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Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle, gets a bit of a makeover in this issue. He has dark hair, and he has lost his cape. Also he doesn't do magic in this story, even though he refers to his "sixth sense." |
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Additional Information |
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Publication | August 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Cover | Curse of the King-Beast |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Kaänga; Ann Mason |
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Comic Story | Curse of the King-Beast (14 pages) |
Synopsis | The Wombos attempt to kill the sacred lion of Ngeeso's tribe. Kaänga defeats them and it is discovered that the lion has a treasure map tattooed on its flank. |
Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: The Wombos (introduction, villains); Kaänga; Ngeeso; Ann Mason; Ben Tilden |
Notes | Title taken from cover. |
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Synopsis | Jebba, queen of the Manzaans, plots to have her jester kill Fantomah and when that fails, she invites her to her castle and attempts to poison her. |
Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Jebba (villain, death); Zarn (introduction, villain, death); Horus; Fantomah; Fury (leopard); the Manzaans |
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Synopsis | Python skin hunters are abducted by a python cult and must be rescued by Tabu. |
Featuring | Tabu |
Credits | Script:? [as "Mack"] |
Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: The Python Men (introduction, villains, some die); Alan Caldwell (introduction); Martha Caldwell (introduction); Bwabola |
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Text Story | Leopard Ruse (2 pages) |
Credits | Script:? [as Sheridan Gray] | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Jungle |
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Synopsis | A band of camel thieves, using the camels to smuggle Italian weapons into the interior for a big attack on the British, take Kismet who must be rescued by the gang. |
Featuring | Captain Terry Thunder |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Punja (introduction, villain); Terry Thunder; Kismet; Vincent; Anderson the Arab |
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Synopsis | Wambi and his jungle friends help overthrow a treacherous rajah. |
Featuring | Wambi, The Jungle Boy |
Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Leta (introduction); Ali (introduction); the Prince of Meka (introduction); The Rajah of Ruhrah (introduction, villain); Wambi; Ogg; Fang (tiger); Tawn; Gena (hartebeast) |
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Synopsis | A witch woman kidnaps Boko in order to learn the language of lions. |
Featuring | Simba, King of Beasts |
Content | Genre: Animal; Jungle | Characters: a witch woman (introduction, villain, death); Boko; Simba |
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Synopsis | Ben attempts to fetch herbs to heal a jungle fever but is captured by a tribe of white men living in a volcano. Camilla rides to his rescue with help from a member of the Black Cobra tribe. |
Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: The White Volcano Men (introduction, villains, death); Black Cobra tribe; Ben Austin; Camilla |
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