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| Date | | Number: 5 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Jungle Comics 5 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: every month |
| Notes | On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 449460. |
| Cover | Empire of the Ape Men / 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Kaänga |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Notes | While the text suggests that this cover depicts a scene from a story in the comics, there is no such story here. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | An in-house promotional advertisement offering cash prizes for fan letters written to Fiction House. |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | $50.00 given away free |
| Notes | inside front cover |
| Story | Kaänga (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ann and Cheeba help Kaänga escape after he is captured by Broot. Kaänga then uses the animals of the jungle to chase away Broot's army. |
| Script | ? [as Red Bradey] (credited) |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Kaänga; Sam Broot (villain); Ann Mason; Cheeba (leopard) |
| Pencils | George Tuska |
| Inks | George Tuska |
| First Line | Once again, the arch enemy of Kaänga strikes. |
| Notes | Sam Broot is miscolored as a Caucasian. The title on the cover, "Empire of the Ape Men", does not apply to this story, which contains no empires or ape men. |
| Story | The Red Panther (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | After the Red Panther rescues a safari from poisonous ants, the Ant Woman vows revenge on the Panther and the safari leaders. However, following their capture, the Panther turns the tables on the Ant Woman and she is killed by her own ants. |
| Script | ? [as Taylor Martin] (credited) |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | The Red Panther; The Ant Woman (introduction, villain, death) |
| Pencils | Art Peddy ? |
| First Line | Deep in the jungle stands a group of giant ant hills, home of the poisonous red ants -- |
| Notes | The previous indexer doubts that this is Peddy's artwork, as does Keith Chandler. |
| Story | Tabu (7.75 pages) |
| Synopsis | The leopard cultist Zsingos kidnap the children of the Jibus to sacrifice to their gods. The children are rescued by Tabu after he uses his own magic to overcome the magic traps set for him by the Zsingos. |
| Script | ? [as Robert Lewis] (credited) |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Tabu; The Zsingos (African tribe)(introduction, villains, death); Jibus (African tribe) |
| Pencils | George Wilhelms ? |
| Inks | George Wilhelms ? |
| First Line | The screams of a caged leopard resounds throughout the jungle,... [sic] |
| Comic Story | Strange Case of Ezra Ark: Case 3: File 1: Clue 2 |
| Synopsis | In this installment of the Fiction House serialized mystery of the month, Ark's nephew threatens to kill him. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Ark |
| Pencils | Bob Powell ? |
| First Line | How do you feel now, Mr. Ark? |
| Story | Camilla (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Camilla thwarts the Viking king Lief Thorgson through superior magic. After Thorgson's death at Camilla's hand, his men agree to follow her. |
| Script | ? [as Tad Carter] (credited) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Camilla; Lief Thorgson (introduction, villain, death); Count Knuten (introduction, villain); Count Knuten's cousin (introduction, villain) |
| Pencils | Bob Powell |
| Inks | Bob Powell |
| First Line | Restoring the eternal fountain of youth, Camilla rules her lost empire in pefect peace and harmony... |
| Text Story | Death of the Laughing Terror (2 pages) |
| Feature | Ran-Tog |
| Pencils | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Colors | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Ran-Tog |
| Script | Lin Davies |
| First Line | That eerie, chilling laigh struck terror... |
| Story | Captain Terry Thunder (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Masked Arrows capture the fort and Terry must get assistance from the local tribes to re-take it. |
| Genre | Adventure; Jungle |
| Characters | Captain Terry Thunder; The Masked Arrows (introduction, villains, death); Astbis (African tribes) |
| Script | Pierre La Rue |
| Pencils | Bill Bossert |
| Inks | Bill Bossert ? Leonard Frank ? |
| First Line | The Masked Arrows, a band of thieving natives,attack Captain Thunder's fort... |
| Story | Wambi (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wambi and his animal friends rescue a herd of elephants from an ivory hunter and then destroy him and his steamboat with his own dynamite. |
| Genre | Children; Jungle |
| Characters | Wambi; Wolf Lawsen (introduction, villain, death); Raga (crocodile); Nostro (hippopotomus); Ogg (ape); Tawn (elephant); Bimi (badger) |
| Script | Roy L. Smith |
| Pencils | Henry Kiefer |
| Inks | Henry Kiefer ? |
| First Line | We'll find plenty of tuskers in there! |
| Story | Roy Lance (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Roy helps members of the Kubutti escape from slavers. |
| Script | ? [as Harold Morley] (credited) |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Roy Lance; Kubuttis (African tribe) |
| First Line | Angered savage tribes, whipped to fierce action by the cruelty of African slavers... |
| Story | Simba King of Beasts (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Unscrupulous hunters poison the water hole and take the Masons captive. Simba rescues the Masons, who then detoxify the water hole. |
| Genre | Animal; Jungle |
| Characters | Simba; John Mason; Dick Mason |
| Pencils | Bill Allison |
| Inks | Bill Allison |
| First Line | Simba approaches the water hole to slake his thirst. |
| Comic Story | Mundoor and the Giant Reptiles / Fantomah (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Discovering the eggs of giant reptiles on a fallen asteroid, Mundoor raises the reptiles in an attempt to take over the world. Fantomah uses her astounding powers to break Mundoor's hypnotic control over the reptiles and sends Mundoor, the reptiles, and the asteroid into deep space. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Fantomah; Mundoor (introduction, villain) |
| Script | Fletcher Hanks (signed) |
| Pencils | Fletcher Hanks (signed) |
| Inks | Fletcher Hanks (signed) |
| Letters | Fletcher Hanks (signed) |
| First Line | Fantomah, propelling herself on powerfully developed thought waves; glides swiftly over the silent jungle. |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Jungle Roars |
| Script | ? [as Lore] (credited) |
| Genre | Humor |
| First Line | You're lucky -- my doctor says I can only eat lean meat! |
| Notes | A single gag panel. |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Feature | Jungle Roar |
| Script | ? [as Lore] (credited) |
| Genre | Humor |
| First Line | This parrots from the jungle, he can do everything but talk |
| Notes | A single gag panel. |
| Comic Story | A Jungle Tale |
| Synopsis | A monkey with a magnifying glass puts the professor on the hot seat. |
| Feature | Prof. Dunk |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Professor Dunk |
| Pencils | Will Eisner (signed) ? |
| Inks | Will Eisner (signed) ? |
| Notes | mime strip Tony Rose doubts the art is Eisner's but can see the resemblance between the signature and Eisner's traditional signature. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | An in-house promotional advertisement for Jumbo Comics, Fight Comics, and Planet Comics |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Have you read these magazines? |
| Notes | inside back cover |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | An advertisement from the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, seeking magazine subscription sellers, offering prizes and cash as inducements. |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Money and big prizes |
| 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 | |
