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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every other month |
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| Cover | Prey of the Slavers |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Käanga |
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| Synopsis | Fiction House offers a set of airplane art prints in exchange for 4 coupons from Fiction House titles. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | inside front cover |
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| Comic Story | Prey of the Slavers (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kaänga rescues Ann from the slaver, Blacton, and tells her how he came to live in the jungle. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Kaänga (introduction and origin); Ann Mason (introduction and origin); Prof. Mason (death; Ann's father)(introduction, death); Bill Blacton (villain, introduction, death); Slattery |
| Notes | The diaeresis (the two dots over the letter "a") in Kaänga's name are not placed consistently between the story and the cover.
Kaänga appeared previously in Fiction House's JUNGLE STORIES pulp; The story title is taken from the cover blurb. |
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| Synopsis | The White Panther is dispatched by his father to help Dr. White recover curative gems and to protect the Whites from Zaroff, an unethical competitor. |
| Featuring | White Panther |
| Credits | Pencils: Taylor Martin (signed) | Inks: Taylor Martin (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: The White Panther (introduction and origin); White Panther's father (introduction); Dr. White (introduction); Dr. White's daughter (introduction); Professor Zaroff (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Signed by "Taylor Martin" and since several of the artists involved did sign their names to their features in this first issue, we'll guess Martin. |
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| Comic Story | The Slave Raiders (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | In return for rescuing a witch doctor, Tabu is given a "six sense" and amazing powers which he uses to combat evil and injustice in the jungle. He tracks and defeats a group of slave raiders, terrorizing them with his powers and attacks by obedient animals, finally transforming himself into a "tree-vine" and crushing them to death. |
| Featuring | Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Tabu (introduction and origin); witch doctor (introduction); a band of slavers (villains, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Spelled "Taboo" on cover.
Story title taken from cover. |
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| Comic Story | Queen of the Lost Empire (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Explorer Jon Dale discovers a lost city in the jungle, ruled by Queen Camilla. Daily human sacrifices are necessary for Camilla and her people to retain their immortality. Jon stops the sacrifice of a captured scientist's daughter and the people of the city, including Camilla, perish. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Camilla (introduction and origin); Jon Dale (introduction); Dr. Birch (introduction); Ruth Birch (introduction); Omar (tiger) |
| Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
This story is re-worked and re-told in the next issue. |
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| Synopsis | Terry and his lancers are assigned to a fort, deep in the jungle, and are charged with interrupting the slave trade. |
| Featuring | Captain Terry Thunder of the Congo Lancers |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Captain Terry Thunder (introduction and origin); the Congo Lancers [Kerrigan; Doyle; Red] (introduction and origin); a band of slavers (introduction, villains) |
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| Synopsis | Gunrunners sell guns to the natives in Wambi's jungle, which they then use to steal gold from local prospectors. Wambi reports the crimes to the local constabulary who defeat the natives. |
| Featuring | Wambi |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Wambi (introduction); Ricco (introduction, villain); Sven (introduction, villain); Tawn (elephant); Kimba (leopard); Balu (leopard) |
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| Synopsis | Cog bails out petty criminals Buck, Rex, and Slim to use as overseers of his safari. Cog drives the natives too hard and they rebel. His new overseers manage to rescue him and his daughter. |
| Featuring | White Hunters of the African Safari |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Buck (introduction); Rex (introduction); Slim (introduction); Mr. Cog; Mr. Cog's daughter; Ralph |
| Notes | This is signed George Wilson, so we're inclined to use that as our guess. It's such amateurish stuff that almost anybody could have done it. |
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| Synopsis | Aging Simba saves the life of his rival, Slita, and then barely manages to prevent being usurped by the younger Slita. Simba concedes his pride Slita and departs. |
| Featuring | Simba, King of the Beasts |
| Content | Genre: Animal; Jungle | Characters: Simba (lion) (introduction); Slita (lion) (death) |
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| Comic Story | Drums of the Leopard Men (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Safari guide Buck Barton infiltrates a leopard cult to rescue his client. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Buck Barton (introduction); Marc Vandell (introduction); The Leopard Men (introduction, villains); Zan Markov (introduction, villain, death); Kito |
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| Synopsis | An advertisement for Johnson Smith & Co. novelties. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | inside back cover |
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| Synopsis | An in-house promotional advertisement for Fight Comics, Planet Comics, and Jumbo Comics. |
| Notes | back cover |
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