Digital Comic Museum - Jungle Comics 108 -c2c


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Issue: #108
Published: December 1948, 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

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Merchants of Murder
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Kaänga Ann Mason

Comic Story (10 pages)	Merchants of Murder
Synopsis:	Kaänga escorts artist Herbert Matthews to the Congo Castle, a medieval castle in the jungle. On arrival, they discover that the castle has been taken over by a white gang and the Kulangis. Kaänga liberates the castle people with the help of an angry rhinoceros.
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Martha Matthews (introduction) Herbert Matthews (introduction) Lapham (introduction, Villain) Beans (introduction, Villain) Kulangis (African Tribe)(introduction, Villains) Kaänga Ann Mason: N'geeso

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Simba, King of Beasts
Synopsis:	A trio of dogs trained to hunt lions are loosed in the jungle. Simba is only able to defeat them by feigning a slip into a crocodile pool. The dogs follow and while they are being devoured by the crocodiles, Simba escapes.
Genre:	Animal Jungle
Characters:	Simba Jubor (wild Dog)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Captain Terry Thunder
Synopsis:	Terry recalls his first posting to Fort Diablo and the villain, the Scorpion. The Scorpion returns as Terry is dedicating a memorial to the commissioner who died at the Scorpion's hand. The Scorpion is killed when the memorial pillar falls on him.
Genre:	Adventure Jungle
Characters:	Terry Thunder (origin) Commissioner John Thompson (introduction, Death) Claire Thompson (introduction) The Scorpion (introduction, Villain, Death)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Jungle Facts
Synopsis:	Brief natural histories of several veldt-dwelling animals.
Genre:	Non-fiction Jungle Nature

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Wambi, The Jungle Boy
Synopsis:	The monkeys choose Wambi to be their king while Sirdah plans a trap.
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Sirdah (villain) Wambi Tawn Ogg Mocar (monkey) Pyra (parrot)

Text Story (2 pages)	Diamonds of Doom
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Jungle

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Tabu
Synopsis:	The war god Kahzembu is jealous of the villages honoring of peace. He takes a child and forces the mother to steal the sacred fire from the Temple of Peace and take it to his temple. Tabu goes to the Land of Mists and defeats Kahzembu and returns the sacred fire to its rightful place.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Mack]
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Zara (introduction) Mobu (introduction) Kito (introduction) Kahzembu (introduction, Villain) Tabu Kito

Activity (2 pages)
Featuring:	Jungle Quiz
Synopsis:	An animal habitat quiz.
Genre:	Non-fiction Jungle

Comic Story (8 pages)
Synopsis:	Camilla convinces the Bantu chief to use the Bantus' temple gold to buy quinine and salt. The witch doctor is offended and works with a group of white renegades to steal the gold. Camilla prevents the theft.
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Losako (introduction, Villain, Death) Barton (introduction, Villain) Sammy Stone (introduction, Villain) N'Kowa (introduction) Zantra Barton (introduction) A Female Trader (introduction) Camilla Fang (dog) Koru Bantus (African Tribe)

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