| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | The best clue to identifying Matt Baker is the eyes. |
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| Cover | Perilous Journey |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Wild Boy |
| Notes | The best clue to identifying Matt Baker is the eyes. |
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| Advertisement | Live Toy Circus (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Live toy circus with performing chameleon by mail order. |
| Featuring | Honor House Products Corp. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Gift of the Jungle Gods (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A sea lion from a shipwrecked wandering circus is looked upon as a sea monster by some natives. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Wild Boy; Twagu (villain); Chief Ralem |
| Notes | Art credits suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Advertisement | Mission to the Moon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Hurry kids, get your Major Mars' Rocket Ring. |
| Featuring | Popsicle |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Major Mars |
| Notes | Short Popsicle comis strip with Major Mars. |
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| Comic Story | The Adventurous Scribe (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Stanley is sent to Africa to look for Dr. Livingstone, |
| Featuring | Henry Morton Stanley |
| Credits | Pencils: George Tuska | Inks: George Tuska? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Jungle | Characters: Henry Morton Stanley; Mr. Gordon Bennett Jr.; Dr. David Livingstone |
| Notes | Tuska is credited to pencils on jungle stories by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but the inking looks like inking credited to Tuska in other stories... Vadebonceur has Tuska on pencils and an uncertain Peppe on ink here. |
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| Comic Story | Jungle Mystery (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Young gorillas are stolen by a white hunter. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Wild Boy; Keeto; Daro (panther); Chief Kulaki; Mr. Rivers |
| Notes | McCann's long noses and small chins are not to miss. Also pointed ears, old expressionless faces and lack of action combined with much black ink, and you have McCann. |
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| Text Story | The Invincible Weapon (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Chief Osan; Kiota; Frederik Von Staat |
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| Comic Story | The Peoples of Africa (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Zulu sorcherers and medicine men know secrets of mind reading that have puzzled modern science. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Jungle |
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| Comic Story | Adventurer..Statesman (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Cecil Rhodes, the Father of the Union of South Africa. |
| Featuring | Cecil Rhodes |
| Credits | Pencils: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed) | Inks: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Jungle |
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| Featuring | Animal Laffs |
| Credits | Pencils:? (signed) | Inks:? (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Signed with two letters like JJ, GL or JL. |
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| Advertisement | How to Hypnotize |
| Synopsis | It's easy to hypnotize... when you know how. |
| Featuring | Stravon Publishers |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Journey of the Dead (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | When an evil man dares to trail the sacred elephant to the burial grounds of the dead Youriba chiefs, Wild Boy is forced to follow. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Wild Boy; Keeto; Daro (panther) |
| Notes | Art credits suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | Apes and Monkeys (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Difference between apes and monkeys. |
| Featuring | Frank Slade Animal Trainer |
| Credits | Script: Frank Slade |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Jungle | Characters: Frank Slade |
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| PSA | Polio Precautions (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Precautions against Polio with four cartoons. |
| Featuring | Fight Infantile Paralysis |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Medical |
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| Advertisement | Given-Given-Given (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Sell Cloverine Brand Salve and get prizes. |
| Featuring | Cloverine Brand Salve |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Why Just Wish... (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Sell Wallace Brown Christmas Cards and get prizes. |
| Featuring | Wallace Brown, Inc. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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