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Jungle Comics
Date | Number: 42 | Lang: English (en)
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SourceThis book was scanned from a copy in the JVJ Archive.
NotesThere is more information about this book at the bottom of the page
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A knockout Reed Crandall story leads off the book. Nice early Cardy as well.
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Mildly shocked to see 2 nude images (page 10 of the scan)--"show-nothing" nudity and Fiction House comics were loaded with images of scantily-clad women, but still sort of surprising.
  
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NameJungle Comics 42 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: monthly
NotesThe on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
 
CoverMaster of the Moon-Beasts / 1 page
Letterstypeset
GenreJungle
CharactersKaänga; Ann Mason
PencilsDan Zolnerowich Ruben Moreira
InksDan Zolnerowich Ruben Moreira
NotesThe cover is a signed Zolnerowich image reprinted from the cover of Jungle Comics #18 with Kaänga's head redrawn by Moreira and Zolnerowich's signature removed.
 
Comic StoryMaster of the Moon-Beasts / Kaänga (14 pages)
SynopsisA rhinoceros stampede leads Kaänga to a moon worshiping cult in the Mountains of the Moon. Ann is kidnapped by the white man who manipulates the natives cult. He intends to substitute her for his daughter, whom the natives believe to be the goddess, Tluva, kill her, and then revive her by replacing Ann's body with the live Taluva. Taluva is not made aware of the scheme and takes Ann's place before the execution and is killed by her father.
GenreJungle
CharactersKaänga; N'geeso; Ann Mason; Adouba; Taluva; Zeti; Jaeckel
Script
PencilsReed Crandall
InksReed Crandall
First LineTerror seethes over the grim walls of a jungle temple...
NotesThe story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Frank Riddell is a by-line used at Fiction House.

Traditionally the inks have been credited to Moreira, but according to Robert Barrett, Reed Crandall indicated to him that these were his own inks.

Crandall art credits confirmed in Alter Ego #129 (November, 2014) by Alberto Bacattini.
 
StorySimba King of Beasts (6 pages)
SynopsisSimba saves a chief's son from drowning and then protects the village from thieving baboons.
GenreAnimal; Jungle
CharactersSimba
Script
PencilsNick Cardy (signed)
InksNick Cardy (signed)
First LineA small child toddles away from his mother, and before anyone is aware of it, he thrashes about, drowning in the river!
 
StoryWambi (10 pages)
SynopsisWambi and his jungle friends drive a cruel prince's hunting caravan from the jungle.
GenreJungle
CharactersWambi; Tawn; Ogg; Maya; Akmar
Script
PencilsHenry Kiefer
InksHenry Kiefer
First LineThe woman was young and beautiful and cruel...
 
StoryFantomah (7 pages)
SynopsisKhefra claims new land and battles cannibals and pirates to keep it.
GenreJungle
CharactersHakoan; Fantomah; Fury; Sheb
Script
PencilsGeorge Appel (signed)
InksGeorge Appel (signed)
First LineA courageous explorer, Hakoan, returns to Khefra with tales of an amazing new land beyond the hills...
 
Text StoryThe Madman's Ape (2 pages)
Script? [as Buck Stanley]
Letterstypeset
GenreJungle
 
StoryCaptain Terry Thunder (7 pages)
SynopsisNazis persuade an African village to store fuel for them. Terry and the lancers capture the Germans.
GenreAdventure
CharactersTerry Thunder; Raina; Anderson the Arab
Script
PencilsBob Webb
InksJack Kamen ?
First LineIn the native settlement of Baou, a village bordering on Captain Thunder's fortress...
 
StoryCamilla (10 pages)
SynopsisAn animal trapper named DaCosta takes the contract that has been issued on Camilla's life by those trying to steal her inheritance. He and his partner are killed when they create an animal stampede at Trader Davis's.
GenreJungle
CharactersCamilla; Ellen DaCosta; Trader Davis; DaCosta; Zugos (African tribe); John
Script
PencilsArt Saaf
InksArt Saaf
First LineDeath in a thousand forms lurks behind every twist and turn of the dark jungle trails...
 
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