Issue: #90
Published: June 1947, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
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
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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Comic Story (10 pages) |
Skulls for the Altar of Doom! |
Synopsis: |
Treasure hunters Riggan and Slade want to capture Ann to offer her to a tribe of white women for sacrifice to their god. To this end, Slade disguises himself as a witch doctor and lures Ann away from the N'logas' village. Kaänga and N'geeso follow and rescue Ann |
Genre: |
Jungle |
Characters: |
Kaänga N'tiga Ann Mason Riggan N'logas (African Tribe) Natu Slade N'geeso Marmo (elephant) |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Simba, King of Beasts |
Synopsis: |
Mrs. Simba, responding to the cries of a water buffalo being killed by Cape dogs, is believed by the buffalo herd to be the killer herself. Simba searches for clues to her innocence and is given a bit of dog fur from the scene of the crime by a mole. Simba uses that to prove to the buffalo the identity of the real killers and the buffalos track down the dogs and kill them. |
Genre: |
Animal Jungle |
Characters: |
Simba Mrs. Simba Simba Jr |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Jungle Lore |
Synopsis: |
Trivia regarding the uses of various spiders, insects, and lizards of the jungles. |
Genre: |
Non-fiction Jungle Nature |
Comic Story (7 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Captain Terry Thunder |
Synopsis: |
Terry and Keeto escort a young woman into the interior to find her father and his partner and to see their land claim. The partner, Wrenne, having killed the girl's father, is collecting tribute from villagers with threats of death at the hands of a gorilla idol. Terry destroys the idol and Wrenne is killed. |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Terry Thunder Keeto Liza Kain Koto Wrenne |
Text Story (2 pages) |
Thirst |
Featuring: |
Captain Terry Thunder |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Pierre La Rue] | Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Wambi, The Jungle Boy |
Synopsis: |
A royal brother and sister come to Wambi's jungle seeking a lost gem. Wambi finds it but greed turns the brother and sister against each other and they are then killed by their trained leopard. Wambi tosses the gem into the river. |
Genre: |
Jungle |
Characters: |
Wambi Ogg Khastra |
Comic Story (1 page) |
Traps |
Featuring: |
Jungle Lore |
Synopsis: |
Brief descriptions of several kinds of traps. |
Genre: |
Non-fiction Jungle |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Tabu |
Synopsis: |
Cut throat geologist Neale is working with a lion cult to locate a rare rock specimen. Tabu [puts a stop to the cults murdering ways and sees Neale killed by a lion. |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Mack] |
Genre: |
Jungle |
Characters: |
Tabu Gordon N'tara Neale Lion Cultists K'tonga |
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