Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) comic books 1950

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"Wolves of the Desert Night," art by Maurice Whitman; A group of escaped convicts, disguised as commissioner's guards, raise havoc in Kaänga's jungle until they are exposed by Kaänga and turned over to authentic district commissioner guards. Untitled story; Brugga kidnaps Simba's cubs, with the intention of killing them; Simba arrives just in time to save the cubs and kills Brugga in combat. Untitled story, pencils by Jay Disbrow, inks by Bill Walsh; Captain Terry Thunder escorts an archaeologist and his assistant to the Kongola country where they hope to find a buried, ancient city; A pair of prospectors, illegally hydraulically mining in the area, unearth the city. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A snake charming witch doctor is hired by hunters to bring them game; He uses his flute to lure all the animals of the jungle to the hunters' steamboat where they are caged; Wambi follows and frees the animals, extracts a promise from the witch doctor to never do this again, and cages the hunters, sending their steamboat down the river. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; B'maki, a prince of the Basulis, intercepts the new bride of his brother, Orago, as she makes her way to the Basuli village; He plans to marry her himself and become chief; Tabu divines the location of the kidnapper and his victim and hypnotizes B'maki, causing him to fall in a crevasse where he will wait for the jungle authorities. Untitled story, pencils by Ralph Mayo; Camilla infiltrates the camp of the safari raider, the Scorpion, disguised as one of his lieutenants; She then opens the camp's gate to a safari that had been robbed by the Scorpion and they defeat the Scorpion's men. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Ark of the Mist-Maids!", pencils by Maurice Whitman; The Wasumbas witch, Lutoa, is poisoning the chief so that her confederate, N'toba, can seize the chieftainship; Kaänga exposes her plot; N'tonga is killed by animals captured for a funeral sacrifice and Lutoa is captured. Untitled story, pencils by Richard Case; A tiger, brought to Simba's jungle for cross-breeding with lions, escapes and proclaims himself king of the jungle. Untitled story; As Captain Terry Thunder attempts to settle a border dispute between tribes, both parties are attacked by ape men, who are, in reality, disguised henchmen of Baron Lorne who has discovered diamonds in the area and wants both tribes driven out. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and Sirdah are captured by a big game hunter who wants Sirdah as a prize and Wambi to help him entice other animals into traps; Wambi extracts a promise from Sirdah to only kill when necessary in return for helping him escape. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; The Aswengi witch doctor and his wife murder Chief Okuda and frame Tabu; Tabu tricks the pair into confessing with his illusions. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; King Cobra's gang is raiding pygmy funeral barges and taking sacred gold; King himself is beginning to feel remorse for the native killed in these raids; He attempts suicide but manages to only wound himself; He succumbs to amnesia and is befriended by Camilla; His gang seize him from her and plan new raids; Camilla promises to help the pygmies defend their barges; King warns Camilla about the coming raid, allowing her to prevent it. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Dawn-Men of the Congo," art by Maurice Whitman; The Wagonas send word to ga that they are encountering strange animals in their new country; Kaänga, Ann, and Zulu go to the Wagonas and encounter numerous prehistoric animals and Neanderthals; Kaänga challenges the Neanderthal chief to single combat and wins. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Simba rescues a baby eland from an attack by a hawk. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; Trader Harry has been seduced into cheating the natives by Nancy; Tabu exposes the dishonesty and shows Harry a vision of his murder at Nancy's hand. Untitled story; Chief B'timi is drugged by the Freunds and induced to reveal the location of Golden Beard's grave and its treasures; Terry follows them and uses the booby traps put in place by Golden Beard to prevent them from looting the grave. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi helps Princess Natoli recover the sacred sword of her people. Untitled story, pencils by Ralph Mayo, inks by Bernard Sachs; Renegade Chaney posts false notices of new land open for homesteading and, with his gang disguised as natives, attacks the would-be settlers and steal all their supplies; Camilla discovers the plot and exposes it to the commissioner. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Captives of Crocodile Swamp," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga puts an end to slave raiding by El Borro. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Villagers and white hunters pursue a rogue elephant that leads them into Simba's territory; Simba attacks the elephant and wounds it. Untitled story; Terry escorts Miss Ross to an oasis where they will meet with the ivory thief, Abu ben Hassin; Terry arrests Hassin but then the group is attacked by another party of raiders, working secretly for Miss Ross; Terry then signals the hidden lancers under Keeto's command and take the lot into custody. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; The rajah's daughter is taken hostage by men who would usurp his rule; Wambi uses hornets to attack the kidnappers and saves the princess. Untitled story starring Tabu, art by Enrico Bagnoli; The Lorutis confuse Merrill, a member of Finney's exploration safari and dressed in a deep sea diving suit, with a god and want to sacrifice the rest of the party. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Bennett and his gang of thieves buy hunting rights on the Nygailas' land; Mabaro, long-thought mad by his people, recognizes Bennett as the leader of the thieves who looted the Nygailas many years before and beat Mabaro and killed his father; He tells his story to Camilla who helps expose Bennett's new thieving of treasure. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; A troop of French Foreign Legionnaires is attacked by leopard cultists; Kaänga, who had been tracking the cultists, challenges the leader of the cult to single combat and kills him; Now, as head of the cult, he disperses them and sends the Legion on its way. Untitled story, pencils by Ken Battefield; Terry is assigned to discover the plans of rebel leader, El Cordofan; He discovers that El Cordofan plans to destroy Fort Diablo with a booby-trapped boat; Terry convinces some of El Cordofan's men to mutiny and El Cordofan is killed in a dynamite explosion. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Binongi hunters come to Wambi's jungle, pursuing a white ape; They capture Wambi when he prevents the taking of the ape; Later, Wambi's jungle friends, joined by the white ape, free him. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; Informed in a vision that the witch Lati plans to kill the beloved of K'kito, chief of the Luossas, Tabu hurries to the kraal and fights to free the chief and expose the plot. Untitled story, inks by Ralph Mayo; Bayne and his men are using mechanical dragons to fly stolen diamonds out of the jungle; Camilla, using one of their own dragons, defeats them and takes them into custody. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.