Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) comic books 1949

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $210.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #1972706008

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.