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| quote from SOTI: Quite apart from its sadistic groove, the imagination expressed in comic books is mechanical rather than in any way creative. For instance, in a jungle book with the subtitle "The Jungle Girl," the "Satanic Dr. Zanzere ... transplants a pair of bat's wings onto a tiger." The rest of this book is the usual parade of invitation to sadistic perversion, race hatred and violence for violence's sake. What about the "emotional release" a child is supposed to get according to the defenders of the comic-book industry? One story concludes with a close-up of a fist holding a gun and these words: "A gentle squeeze of the trigger and the last breath of life will be squeezed out of Nyoka! Read on for Part Three of The Treasure of the Tiger's Paw." |
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| Paulpa,
Interesting observations, but I have no idea what your point - or your opinion on this - is.
You haven't stated it.
[the usual parade of invitation to sadistic perversion, race hatred and violence for violence's sake.]
Just a cursory read of the story makes it clear what nonsense this is.
[One story concludes with a close-up of a fist holding a gun and these words: "A gentle squeeze of the trigger and the last breath of life will be squeezed out of Nyoka! Read on for Part Three of The Treasure of the Tiger's Paw." ] That's not a conclusion, that's a come-on for the next chapter. Every kid who went to the movies at that time and watched the current episode of a serial or who listened to the radio for the serials, (and that would be most of them) heard the equivalent every night.
Given that Fredric Wertham took on comics with this obvious nonsense and not radio or movies, one wonders if perhaps someone was behind him who wanted to destroy certain publishers? |
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| Publication | December 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Featuring | Nyoka the Jungle Girl |
| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Contents Page (1 page) |
| Featuring | Nyoka the Jungle Girl |
| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| Comic Story | The Treasure of the Tiger's Paw, Part I: Hidden Death! (5.67 pages) |
| Featuring | Nyoka the Jungle Girl |
| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| Activity | Nyoka's Jungle Quiz |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Efficient! |
| Featuring | Trader Tom |
| Credits | Script: Howard Boughner | Pencils: Howard Boughner | Inks: Howard Boughner |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Script and art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | Feast |
| Featuring | Egbert the Explorer |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Treasure of the Tiger's Paw, Part II: The Mysterious Killer (4.67 pages) |
| Featuring | Nyoka the Jungle Girl |
| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| Illustration | Real Western Hero |
| Featuring | Comix Cards |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tom Mix; Hopalong Cassidy; Monte Hale |
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| Advertisement | Sam Takes Himself for a Ride (1 page) |
| Featuring | Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil |
| Notes | Ad in sequential art form. |
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| Text Story | The Jungle King (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Larry Steinfeldt | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Dog Food |
| Featuring | Trader Tom |
| Credits | Script: Howard Boughner | Pencils: Howard Boughner | Inks: Howard Boughner |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Script and art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | Knots! |
| Featuring | Egbert the Explorer |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Treasure of the Tiger's Paw, Part III: The Paw's Secret (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Nyoka the Jungle Girl |
| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| Comic Story | The Talking Elephant (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Ballyhoo Barney |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Flying Tiger, Part I: Terror from Above (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Nyoka the Jungle Girl |
| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| Featuring | Nyoka the Jungle Girl's History of Animals |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Nature |
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| Comic Story | The Flying Tiger, Part II: The Perilous Pursuit (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Nyoka the Jungle Girl |
| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| Featuring | Erector |
| Content | Characters: Superman |
| Notes | As in sequential art form. Superman not a part of the story. |
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