor Brent is taken captive by the Aggagis, who plan to sacrifice him to the god of steam; Wambi and Brent's son Davy manage to rescue him with the help of Wambi's jungle friends. Untitled story, art by Bill Bossert; Terry must help an Oxford-educated tribal chief get his plans for sending native warriors to assist the British in Libya to the British general. Untitled story; Two young lovers from separate villages come under the protection of Fantomah; When Fantomah causes a volcano to erupt, Koru saves his lover's father from the lava and the two villages are united. Untitled story; While searching for the daughter of a deceased comrade, Roy gets the opportunity to help a white doctor, condemned by natives who misunderstand Western medicine. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; Simba protects a pair of photographers who have befriended his youngest cub from a killer lion. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #22
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 22
    • 5.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover and two center wraps detached.
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    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Lair of the Winged Fiend," art by Dan Zolnerowich; Zuko, owner of artificial wings that allow him to fly, agrees to rid the jungle of Kaänga in return for diamonds. Untitled story, art by Seymour Reit; Roy helps a tribe rescue their chief and his sons, kidnapped by a white adventurer. Untitled story, script by Edward Brodie Mack, art by George Carl Wilhelms; A young glamour girl crash lands on a volcanic island; Tabu comes to rescue her, but both are captured by some warriors from the "smoking mountain" who plan on sacrificing them to the volcano. Untitled story; Fantomah is accused of poisoning a native village; Her investigation reveals that their water originates in a mountain stream that is contaminated by a dead mammoth. "White Thunder" text story. Untitled story; Anderson gets rich in diamonds and decides to go to America, but he is dissuaded when his passenger liner is attacked by airplanes. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; Simba is captured by hunters but manages to save them from a cheetah. Untitled story, pencils by Jim Chambers; He then leads them to a village where a white woman is held captive. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his jungle friends free a village from slavers. Untitled story, art by Al Gabriele; The Panther rescues a chief and his sons from white kidnappers. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 23
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4248326010

    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Man-Eater Jaws," art by Dan Zolnerowich; Jewel thieves come to the jungle for the deceased Zuko's diamonds. Untitled story, art by Seymour Reit; Roy helps break up the schemes of a murderous pair of thieves exploiting native pearl divers. Untitled story, art by George Carl Wilhelms; Tabu helps a group of botanists secure a healing herb despite interference from one of the party and headhunters. Untitled story; Fantomah and Ken, a boy lost in the jungle, defeat a group of crocodile cultists who dominate a local village. "Forest of Fear" text story. Untitled story; Anderson falls in love with a snake charmer. Untitled story, pencils by Al Walker; Simba protects a hunter's safari from a violent tribe. Untitled story, pencils by Jim Chambers; Ragnar continues to plot against Camilla. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his jungle friends help overthrow a mad priestess who has ruled her village with an iron hand. Untitled story, art by Al Gabriele; The Panther helps a tribe recover the ivory stolen from them by white thieves. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #31
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 31

    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Land of Shrunken Skulls"; Kaänga and Ann must rescue Ngeeso from a tribe of headhunters, led by a white woman with trained leopards. "Spoils for the Congo Amazons," pencils by George Appel; Fantomah defeats the leader of the Mazaans in single combat. Untitled Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle story, art by George Carl Wilhelms; A corrupt governor attempts to start a war between two jungle tribes in order to make their land available for lease. "Lion Country Renegade" text story. Untitled story, art by Al Stahl; Andy develops an anti-aircraft weapon but in its demonstration, manages to insult Abdul Hadda, local Arab leader; The Arabs attack the fort and take Terry captive, leaving his rescue for the rest of the gang with the new weapon. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; After secretly looting the Temple of Jamu, witch doctor Kali exhorts his tribe to drive white men from the jungle. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; N'Dongo tells Hassan of his theory that Boko is the lost Yoruban prince; Hassan attempts to capture the boy but is driven away by Simba. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy (as N. Viscardi); Camilla and Ben help the Black Cobra tribe protect their treasure from renegades. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #34
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 34
    • INCOMPLETE. Page 55/56 missing, photocopy included for readability. Cover detached, glue spots along spine.
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    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Bait for the Spotted Fury"; A white trader convinces a tribe to make sacrifice to the idol of Tozak. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Bedouin bandits threaten Fantomah's gold shipments to her allies. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; Tabu prevents Mukil from seizing the throne of the V'nogas and secures some ivory for the bankrupt Nortons. "Black Ghost of Sudan" text story. Untitled story, art by Al Stahl; The pasha attempts to reclaim the land on which the fort was built. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his animal friends venture into a haunted valley to get medicinal herbs for the Kuminu tribe. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; Exploring a cave behind a waterfall, Boko is taken captive by hippopotamus-worshiping cannibals and is eventually rescued by Simba who kills the hippopotamus god. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy; Jean Thomas comes to the jungle to find her fiance, Peter Cummings; Camilla helps her in her search; The two are captured by a tribe that attempts to sacrifice them to a lion god. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #35
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 35
    • Cover detached at one staple.

    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Stampede of the Slave Masters," art by Dan Zolnerowich; Bwoga, the pygmies' witch doctor, has secretly been drugging select members of the tribe and selling them to slavers. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Arabs seize Khefra and begin to loot it; But when Fury frees the Khefran soldiers and Fantomah, the tide turns and the Arabs are driven into the sea. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; The Matu village priestess, working in secret with a leopard cult, prepares to lead her people to a new part of the jungle; Tabu exposes her alliance and discovers that she was planning to sell the village to white men. "Man-Eater's Moon" text story. Untitled story, art by Al Stahl; A Nazi spy, undercover as one of Terry's men, attempts to poison a visiting colonel with acid in Andy's soup. "Wambi and the Reign of Jungle Terror," art by Henry Kiefer; Koola, a pygmy chief, decides that he can rule the jungle if Wambi is eliminated; But his plans are spoiled by Wambi's jungle friends. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; Simba and Boko save a baboon tribe from a pair of murderous apes. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy (as N. Viscardi); Camilla saves her old friend, Trader Davis, from a water buffalo; She learns a native tribe, led by a white man, has attacked his trading post, stealing guns and ammunition with the purpose of stealing a village's ivory and its men. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #37
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 37
    • INCOMPLETE. Page missing (affects Fantomah story). Interior tearing.
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    • Interior is complete, but brittle in places and splitting at spine. Back cover missing, front cover detached.
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    • INCOMPLETE. Missing second wrap and half of first page (affects Kaanga and Camilla stories). Full length spine split with back cover missing. Cover glued to interior.
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    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Scaly Sentinel of Taboo Swamp," art by George Tuska; A gang of criminals believe that a scientist can lead them to a giant, solid gold statue; Kaänga pursues them into the Voodoo Swamp where they all learn that the idol is a living dinosaur. Untitled story, art by George Appel; An Indian rajah comes to Khefra in order to steal the ancient Black Diamonds of Kaa. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; Ivory hunters penetrate deep into Tabu's jungle where they encounter a tribe of mute men who kidnap Steve, the safari leader; Tabu learns that Steve had visited the tribe many years before and, after killing their king, had ordered the men's tongues cut out. "Blood Moon over Bandiagara" text story. Untitled story; Counterfeiters swindle Andy but lose their counterfeiting plates in the process. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; An unscrupulous Arab convinces a native village that a new lava formation is a god and orders them to bring him treasure. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; A rogue bull elephant makes trouble for the elephant herd before he is driven away by Simba and a monkey. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy (as N. Viscardi); In order to prevent a leopard cult from driving a tribe off their land, Camilla must select a jungle animal to battle a leopard; She chooses a water buffalo and the buffalo is triumphant. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #38
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 38
    • Cover is coming loose at the staple. Cover oxidation. Includes certificate of provenance from the Dr. Henry Binford Steele collection.
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    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Duel of the Congo Destroyers," art by George Tuska; Kaanga protects a trading party from Senegalese raiders. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Sheri, an Arab, convinces a group of Ethiopians that she is the rightful queen of Khefra and they aid her in an effort to overthrow Fantomah. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; Ben Hamid's Arabs kidnap a girl in order to trade her to cannibals for platinum; Tabu comes to her rescue. "Witch Doctor's Juju Trap" text story. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Terry and Andy are captured in Alexandria by Nazi agents; They manage to escape and, with Kismet and Vincent's help, sink a German submarine. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his jungle friends rescue a missionary's daughter from being sacrificed by a priest seeking revenge against her father. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Simba attempts to warn a white animal collector and his daughter of their impending betrayal by their safari. "Greed!", art by Nick Cardy (as N. Viscardi); Angered by business reversals, Sam vows to steal the sacred jewels of the Zugos; He is killed by a booby-trapped idol. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #39
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 39
    • Several wraps detached at single center staple, edge damage to centerfold.
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    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Land of Laughing Bones," art by Saul Rosen; Two criminals retrace their steps to find a sack of diamonds they cached, but they run afoul of Kaänga. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Sheri's Arabs lay siege to Kherfra. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; A hunter is indiscriminately shooting at animals and insults Tabu. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi stops a hunting safari from killing in his jungle; The safari guide steals jewels from the eyes of a sacred idol. "Claws of the Night" text story. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy (as N. Viscardi); Simba protects four orphaned lion cubs. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; A lawyer, seeking a lost heir to a fortune, is captured by a tribe led by a white woman with the ability to drive animals mad. Untitled story; Captain Terry Thunder and the gang prevent a German attack on a British tank column. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #45
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 45
    • INCOMPLETE. 2 pages missing, interrupts art and story. Water damage. Oxidation. Interior tearing.
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    Cover art by Rafael Astarita. Untitled story; The Baroness, the white ruler of a band of native outlaws is dying from drug use. Cairo Joe, her partner devises a scheme to replace her with Ann and make the natives think that their goddess has risen from the dead. Kaänga manages to rescue Ann and the outlaws kill the white leaders. Battle to the Death!"; Simba's kingship is challenged by a mad bull from the natives' herd. Untitled story, pencils by Richard Case; A witch doctor schemes to rule his tribe, first murdering the chief and then attempting to murder the chief's son and daughter-in-law; Tabu exposes him as a fraud. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A rajah decides to build a dam to make his sandalwood logs easier to transport; The lake being formed floods Wambi's jungle. Wambi and his jungle friends pull down the dam. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Fantomah challenges the visiting king of Ar to a chariot race, playing directly into his plans to murder her and assume her crown as well as his own; Fury comes to her rescue, leading to the king's death as his horse runs wild. "White Man's Juju" text story. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; A renegade leader stirs up trouble by kidnapping a local chief's daughter; Terry rides to her rescue. Untitled story, art by Jim Mooney; Nazi agents are hiding treasures pilfered from all over Europe in the African jungle. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #47
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 47
    • INCOMPLETE. Missing 6 pages (affects Kaänga and Camilla stories). Near complete spine split through cover and all wraps. Piece missing from cover. Oxidation. Brittle.
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    Cover art by Rafael Astarita. "Monster of the Moon Pool" starring Kaänga, art by Jim Mooney; Muranda, a white woman, leads a tribe of natives in collecting very expensive cobra venom; Muranda, fearing interference in her business, captures Ann and attempts to execute her via hippopotamus. Untitled Simba story, art by Richard Case; A tiger is brought to Africa as part of an experiment to breed lion-tiger hybrids: tiglons; Oneof the tiglo cubs escapes and, when grown to adulthood, challenges Simba for the kingship of the jungle. Untitled story; Terry helps determine that the "ghost" haunting an Arab fortress is a hermit looking for treasure. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; White hunters capture all of Wambi's jungle friends, save Bruno the bear; Wambi and Bruno rescue them by tricking the hunters into thinking that their partners are dishonest. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Fantomah and Horus investigate an oasis where travelers are being robbed. "Curse of the Juju Diamond" text story. Untitled story; A tribe, ruled by a white Snake Queen, robs prospectors of their gems until they rob a friend of Tabu's. "The Jungle Is Haunted!", art by George Tuska; A girl is sacrificed to a crocodile pool by a village; Later, her ghost begins to haunt them. Camilla determines that the girls was rescued by Blab, a man who lives with baboons. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #52
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 52
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4345765007

    "Feast for The River Devils," art by Jim Mooney; Murderous con men lead a pair of archaeologists to the Khufu Temple where they plan to kill them; Kaänga, Ann, and N'geeso rescue the archaeologists and the con men are killed in the fight. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A forest fire threatens the lives of all the jungle animals; Simba rescues an orphaned leopard kitten and then battle crocodiles to enable the animals to cross the river to safety. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his jungle friends recover a sacred treasure for the Karen-laos people. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; On an errand to invite Arab chiefs to a feast, Andy is framed for murder. Untitled story, art by Ruth Atkinson; Despite Tabu's warnings of the danger, two American scientists search for the white ape men. "Hunger Makes the Kill" text story. Untitled story, pencils by George Tuska; Three hunters meet with bad luck. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #55
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 55
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    • Trimmed
    • TRIMMED. Tape on interior cover and pages. Staples added (not manufacturing).

    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "The Tree Devil," art by Art Saaf; A white trader, wary of Kaänga's influence on the natives, drugs Kaänga with a potion that will make him appear mad. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A rogue gorilla threatens Simba's mate and cubs. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; In exchange for jewelry, Mala, princess of the N'galis, arranges to give the tribe's sacred idol to white treasure hunters. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A witch doctor uses sleight of hand to convince the tribe that their princess is filled with evil snakes; Wambi turns the tables on him and inoculates the princess with snake repelling herbs. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Terry recaptures the escaped criminal Red Beard. "Stars in the Mud" text story. Untitled story, pencils by George Tuska; Zizi, a French criminal, lays siege to Fort LeBoyne in order to free his girlfriend, Sata, who has been condemned to die; Camilla rouses the near-by native village to lift the siege. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #58
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 58
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Includes certificate of provenance from the John Celardo Fiction House Collection.
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    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Dwellers of the Mist," art by Ruben Moreira; Kaänga, Lance, and Helen's father fly the plane into the Valley of Mist where they find the city of Carthina, a lost Carthaginian outpost; Here they help restore the emperor to his thrown after a coup by his daughter Portia. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Exiled witch doctor, Kraagi, uses music to command the animals of the jungle to attack his village; Wambi uses a flute to counter the witch doctor. "Forbidden Valley," art by Ruth Atkinson; Tabu ventures into the Forbidden Valley in order to find plants to counter crocodile venom and must battle the lizard-men known as dragotyrs. "Death Beats the Drums" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Simba is captured by hunters but saves them from a rogue elephant and is allowed to go free. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A jungle siren lures unwary travelers to a slaver, but Terry breaks up the ring. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; The colonial militia prevents the taking of a town by the Wa-kisis, and Camilla rescues a pair of white children kept captive by the tribe. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #59
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 59
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4361812002

    Cover art by Joe Doolin. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; Kaänga is tricked by the leader of a band of pearl thieves into freeing two of her accomplices from the lake dwellers. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi's friend, Lari, is expelled from his tribe because he will not participate in a ritual devised by the witch doctor Gwanda, in which an elephant is tortured to death; Wambi helps him return to his village and exposes the witch doctor as a coward. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A witch resurrects the body of the recently dead chief Ma Wali and sends him on a murderous rampage through the village. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; During a drought, Simba drinks all the contents of a small pool of water in order to have the strength to defeat the rhinoceros that has claimed a larger pool. "The Tribes from Nowhere" text story. "The Antelope"; Brief natural histories of the waterbuck, the white tailed gnu, the klipspringer, the red fronted gazelle, the sable antelope, Grant's antelope, the beisa oryx, and the kudu. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Terry rescues the kidnapped daughter of a sultan. Untitled Camilla, Queen of the Jungle Empire story, art by Marcia Snyder; Trader Swartz's nephew, von Weil, plots to murder him in order to inherit his trading station. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #64
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 64
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Four center wraps detached at one staple. Includes certificate of provenance from the John Celardo Fiction House Collection.
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    "Valley of the Ju-Ju Idols," pencils by Ruben Moreira; A con man comes to the jungle and convinces the Tulans to give him whatever he asks for in order to have it sacrificed to their gods; Fearing Kaänga's interference, he orders the natives to bring him Ann whom he plans to kill. Untitled story; A local chief desires a rare antelope skin for his favorite dancing girl; His hunters poison the local salt lick, inadvertently killing many other animals besides antelopes; Wambi discovers the problem and corrects it. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A tribal princess has been expelled from her village; Terry and Keeto return her to her home and punish the man who had her expelled. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A young couple steal and idol and are pursued by a shape shifting witch until Tabu takes the idol and returns it to her. "The Drum That Thatcher Made" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Simba, at first tempted to eat a lost human child, becomes the child's protector until he can be returned to his parents. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; Camilla prevents the theft of the giant gems that form the eyes of the M'kodas' idol. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #70
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 70
    • 3.5" Cumulative spine split (interior taped and under staple).
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    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Chant of the Voodoo Gods" text story. "Brides for the King Beasts," art by Ruben Moreira; The son of the T'lukas banished witch doctor, disguised as his father, demands tribute from the tribe and uses a series of tricks to fool them into thinking he has magic powers; He is exposed by Kaänga. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Camilla is asked by local natives to enter the Valley of the Blue Juju, in order to stop white men from plundering jewels from idols and to stop a murderous beast that roams that area. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Magna, a beautiful Arab girl, convinces Captain Terry Thunder that she was captured by Arab nomads; With her as a guide, he goes after them with half the outposts forces; Meanwhile, the Arabs, on Magna's signal, attack the outpost. Untitled story; Nyama, believing that his attempted murder of Wambi has been successful, wages war against the Bassingis; But Wambi arrives with an elephant herd and ends the war. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Pygmies engage in a "Trojan horse" deceit using a hollow elephant. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #73
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 73
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4341429013
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    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Spoor of the Moon Hill Treasure" text story. "The Killers of M'omba Raj," art by Ruben Moreira; Dr. Marr's scientific expedition captures a white ape; Nilo, riding from the land of the Lake of Mists attacks the safari in order to free the ape, which is sacred to her people; They also take Dr. Marr. Kaänga and Ann pursue them. Untitled story; Wambi discovers a witch doctor poisoning a village's water supply in order to drive the villagers out. Untitled Captain Terry Thunder story; Marmo, his daughter Naru, and his witch doctor Kunda, frame the local pygmies for Naru's and Terry's faked deaths in order to take the pygmies gold. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Tauna attempts to kill the guardian of the serpent shrine in order to assume his post; Tabu shows her an illusion of a jeweled belt. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Two ivory hunters make their way to the elephants' graveyard; Camilla uses Fang to create and elephant stampede, killing one of the hunters and leading the other to promise to change his ways. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #74
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 74
    Auction opens July 5
    • Centerfold detached.

    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Battle of the Giants" text story. "Land of No Return," pencils by Ruben Moreira; A witch doctor and his white confederate collect tribute from the Wasinkas until they kill a white woman; Kaänga and the girl's father invade their temple and kill them. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba gets caught up in a tribe's courtship contests, influencing the outcome for a young man he deems worthy. Untitled story; Wambi is captured by a maharanee who wants to use him as an animal trainer; Wambi's jungle friends come to his rescue. Untitled story, art by Joe Doolin; Lion cultists, demanding tribute, murder the Guhayanas; Terry and the lancers ride to defeat the cult. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Tabu prevents the overthrow of the witch doctor Matabile by the witch Katomba. Untitled story, pencils by Fran Hopper; Camilla frees a boy taken by a band of apes at the urging of their white, human priestess. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #75
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 75
    Auction opens April 21
    • 1/2 Spine split from bottom with splitting to interior wraps. Cover and interior oxidation.

    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Congo Kill," art by Howard Larsen; Ann, disguised as the wounded Lutora, takes the K'hams' wise men's tests in order to allow Lutora to ascend to the throne. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; A pack of hunting dogs terrorizes the jungle animals; Simba leads the dogs through a series of death traps. Untitled story; Princess Gakir attempts to murder her brother Nilota during a hunting trip and is foiled by Wambi and his jungle friends. "Terror at Zamboni" text story. Untitled story, art by Joe Doolin; Seeking revenge for her ten years of imprisonment, Neeta kidnaps Keeto and Rogers; Her father injects them with his mind control drug and Neeta orders them to return to outpost and lower the drawbridge so her forces can enter; However, Terry had recognized Neeta and was prepared for her sneak attack. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Toru, competing with Kaleb to become king of the Wazumis, has manipulated the lion hunt portion of the contest, but in the end, the machinations are exposed by Tabu. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; A pair of thieves steal a sacred diamond and blame the third member of their party for the theft; Camilla offers her life in exchange for his if she is allowed to go after the real perpetrators. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #76
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 76
    • 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached. Chew.
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    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Monstrosso, King of the Apes," art by Howard Larsen; Dr. Lane experiments with controlling the minds of animals; When two white hunters learn this, they want to steal the mind-controlled gorilla for themselves, but first, they want to use it to kill Kaänga; Their plan backfires, Kaänga kills the gorilla, and the hunters perish in a fall from a cliff along with Dr. Lane. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba spoils Chief M'romba's antelope hunt and the chief orders his village to help him kill Simba; Simba evades the traps and the hunters and then, discovering M'romba's son in quicksand, leads the hunters to the boy so that he can be rescued. M'romba forgives Simba. Untitled story; Wambi, aided by his bird friends, disrupts the activities of a white bird hunter who is collecting exotic feathers. Untitled story, art by Joe Doolin; A woman posing as a geologist kidnaps the sultan and his daughter. Terry rescues them once he figures out the woman's ruse. "Stalkers of the Black Renegade" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Sata steals the power of mind control from an old witch in order to rule the jungle; Tabu intervenes and restores the old woman's power and sees to it that Sata is banished. Jungle Facts filler, art by Mike Peppe. Untitled story, pencils by Fran Hopper; Camilla thwarts M'bizi's efforts to prevent the wedding of Barong and Feda. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #77
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 77

    Cover art by Joe Doolin. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Witch doctor Niato, in league with white treasure hunters, takes Ann to sacrifice to the god Ghia, which in reality is a mannequin drawn from the lake by a balloon; Kaänga arrives and exposes the fraud, kills the witch doctor, and frees Ann. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba, seeking to escape crocodiles, flees onto a steamboat full of caged animals; Shortly natives attack and Simba drives them away when the hunters open the cages. Untitled story, inks by Regina Levander; A snake priestess demands tribute from villagers and those who fail to produce their valuables die; Wambi reveals that she is using a hidden snake to kill the victims and that he has introduced a mongoose into the mechanism that killed the snake. Untitled story, art by Joe Doolin; Captain Terry Thunder is given a new assignment as the governor of Fort Diablo; When he arrives, he finds that the previous governor, though imprisoned, has staged a riot and taken over the fort. "The Dawn Terror" text story. Untitled story, pencils by Richard Case; The priestess of a hawk cult uses giant hawks to capture villagers to bring to her lair for sacrifice; Tabu uses his powers of illusions and convinces the priestess that she is a hawk. Jungle Facts filler, art by Mike Peppe. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; White treasure hunters attempt to force Camilla to reveal the location of the Temple of Gar and its gold; She refuses, but before they can kill her, the guardian of the temple, an old man, appears and takes them into the river, drowning him. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #78
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 78
    • Interior is complete. Severe water damage, paper deterioration. Mold.
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    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Ju Ju Kraal of the Flaming Death!", pencils by Howard Larsen; G'hama, a powerful witch doctor, uses mind control drugs to capture slaves; He manages to get Kaänga under his control until Ann can break the spell; Kaänga then turns G'hama over to a council of witch doctors for trial. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba allows a leopard to recover from a snake bite before punishing him for attack Simba's family. Jungle Facts filler, art by Mike Peppe. Untitled story; The outcast Bhaadras raid a local village for women; Wambi the Jungle Boy pursues them and frees the women and extracts a promise of no more raids. "The Prophecy of the Snake Goddess" text story. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; A priestess directs her men to capture lancers for sacrifice; Terry and Keeto follow the raiding party back to their village and free the captives and kill the priestess. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A witch doctor murders Chief Ka and then plans to murder his son; Tabu and Ka's daughter prevent the second murder and the witch doctor is killed by the leopard he planned to use as a weapon. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; A group of lost descendants of ancient Greeks raid the Rogas tribe for women; Camilla pursues them and frees the women; The Greeks are attacked by the condors that they use as instruments of torture. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #79
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 79

    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Death Has a Thousand Fangs," art by Howard Larsen; Lance and Nora, brother and sister thieves, attempt to steal the idol of N'geeso's tribe. During the fight, Kaänga inadvertently kills Lance; Nora vows revenge; Nora kidnaps Ann and then disguises herself as Ann in order to lure Kaänga to her camp; While confronting Kaänga, Nora accidentally fires a pistol near his face, blinding him. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba Junior is a disobedient cub; Simba must save him from a gorilla, crocodiles, and a hunting safari. Jungle Facts filler. Untitled story; After Ogg is accused of stealing the villagers supplies, Wambi discovers that the true thief is Satanic, the tiger. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Tabu visits his dying mentor, N'moli who tells him, at last, that Tabu was the son of explorers who were killed by a hippopotamus and that toddler, Tabu, was rescued by N'moli; N'moli gives Tabu a cape, with many magical herbs in the lining and dies. "Jungle Justice" text story. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; A pair of thieves trick Terry into believing they are a father and daughter, seeking a human/ape hybrid; The real Dr. Barth arrives at the outpost after the impostors leave, explaining that he was in the jungle looking for an associate named Snyder, lost there since the end of the war; Terry and Keeto catch up to the impostors after they have captured Snyder, who they are hoping will lead them to a gold mine. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Mogo, a wanted criminal, convinces the Byandros that they need to work to eliminate both Camilla and the colonial commission; Several attempts are made on their lives but each is foiled by Camilla. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #80
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 80
    • 2" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached. Cover reattached with glue. Staple rust. Rust migration.
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    Classic bondage cover by Joe Doolin. "Salome of the Devil-Cats," art by John Celardo; Salome, a witch, convinces the rajah that she can make him young again; Kaänga determines to expose her as a fraud; Ann exposes Salome as a fraud and is taken prisoner; Salome prooceeds to torture her. Kaänga arrives, rescues Ann, and kills Salome. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba rescues a jerboa from a gorilla; Later, when Simba, wounded by a pygmy dart, is battling a leopard for the jungle kingship, the jerboa returns the favor and pulls the dart from Simba, enabling him to defeat the leopard. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A pair of treasure hunters raid the village of the Kalembus and kill the king; Tabu places a curse on them and both die before they can get out of the jungle. Jungle Facts. Untitled story; A professor visiting the jungle goes mad, believing himself the king of the jungle with power over life and death for all inhabitants; Wambi and his jungle friends manage to rescue the professor just before he is killed by the villagers. "Curse of the Panther Queen" text story. Untitled story, art by Bob Lubbers; Konga, the woman leader of a gang of criminal traders, breaks into the post in order to free her gang. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Camilla opens the bronze door in her temple and finds an underground civilization, called the Devils. The Devils have a prisoner, a village woman, that they intend to have killed by wild animals. Camilla rescues the woman and see to it that the Devils' leader is killed by a leopard. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #81
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 81
    • 1" cover-to-cover spine tear. Water damage. Mold.

    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "The Death of Kaänga's Mate!", art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters are seeking a little boy with a treasure map hidden in his clothes; Kaänga and Ann protect the child and find his parents. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba rescues an aging warthog from a pack of hyenas. Later, when a band of mandrills challenges Simba for lordship of the jungle and traps him in a net, the warthog frees Simba and helps with the defeat of the mandrills. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A pair of ivory hunters use a trained elephant to lure elephant herds to them; Tabu conjures up the ghosts of slain elephants and the trained elephant turns on the hunters. Jungle Lore. Untitled story; O'Hara's new overseer, Miss Cushman, is making slaves of the local villagers and is capturing animals as well; Wambi and his jungle friends free all the captives, and O'Hara promises that he will have no more slaves in his mines. "Quest of the Feathered Fetish" text story. Untitled story, art by Bob Lubbers; River pirates trick Terry into taking a booby-trapped steamboat into the fort's dock; Terry, however, discovers the hidden explosives and captures the pirates. Jungle Facts about primitive African cults. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; A hunter works with the village chief to betray the villages warriors into slavery; They are thwarted by Camilla and the village witch doctor. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #82
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 82

    Cover art by Joe Doolin; Blood Jewels of the Fire-Bird starring Kaanga, script by Frank Riddell, art by John Celardo; Simba story, script by Ed Hunt, art by August Froehlich; Captain Terry Thunder story, script by Pierre La Rue, art by Joe Doolin; jungle spears fact page, art by George Evans; Wambi story, script by Roy L. Smith; Day of Reckoning text story by Frank Riddell; Tabu story, script by Mack, pencils by Howard Larsen; honey-guide tiny bird fact page, art by Mike Peppe; and Camilla story, script by Victor Ibsen, art by Fran Hopper. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #83
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 83
    Auction opens April 21
    • Tape and soiling on interior pages. Water damage. Staple rust, rust migration. Mold.

    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Vampire Veldt," art by John Celardo; Seeking revenge on those who took his command away, Capt. Damon and his twin daughters wreak havok throughout Kaänga's jungle. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba defends a regal vulture against jackals and gorillas, but when the vulture takes one of Simba's cubs, the king of the beasts traps and kills the bird. "The Dirge of Death!" starring Captain Terry Thunder, art by Bob Lubbers; vs. Ali Abdul. Jungle Lore; A list of the fastest animals. Untitled story; A white slaver masquerades as a priest of Ruki, who demands sacrifices; He takes the sacrifices and sells them as slaves; Wambi is taken but calls on the animals in the slavers' camp to rebel. "The Vengeance of Ojibu" text story. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Tabu prevents a witch doctor from overthrowing his chief. A map of Africa showing the locations of several species. Untitled story, pencils by Fran Hopper; M'Kuba the witch doctor conspires to take over the tribe with the help of the Dwarf Men; Camilla exposes his plot. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #89
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 89

    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Blood-Moon Over the Whispering Veldt," art by John Celardo; In an effort to photograph an annual gorilla mating ritual, Prof. Lynne and his daughter visit Kaänga's jungle; Their safari guide, Cass, schemes to create faked footage and to murder the Lynnes. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; While Simba is attempting to teach Simba Jr the laws of the jungle, they are captured by trappers; Simba Jr is released as too small to sell. A brief natural history of the gorilla, art by Mike Pepper. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Terry is taken captive by his old foe Ali Bey, who is also attempting to secure the Baänji, a priceless elephant idol; Keeto schemes to rescue Terry through a double cross on a Trojan horse ploy. "Listen to the Madman's Drum" text story. Untitled story; A jungle priestess murders her chief and frames Wambi for the crime; Word spreads even to the jungle animals of Wambi's alleged crime; Wambi is captured by the tribe and is put trial by dunking. A brief natural history of the Cape buffalo, also known as the black buffalo, art by Frank Doyle. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Tabu attacks a band of slavers and releases their captives. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Camilla goes to the rescues of the Wasais, who have been taken by the bird tribe. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #90
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 90
    • 2 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Interior tearing.
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    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Skulls for the Altar of Doom!", art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters Riggan and Slade want to capture Ann to offer her to a tribe of white women for sacrifice to their god; To this end, Slade disguises himself as a witch doctor and lures Ann away from the N'logas' village; Kaänga and N'geeso follow and rescue Ann. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Mrs. Simba, responding to the cries of a water buffalo being killed by Cape dogs, is believed by the buffalo herd to be the killer herself; Simba searches for clues to her innocence and is given a bit of dog fur from the scene of the crime by a mole. Jungle Lore, art by George Evans; Trivia regarding the uses of various spiders, insects, and lizards of the jungles. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Captain Terry Thunder and Keeto escort a young woman into the interior to find her father and his partner and to see their land claim; The partner, Wrenne, having killed the girl's father, is collecting tribute from villagers with threats of death at the hands of a gorilla idol. "Thirst" text story. Untitled story; A royal brother and sister come to Wambi's jungle seeking a lost gem; Wambi finds it but greed turns the brother and sister against each other and they are then killed by their trained leopard. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Cut throat geologist Neale is working with a lion cult to locate a rare rock specimen; Tabu puts a stop to the cults murdering ways and sees Neale killed by a lion. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Ruthless hunter Curtis captures a sacred white leopard and, through trickery, makes it appear that the leopard will not attack him, thus making him holy to the natives. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #91
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 91
    Auction opens April 21
    • Cover and centerfold glued in place. Tape on interior cover.

    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Monsters from the Mist Lands!", art by John Celardo; A schemer from Princess Valla's city comes to Kaänga's jungle and takes the princess's bracelet from Kaänga. Kaänga, Ann, and N'geeso pursue the thief back to the city, where Ann is taken captive; The schemer, Kasna, demands that Valla follow the law and wed the holder of the bracelet; if she refuses, he will kill Ann. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba journeys to a new land where he is challenged by that country's lion-king, Zingara; Simba defeats Zingara but is then attacked by a tribe of apes, believing that he is Zingara, whom they hate. The Kavirondo, art by Mike Peppe; A brief description of a tribe living on the eastern shore of Lake Victoria. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Escorting a government official and his daughter on a hunt for a white giraffe, Terry and the hunters are taken captive by a white priestess and her tribe; Keeto arrives in time to save the party from death by leopard. "Dead Man's Revenge" text story. "Shirkah!"; Prince Kopur comes to Wambi's jungle to capture animals; He captures Wambi, as well, when Wambi attempts to free the captives; When Kopur elects to torture Wambi, he makes his escape and sets a fire that allows the captive animals to escape. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Tabu interferes in a magician's effort to extract payment from the N'ganzos for the return of their princess from the grip of the god of the mists. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Priestess Senga plots to have her personal assassin, K'bali, exonerated of his crimes at a public trial; Camilla thwarts her plans and Senga and K'bali are both killed by leopards. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #92
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 92
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Cover detached. Water damage.
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    Cover art by Joe Doolin. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters are promised a golden idol by Kafgars, in exchange for a white woman to sacrifice to their fire gods; The treasure hunters kidnap Ann and make the exchange. "Drums of War!", art by August Froehlich; During a raid on their neighboring tribe, a group of pygmies injures Mrs. Simba and draws Simba's wrath. Teddy Roosevelt biography, art by Mike Peppe. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Gorth, former lancer, seeks revenge on Inspector Brian for the amputation of Gorth's hand; Captain Terry Thunder rescues the inspector and Gorth is killed by a charging oryx. Untitled story; The rajah has placed a price on Wambi's head; A young man attempts to capture him, but the capture is prevented by Wambi's jungle friends. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Narundo wants to make war against his neighbors to enrich himself and his friend Gibbs; His plot is overheard by two young women and he decides to have them sacrificed to a sea monster. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; A group of men descended from Elizabethan pirates kidnap the women of the Bantus; Camilla rescues the women and blows up the pirates and their ship. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #94
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 94
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4345765009
    • 3" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple, centerfold detached at both.
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    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Terror Raid of the Congo Caesar!", art by John Celardo; N'tomba is leading his people on murderous raids; He captures a trio of hunters and Ann, planning to execute them; Kaänga arrives in time to prevent the executions, and N'tomba is dethroned in a duel with one of the hunters. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; A witch secretly poisons the local water hole and uses the death of the animals to convince her tribe that she is very powerful; However, Simba attacks her and she falls into the water hole and dies of her own poison. Superstitions; A brief description of some jungle superstitions. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Two treasure hunters, posing as anthropologists, work with the Kafka chief to located a buried treasure; Terry thwarts their plan, and they are killed and the map destroyed in an explosion. "At Close Quarters with a Galongwa" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. Untitled story, at by Frank Doyle; A prince and a slave girl elope and Wambi hides them in a cave; The jungle animals call a conference and tell Wambi that by allowing humans to hide in the jungle he is breaking the jungle law; Wambi dissolves the conference by throwing a wasps' nest at the animals. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Tabu goes to the village of Tuwalla to rescue the kidnapped princess, Lia, and to return her to her own people to rule. Untitled story, pencils by Nick Cardy and Bob Lubbers, inks by Nick Cardy; Two slavers battle over a party of slaves; Camilla insures the death of one slaver and the defeat of the other, freeing the slaves. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #98
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 98
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #21-4088DC5-040
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #1482301012
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    Cover art by John Celardo. "Ten Tusks of Zulu Ivory," art by John Celardo; Station manager Markham spreads word that the station personnel are suffering from fever and the natives give it a wide berth, enabling Markham to steal ten tusks of ivory; When Lindstrom, the station owner arrives, Markham convinces him to sign over the local mines to him; Kaänga rescues the party that Markham had taken hostage and Markham is killed by a captive gorilla. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba is wounded by a rhinoceros that proclaims himself king of the jungle; Simba's wounds are treated by a doctor on safari; When the rhinoceros attacks Simba's family, Simba stands his ground and defeats him. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Congo Lil and her men, disguised as ape cultists, raid the T'bongas and make them slaves in Lil's diamond mine; Terry leads the real ape cultists in attack on Lil and her men and Lil is killed in the battle. Jungle Quiz, art by Mike Peppe. Untitled story, Frank Doyle; After Wambi rescues an orphaned lion from a hunter's trap, the boy becomes jealous of the attention given to the cub by his jungle friends; He plays a series of practical jokes on them that almost results in his own death when he falls into the hunter's tiger trap and they don't believe his cries for help. "Lions at Large" text story. "Zazenda Ghost Goddess of Lost Souls!", art by Maurice Whitman; Tabu and the district commissioner travel by astral projection to the land of the witch Zazenda where Tabu bests her in a magic duel. Untitled story, art by Bob Lubbers; A trio of con men, hoping to extract tribute from a local tribe, use a double of Camilla to warn the tribe against dis-obeying the white men. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #99
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 99
    • Centerfold detached at one staple, cover loose at both. Cover and interior oxidation. Writing on interior cover.
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    Cover art by John Celardo. "Terror Trail of the Cannibal Caravans!", art by John Celardo; Baldy and his gang are robbing safaris of their supplies and re-selling them; Kaänga and N'geeso put stop to the raiding and the leaders of the raiders are dissolved in an acid pit. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; After a tumble into the river that washes him far downstream, Simba is mistaken by the other animals for Jordah, their king; He defeats Lepor, a challenger for Jordah's throne, and returns home. Jungle Facts, art by Mike Peppe; A brief natural history of the tiger. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Animal hunter Della France is smuggling looted temple jewels out of the jungle inside the hides of her captured animals; Captain Terry Thunder and Keeto expose her scheme and arrest her. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; A tribe of silver apes takes exception to Wambi's insistence on peace in the jungle and kidnap him, taking him to the Temple of Velda where they plan to kill him with a spiked wall; Tawn and Ogg come to Wambi's rescue and close the temple to the silver apes. "Death at Tsavo" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Professor Martell is kidnapped by followers of the fire god, Za-Kor; Tabu places his daughter under a dream spell and she sees where he is being held: inside the Za-Kor idol. Untitled stories, art by Bob Lubbers; Jules, Barney, and Gus are masquerading as the spirits of ancient bat-warriors to frighten away the local tribe and steal their gold; Camilla fights them but is overcome; Gus has a change of heart and frees Camilla. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.