| Additional Information |
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| Publication | December 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Cover | Merchants of Murder |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Kaänga; Ann Mason |
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| Comic Story | Merchants of Murder (10 pages) |
| 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. |
| Content | 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 |
| Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb. |
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| 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. |
| Featuring | Simba, King of Beasts |
| Content | Genre: Animal; Jungle | Characters: Simba; Jubor (wild dog) |
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| 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. |
| Featuring | Captain Terry Thunder |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Terry Thunder (origin); Commissioner John Thompson (introduction, death); Claire Thompson (introduction); The Scorpion (introduction, villain, death) |
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| Synopsis | Brief natural histories of several veldt-dwelling animals. |
| Featuring | Jungle Facts |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Jungle; Nature |
| Notes | The bottom one-third of the final page is an advertisement. |
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| Synopsis | The monkeys choose Wambi to be their king while Sirdah plans a trap. |
| Featuring | Wambi, The Jungle Boy |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Sirdah (villain); Wambi; Tawn Ogg; Mocar (monkey); Pyra (parrot) |
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| Text Story | Diamonds of Doom (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| 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. |
| Featuring | Tabu |
| Credits | Script:? [as Mack] |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Zara (introduction); Mobu (introduction); Kito (introduction); Kahzembu (introduction, villain); Tabu; Kito |
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| Synopsis | An animal habitat quiz. |
| Featuring | Jungle Quiz |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Jungle |
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| 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. |
| Content | 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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