Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) comic books 1949

Cover art by John Celardo. "Cavern of the Golden Bones," art by John Celardo; The district commissioner brings young Blandon to Kaänga's jungle in an effort to locate Blandon's father; They visit the land of the golden people and find Bladon Sr's assistant, Sanford, who has killed the older Blandon and set himself up as a god to the local people. Untitled story, pencils by Joe Doolin; Simba's cubs are taken by mandrills who then lose the cubs to hunting dogs who take the cubs to their white hunter masters; Simba pursues and kills the mandrill king while Mrs. Simba slips into the hunters' camp and frees the cubs. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi attempts to befriend a lost hunting leopard and helps it escape from Lekko and his tribe; Later, Wambi hurts his ankle and is menaced by the leopards; The hunting leopard comes to his aid and kills Lekko, becoming the king of the leopards. "The Courage of Kaambi" text story. Untitled story, art by Dan Zolnerowich; A mad sculptor threaten native villages with a "stone plague" if they do not give him tribute; Terry investigates and learns that the apparently petrified plague sufferers are, in fact, statues. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Paul Corveaux murders his wife and frames the slave girl, Lelana, for the crime; Tabu sends Lelana to the Mistlands to protect her and confronts Corveaux who confesses his crimes and is taken into custody by the local villagers. Jungle Facts; A brief natural history of the elephant. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; The witch doctor Asargi conspires with Terry, assistant to Carter the explorer, to capture the M'gandas' village; Camilla comes and helps defend the village. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by John Celardo. "Raid of the Fire-Fangs," art by John Celardo; Jewel thieves disguise themselves as the L'tongas' sacred mandrills and attempt to steal the tribe's sacred diamonds; Kaänga exposes the plot and turns the thieves over to the tribe for punishment. Untitled story, pencils by Joe Doolin; Zarkah, a tiger captured in India, escapes his captors in an African port and makes his way to Simba's jungle; He is killed when he challenges Simba for kingship of the jungle. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi suffers from amnesia after a fall and is persuaded to guide two white treasure hunters to a hidden temple; The treasure hunters begin their looting but dislodge a roof support and are killed in the ceiling collapse. Untitled story, art by Dan Zolnerowich; Treasure hunters install an artillery gun in a giant idol and attack river traffic in order to keep nosy visitors from finding their hidden platinum mine; Captain Terry Thunder and Keeto manage to destroy the idol and arrest the treasure hunters. "The Secret of the Leopard's Lair" text story. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Saraz-san gives a jewel to every family member who will make the trek to her jungle home; But each family member winds up dead; Tabu asks her to give him a gem and he goes to the Land of Mists; There he learns that the jewels belonged to the chief of the Opalis and that he was murdered by Saraz-san. Jungle Facts; Brief natural histories of several jungle birds. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; A white slaver, working with Arabs, comes up the scheme of disguising a woman as Camilla and having her lure villagers into a trap; This works until Camilla becomes aware of the scheme and puts a stop to it. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Celardo. "The Trek of the Terror-Paws," art by John Celardo; Kaänga comforts a dying archaeologist and takes the gift the old man gives him, a small idol; Later, criminals come looking for the idol, certain that it contains jewels; Kaänga dumps the thieves into a quicksand pit and reveals to Ann that he had taken the jewels from the idol to raise money to help feed N'geeso's people. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Archaeologist Winters is wounded by his guides when they decide to take the treasures of the Temple of K'nassa for themselves; Winters' daughter secures the help of Camilla against the thieves and the treasure is committed to a museum. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; During a drought, Simba leads his followers to a water hole ruled by another lion; He and Bordag, the other lion, fight to the death, with Simba triumphant. "The Avenging Torch" text story. Untitled story starring Captain Terry Thunder, art by Dan Zolnerowich; Garson and his gang, hoping to loot the native villages come to the jungle claiming to carry insecticide for tsetse flies, but in reality carrying knockout gas. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Chief Asama's hunters trick Wambi into blowing a hunting horn that attracts the local buffalo, several of which are captured; The animals of the jungle accuse Wambi of being in league with the hunters; Wambi sets out to prove his innocence and goes to the hunters' sacred cave, where the buffalo are to be sacrificed. Jungle Facts, art by August Froehlich; A description of the natural resources of the Belgian Congo. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; The ghost of the late queen, Lara speaks to Tabu, telling him that she was murdered by the witch doctor Karoa and that the wizard intends to kill her son, as well; Tabu confronts the witch doctor and exposes his crimes to the villagers, who sentence him to death. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Celardo. "Morass of the Mammoths," art by John Celardo; Kaänga and Ann pursue a safari into the lands beyond the Voodoo Swamp, where they encounter animals that are extinct in the outside world; Here, the safari guide Lapin, is exploiting the Neanderthal natives and hiding his stolen treasures. Untitled story; Long ago, Simba foiled an attack by jackals on a buffalo and now the jackals seek revenge; They trick Simba into a fight with a she-leopard, and while he is involved in that fight, they go to the waterhole and proclaim they will be the first to drink. Untitled story, art by Dan Zolnerowich; A pair of temple looters, posing as biologists, are using diving equipment to loot a submerged native temple; Terry and Wambuli, the local chief, sink the looters' boat and arrest the them. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A pair of treasure hunters seeking the Temple of Mankor, kidnap Wambi and force him to lead them there; The treasure hunters are then killed by the mandrills that guard the temple. "Value Received" text story. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; The M'Tongas' witch doctor works with white jewel thieves to steal the treasures of the M'Tongas; The witch doctor, Kalua, accuses a young woman of the crimes. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Years ago, Miles and Carey abandoned their friend Taylor while on safari; Unknown to Miles and Carey, Taylor lived among the apes, as an amnesiac; Now they've returned to the jungle and Taylor is stalking them. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by John Celardo. "Two-Tusked Terror!", art by John Celardo; Trader Larsen disguises himself as Kaänga, hoping to induce the Blongas to trade with his company. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Gerald plots with the witch doctor Toguli to have Gerald's niece, Natalie, killed by the local villagers by leading them to believe that she is the demon leopard, Zan-Sar Blanche; Gerald hopes that with Natalie's death, he can secure control of her gold mines. Untitled story, art by Dan Zolnerowich; To investigate the disappearance of many convict laborers from the Merrill mine, Captain Terry Thunder disguises himself as a convict; His imposture is discovered by the mine supervisor who uses it against him by suggesting that he can escape if he will deliver a bag of diamonds to an accomplice; Terry takes the bag and is attacked by Ali Bey's hunting leopards. Untitled story; Thorndyke, a big game hunter, tells his fellow hunters about his encounter with Simba. Thirsty Gamble" text story, art by Joe Doolin. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Sirdah captures Wambi's new friend, Kim-ki the deer, and challenges Wambi to battle him for the deer's release; As the battle begins, Wambi pretends to run in fear from the tiger who pursues him to the swamp, where Sirdah's charge lands him in a mud pit. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Mansfield, seeking his actress-daughter who is lost in the jungle, learns that his daughter has been killed by N'kara, chieftaness of a local tribe; He goes to Camilla with his information and Camilla vows that the daughter will be avenged. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Mad Jackals Hunt by Night," art by Maurice Whitman; Bokka, son of the chief of the B'halis, is working with two white treasure hunters to loot the B'halis sacred places; Kaänga, Ann, and N'geeso put an end to their depredations; Bokka later seeks revenge on Kaänga and kidnaps Ann. Untitled story; Simba prevents Briffo the Cape buffalo from chastising Simba's cubs; Later, the cubs are taken by hunters and Mrs. Simba is wounded; Her wounds drive her mad and she begins to wantonly slaughter the jungle animals; Simba frees his cubs; Briffo calls a jungle council and demands that Mrs. Simba be killed. Untitled Captain Terry Thunder story, art by Dan Zolnerowich; Snide and Cassidy, angered at being exiled from the district, kidnap Commissioner Powers and force him to sign the old B'zimba trading grounds, where they've discovered gold, over to them; Witch doctor M'bonga facilitates their plot. "The Flame Bird" text story. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Baxter, a treasure hunter, frames Wambi for looting the Umbalis' temple; Tawn and Ogg show the chief the location of the treasure and clear Wambi's name. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Tabu exposes a treacherous witch doctor who is then exiled by the Atongis; A professor visits Tabu while his assistant plots to steal diamonds from the Kapudis; The exiled Atongi witch doctor, Kargo, plots with the assistant to kill Tabu. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; Disguised as Masais, ivory trader Becker and his men burn out and kill his rival Monroe; Monroe's son, believing the Masais to blame, steals into the village and kidnaps the chief's daughter; Camilla tracks him down and returns him to Becker's trading camp where they discover Becker's deception. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Treasure Trove in Vulture Sky," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga and Ann meet a man wearing artificial wings who tells them that they are worship by his bird man people; Ann and the bird man are taken hostage by treasure hunters who demand to be shown the way to the bird people's home; Kaänga, though wounded, follows, and rescues Ann and the bird people. Untitled story, art by Bill Walsh; Simba prevents Varma killing a lost white child; Varma plots revenge with the aid of the jackals; While the jackals attack Mrs. Simba, Varma makes off with one of Simba's cubs. The Cat Tribe; Brief natural histories of several African cats. Untitled Captain Terry Thunder story; Trader Sanders spurs natives to attack the building of an auxiliary fort to avoid lancer investigation of his illicit trading; Terry and the lancers defeat the natives and force Sanders to admit to his duplicity. "Spoor of the Demon Ape" text story. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; The Ageelas are driven from their village into Wambi's jungle by the followers of the raider Arungo; Wambi and Tawn persuade Arungo's elephants to rebel against their masters and drive them away from the Angeela village. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Otanu seeks to prevent Tongo's ascension to the Membesi throne; He conjures the evil goddess, Shamatar, and promises her a soul in return for her help; Shamatar sends a leopard to attack Tongo during a zebra race, allowing Otanu to win. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Gun runners kidnap the Masai princess, N'kota, and frame the Ugandis for the crime in order to incite warfare; Camilla rescues the princess and stops the impending war. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Banshees of Voodoo Veldt!", pencils by Maurice Whitman; Treasure hunters persuade the Bathongas that Trader Thompson has taken their children as slaves; The Bathonga warrior leave their village in pursuit of Thompson; Meanwhile, the treasure hunters loot the Bathongas' treasures. Untitled story, art by Bill Walsh; An airplane, bearing the circus lion Cusco and his trainer, crashes in Simba's jungle; Simba fends off an attack by a leopard and takes the newly freed Cusco under his tutelage; Cusco's trainer spies Simba and, believing him to be Simba, has him shot with a drugged dart. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Terry is relieved of his command for failing to capture the bandit Al Raschid; When his replacement sends word that he has cornered the bandit and needs ammunition, Terry suspects that Al Raschid is arranging a trap. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi accidentally starts a small fire with a magnifying glass and his jungle friends all shun him; But when the gohali dogs attack, Wambi leads them into oil-polluted waters and ignites the oil with his magnifying glass. "Temple of Kali" text story. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; Zan dispatches Tabu to capture the witch Langa. Tabu complies and makes the Swahilis believe that she has been taken by her evil gods. Untitled story; Treasure hunters bent on looting a lion cult's temple set explosive charges that they believe have killed the district mines inspector; The inspector and his assistant blame the blast on Camilla. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Fangs of the Hooded Scorpion!", art by Maurice Whitman; Borkha is raiding traders' safaris and Tania is buying their trading concessions on the cheap; Kaänga steps in and puts a stop to their raids; In the process, they rescue a mysterious mute boy from a funeral barge. Untitled story, pencils by Bill Walsh; When white prospectors build a dam, the water holes in Simba's jungle dry up and his subjects demand that he restore the water; Meanwhile, his cubs are captured by the prospectors' whose Geiger counter has detected radioactivity from mud on the cubs. Untitled story, art by Kurt Caesar (as Jack Away); Jingo stows away on the plane for a trading trip by King and Bertha; However, when escaped convicts tie up King and Bertha, it's Jingo's flying that saves the day. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Unlicensed traders Kenyon and Battersby have been intimidating the K'wombes for some time; Terry buys a helicopter, hoping to show the K'wombes that his magic was greater than that of the traders. :Congo Mission" text story. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; The adult animals of Wambi's jungle do not want their children swimming because they are afraid of Old Toothy, a crocodile; Wambi takes the children swimming despite the children's parents' disapproval. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; As Tabu is taking Langa to Zan for judgement, the N'kaos attempt to free her; Tabu recovers his prisoner and destroys the N'kao's idol of Mu. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Muffled Drums of Doom!", art by Maurice Whitman; Treasure hunters looting local temples are confronted by Kaänga and his new ward, Toru; The looters are killed by crocodiles. Untitled story, art by Bill Walsh; Mrs. Simba is caught in a hunter's snare; Kino goes to rouse Simba while Mrs. Simba, trapped, is attacked by mandrills; Simba drives away the mandrills and then gets two elephants to push down the tree that Mrs. Simba is hanging from. Untitled story, art by Kurt Caesar (as Jack Away); Bertha's mine overseer, in a plan to cover his diamond thefts, convinces Bertha's native laborers to go on strike; When King and Bertha arrive at the mine site, Bertha takes the airplanes control and buzzes the natives, humiliating Sahi, the chief; Sahi orders his men to attack King and Bertha. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Treasure hunters, searching an ancient Carthaginian treasure ship, uses dynamite to block the lancers' steamboat from leaving the fort; But, unknown to the treasure hunters, Terry has a helicopter that he uses to go after the hunters, whom he subdues and takes into custody. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi plays pranks on his jungle friends using stilts, and they shun him; Then, local hunters begin to take captive many of the jungle animals; Tawn refuses Wambi's offer of help and is himself captured, trying to free Ogg. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Ivory looters take the ivory of Chief Nyoto's people; The looters tell the chief they are in league with Camilla; When Camilla arrives later that day, she is set upon by the tribe. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Fury of the Golden Apes!", art by Maurice Whitman; Gus Corrigan, seeking his lost brother, asks Kaänga to help him; Unknown to Corrigan, his brother has been captured by a gorilla cult and the leader of the cult has given him amnesia-inducing drugs and convinced him that he is the gorilla god Jebola, returned to his people. Untitled story, art by Bill Walsh; Simba is challenged by Crekko for the kingship of the jungle; While they are fighting, a big game hunter spies them and fires his rifle, wounding Simba; Simba is taken captive by a wildlife photographer who wants to use footage of the lion in his new film. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A pair of prospectors are dynamiting the river in Wambi's jungle; The animals gather to choose a plan for ridding themselves of the white men. Sirdah suggests that the animals attack en masse; Wambi objects, fearing his friends will be hurt, but he is overruled. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Captain Terry Thunder and his helicopter are hi-jacked by mine owner Miss Carter who needs to get to the interior to find out why her native laborers have fled; On arrival they find that her former overseer and his partner have been using a local rock formation, the Devil Face, to intimidate the natives and to induce them to pay tribute. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; Con men, using a trained elephant, persuade the Balaharis that their recently deceased chief's spirit has inhabited an elephant and wants them to pay tribute to the con men; Tabu arrives and exposes the plot and turns the con men over to the district commissioner. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; A gang of European criminals convince a possible financier of the worth of their gold-gathering plan by "seeding" temple ruins with gold-plated trinkets; Camilla exposes the plot and leaves the criminals to the mercies of the Ugandis, who are angered by the presence of white men in their territory. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Killer King's Domain," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga learns that the Azandes have been forbidden to trade with the trader Songa by their witch doctor, M'fonga. Kaänga visits the tribe and tells the chief and the warriors that he thinks they should trade with Songa; At the trader's camp, the warriors are betrayed by their chief and Songa takes them all captives, including Ann, to be sold as slaves; Kaänga pursues them to the slave auction and frees the slaves and captures Songa. Untitled story, art by Bill Walsh; Competing parties seek a legendary salt mine: white ivory hunters who will trade the salt to natives for their ivory and natives who will trade the salt for needed supplies; Simba, fighting cantankerous leopards, leads each party to the mine. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Terry escorts Dr. Carter, an ethnologist, to the L'tonga village where a trial for a pair of jewel thieves is scheduled; Dr. Carter is exposed as an ex-Nazi, looking for the loot taken by the thieves. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and Leo pretend to have swamp madness in order to drive away the gothali dogs. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; A thief steals the idol of Ovambu from the Bulandas and hides it in the temple of the Songais; A pair of treasure hunters come and loot the Songai temple, taking the idol. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Treasure hunters kidnap chief Hetlai's daughter in order to coerce him into helping them loot an ancient Egyptian tomb; Camilla frees the daughter and captures the treasure hunters; She prevents Hetlai from killing them so they can be turned over to the district commissioner. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.