Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) comic books 1948

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cover art by John Celardo. "The Red Witch of Ubangi-Shan," art by John Celardo; In order to secure a large supply of slaves for his treasure acquiring operation, El Hammad disguises Trina as Ann and sends her to the villages requesting that they give u[p their warriors to El Hammad; Later the real Ann is captured by El Hammad and used as bait to draw an octopoid monster out of the lake where he believes there to be treasure. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Kochar the mandrill chief once saved one of Simba's cubs from crocodiles; Recently, Kochar's tribe has begun raiding safaris; Simba investigates and finds that Kochar has been driven from his throne. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Camilla mistakenly believes that Cynthia Sharpe is the victim of two thieves; In truth, Sharpe and her husband are the thieves. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; When hunters seeking animals for circuses dig a tiger trap in the jungle, Wambi and his friends warn everyone in the jungle except for Rhenus who has a reputation for meanness; But when Rhenus falls into the trap, Wambi comes to his rescue and the two of them drive the hunters from the jungle. George Q. Remsen bio, art by George Evans. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Disguised as a trader, Terry seeks to disrupt a band of thieves preying on river travelers; He manages to capture all of the gang except for the leader who is eaten by hyenas. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Tabu is summoned to help judge the worthiness of a proposed successor to the late chief Kogar; When her arrives, he learns that the chief selection process is being manipulated by the hag, Sirah, who had also hired Kogar murdered. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Bondage cover by John Celardo. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Fangola, recently captured safari raider, escapes Kaänga; Fangola then attacks a small safari, taking Sylvia Lombard, her would-be suitor, Wesley, and Ann captive; Kaänga and Sylvia's other suitor, Matthew Clarke come to their rescue. Untitled story; Cheepo, a hectoring monkey, accuses Simba of tyranny, of ruling only by violence; Cheepo sings a different tune when he is captured by hunters and Simba comes to his rescue. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Conmen Vinson and Marge have persuaded several tribes to wager all their ivory on a rigged duel between elephants; The plot is exposed and Vinson and Marge are trampled by elephants. Jungle Facts; Brief natural histories of several jungle animals. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; Curka spreads word through the jungle that Wambi has become a hunter when a snare, constructed on a whim, traps an antelope that becomes a meal for Sirdah. "Trapping a Panther" text story. "The Crocodile Rules the River!", pencils by Matt Baker; Camilla extracts a promise from the chief of a tribe that follows a crocodile cult to never again attack trading posts, but the witch doctor of the tribe, secretly a white renegade, attack a trader's steamboat. A big cat identification quiz. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; A pair of treasure hunters are captured as they attempt to steal the Kawalis' gold; Tabu exposes the woman of the pair as the evil sorceress Vanza in disguise and sends her away, magically. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.