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| Name | Jungle Comics 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: every other month |
| Notes | On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 432186. |
| Cover | Prey of the Slavers / 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Käanga |
| Pencils | Lou Fine |
| Inks | Lou Fine |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Fiction House offers a set of airplane art prints in exchange for 4 coupons from Fiction House titles. |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Read about this amazing free offer |
| Notes | inside front cover |
| Comic Story | Prey of the Slavers / Kaänga (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kaänga rescues Ann from the slaver, Blacton, and tells her how he came to live in the jungle. |
| 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 |
| Pencils | Alex Blum |
| Inks | Alex Blum |
| First Line | Kaänga, mysterious white man of the jungle, is... |
| 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. |
| Story | The Red Panther (6 pages) |
| 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. |
| Pencils | Taylor Martin (signed) |
| Inks | Taylor Martin (signed) |
| 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) |
| First Line | In a ruined city deep in the jungle... |
| 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 assume Taylor Martin was a real person and not a house name. In this story, the main character calls himself White Panther. He will change his name to Red Panther next issue. For this story only, the Feature Logo is "White Panther". |
| Comic Story | The Slave Raiders / Tabu (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. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Tabu (introduction and origin); witch doctor (introduction); a band of slavers (villains, introduction, death) |
| Script | Fletcher Hanks (signed) |
| Pencils | Fletcher Hanks (signed) |
| Inks | Fletcher Hanks (signed) |
| Letters | Fletcher Hanks |
| First Line | Deep in the heart of the jungle reigns a man with a sixth sense... |
| Notes | Spelled "Taboo" on cover. Story title taken from cover. |
| Comic Story | Queen of the Lost Empire / Camilla (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. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Camilla (introduction and origin); Jon Dale (introduction); Dr. Birch (introduction); Ruth Birch (introduction); Omar (tiger) |
| Pencils | Chuck Winter (signed) |
| Inks | Chuck Winter (signed) |
| First Line | The young scientist, Jon Dale, seeks a lost civilization in Africa... |
| Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb. This story is re-worked and re-told in the next issue. |
| Story | Captain Terry Thunder (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Terry and his lancers are assigned to a fort, deep in the jungle, and are charged with interrupting the slave trade. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Captain Terry Thunder (introduction and origin); the Congo Lancers [Kerrigan; Doyle; Red] (introduction and origin); a band of slavers (introduction, villains) |
| Pencils | Art Peddy (signed) |
| Inks | Art Peddy (signed) |
| First Line | Deep in the African jungles, overlooking the headwaters of the river used by the slave trade... |
| Story | Wambi (7 pages) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Wambi (introduction); Ricco (introduction, villain); Sven (introduction, villain); Tawn (elephant); Kimba (leopard); Balu (leopard) |
| Pencils | Henry Kiefer |
| Inks | Henry Kiefer |
| First Line | Wambi, jungle boy, the mysterious denizen of the jungle tree-tops... |
| Comic Story | No Title (6 pages) |
| 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. |
| Feature | White Hunters of the African Safari |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Buck (introduction); Rex (introduction); Slim (introduction); Mr. Cog; Mr. Cog's daughter; Ralph |
| Pencils | George Wilson (signed) |
| Inks | George Wilson (signed) |
| First Line | A wealthy Englishman enters a bar-room in Capetown. |
| 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. |
| Story | Simba King of Beasts (6 pages) |
| 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 to Slita and departs. |
| Genre | Animal; Jungle |
| Characters | Simba (lion) (introduction); Slita (lion) (death) |
| Pencils | Bill Allison (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Allison (signed) |
| First Line | This is the story of Simba, king of... |
| Comic Story | Drums of the Leopard Men (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Safari guide Buck Barton infiltrates a leopard cult to rescue his client. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Buck Barton (introduction); Marc Vandell (introduction); The Leopard Men (introduction, villains); Zan Markov (introduction, villain, death); Kito |
| Pencils | Dick Briefer (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Briefer (signed) |
| Letters | Dick Briefer ? |
| Advertisement | Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog (1 page) |
| Synopsis | An advertisement for Johnson Smith & Co. novelties. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | inside back cover |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | An in-house promotional advertisement for Fight Comics, Planet Comics, and Jumbo Comics. |
| First Line | 3 more comic magazines that you'll enjoy like a million -- |
| Notes | back cover |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
