| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | Kaänga |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Kaänga; Ann Mason |
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| Advertisement | Powerful (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover in black and white.
Ad from Imperial Sales Co., of New York, New York, USA for a mini-direct current (DC) electric motor.
This page includes the indicia and the on sale date for the next issue at the bottom of the page. |
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| Publisher advertisement | The Big Six of Comics! (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) | Pencils: Various (see notes) | Inks: Various (see notes) |
| Notes | A house advertisement for six of the Fiction House titles:
Wings Comics #116 (1952); Jumbo Comics #161 (July 1952); Jungle Comics #151 (July 1952); Indians #13 (August 1952); Jet Aces #1 (1952); and Planet Comics #67 (Summer 1952).
See those issues for cover credits and characters belonging to those issues. |
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| Synopsis | Niles and Glutz use the warriors of the Watimbis, fire hunters, to take over the post run by Trader Sanders. Instead it is a ruse to help attack the B'Shongo Temple and steal its riches. |
| Featuring | Kaänga |
| Credits | Script:? [as Frank Riddell] | Pencils: Maurice Whitman (signed) | Inks: Maurice Whitman (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Kaänga; Ann Mason; Zulu; Veldt-Men [Niles (villain); Glutz (villain)]; Watimbis the Fire Hunters; Trader Sanders |
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| Synopsis | Wambi has to take on King Rhino and his animals in order to cross the jungle. |
| Featuring | Wambi the Jungle Boy |
| Credits | Script:? [as Roy L. Smith] | Pencils: Henry Kiefer | Inks: Henry Kiefer |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Wambi; Tawn (an elephant); Ogg (a gorilla); King Rhino |
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| Text Story | Escape at Midnight (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Clyde Beatty tells the tail of his time at the Shrine Temple in Detroit, Michigan when his female tiger, Gracie, escaped and ran loose. |
| Featuring | The Big Cage |
| Credits | Script: Clyde Beatty | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Clyde Beatty; Gracie (a tigress) |
| Notes | Two advertisement pages fall in between both pages of this story. |
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| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Fifteen classified style advertisements for stamp collectors, plus two advertisements for learning card tricks and judo.
The advertisements are designed to surround the Elias text article on why one should save stamps. |
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| Text Article | Why Save Stamps? |
| Synopsis | Sidney M. Elias promotes stamp collecting. |
| Featuring | Stamp Page |
| Credits | Script: Sidney M. Elias | Pencils:? (stamp art) | Inks:? (stamp art) | Colors:? (yellow background) | Letters:? (title and byline); typeset (rest of text) |
| Content | Genre: Advocacy |
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| Advertisement | Draw the First Day (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | An advertisement from Norton Products of New York, New York of the "Magic Art Reproducer," a light box type device designed to project any image on paper to make it easier to draw. |
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| Synopsis | Kruger pays off some members of Chief Bambo's tribe to help kill Gloria and gain control of her plantation. He is tricked by Kleeto and Thunder into exposing himself and is arrested. |
| Featuring | Captain Terry Thunder |
| Credits | Script:? [as Pierre La Rue] | Pencils: Robert Webb | Inks: Robert Webb |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Terry Thunder; Devil Pygmy raiders; Bwana Kruger; Gloria Royal (plantation mistress); Keeto; Chief Bambo (chief of Pygmies); Ba'as tribal members [Walah (only one named)] |
| Notes | Captain Terry Thunder's next appearance is in Sheena, Queen of the Jungle (Fiction House, 1942 Series) #16 (Summer 1952). |
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| Synopsis | Moloki and Babongo share tales of their their large animal encounters that also serves as inspiration to stand up to Big Tembu. |
| Featuring | Jungle Tales |
| Credits | Script:? [as Trader Jim] |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Trader Jim Dawson; Tommy Fortune; Big Tembu; Moloki; Babongo |
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| Synopsis | Mason and his men capture Professor Brownley over native gold and are stopped by Camilla. |
| Featuring | Camilla |
| Credits | Script:? [as Victor Ibsen] | Pencils: Ralph Mayo (signed) | Inks: Ralph Mayo (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Camilla; Professor Brownley; Mason (villain); Mason's unnamed henchmen (villains) |
| Notes | Camilla's next appearance is in Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 Series) #15 (Spring 1953). |
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| Advertisement | Ro-Bert Fashions (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (ad photographs) | Inks:? (ad photographs) | Colors:? (ad photographs) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for clothing from Ro-Bert Fashions of New York, New York. |
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| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (ad photographs) | Inks:? (ad photographs) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover in black and white.
Advertisement for muscle building from Jowett Institute of Physical Training of New York, New York. |
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| Advertisement | Electric Spot Reducer (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (ad photographs);? (ad illustrations) | Inks:? (ad photographs);? (ad illustrations) | Colors:? (spot colors) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover.
Advertisement for a vibrator massager sold as a weight loss device from Spot Reducer Co. of New York, New York. |
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