Issue: #109
Published: January 1949, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: J.F. Byrne (Managing Editor)(credited); John C. Mitchell (credited)
Color: Color Cover; Black And White Interior Dimensions: Early Issues Standard Golden Age U.S.; Later Issues Standard Silver Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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| Cover (1 page) |
Cavern of the Golden Bones |
| Featuring: |
Kaänga |
| Credits: |
Pencils: John Celardo | Inks: John Celardo |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga Ann Mason |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
Cavern of the Golden Bones |
| Featuring: |
Kaänga |
| Synopsis: |
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. Kaänga exposes the assistant and kills him |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Frank Riddell] | Pencils: John Celardo (signed) | Inks: John Celardo (signed) |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga Ann Mason Blandon District Commissioner Marmo (elephant) Salu Nira Sanford Blandon Sr Golden People |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Simba, King of Beasts |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Ed Hunt] | Pencils: Joe Doolin | Inks: Joe Doolin; ? |
| Genre: |
Animal Jungle |
| Characters: |
Simba Mrs. Simba Bogora (mandrill) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Jungle Scrapbook |
| Synopsis: |
Brief natural histories of several animals. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Mike Peppe ? | Inks: Mike Peppe ? |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Jungle Nature |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Wambi Jungle Boy |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Roy L. Smith] | Pencils: Henry Kiefer | Inks: Henry Kiefer |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Wambi Togar (leopard) Awandis (African Tribe) Tawn Ogg Lekko (leopard) Pyraa (parrot) |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Courage of Kaambi |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Frank Riddell] | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Captain Terry Thunder |
| Synopsis: |
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. The sculptor is taken into custody. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Pierre La Rue] | Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich | Inks: Dan Zolnerowich |
| Genre: |
Adventure Jungle |
| Characters: |
Terry Thunder Keeto Umbali R'nobi Karen Thompson George Thompson |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Tabu |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Mack] | Pencils: Maurice Whitman (signed) | Inks: Maurice Whitman (signed) |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Tabu Lelana Ruth Corveaux Paul Corveaux |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Jungle Facts |
| Synopsis: |
A brief natural history of the elephant |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Mike Peppe ? | Inks: Mike Peppe ? |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Jungle Nature |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Camilla |
| Synopsis: |
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. Terry is trampled by elephants. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Victor Ibsen] | Pencils: Matt Baker | Inks: Ray Osrin ? |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Camilla Fang Mizra M'gandas (African Tribe) Asargi Carter Myra Carter Terry |
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