Issue: #5
Published: May 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)
Color: Color Cover; Black And White Interior Dimensions: Early Issues Standard Golden Age U.S.; Later Issues Standard Silver Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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.
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| Cover (1 page) |
Empire of the Ape Men |
| Featuring: |
Kaänga |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Will Eisner | Inks: Will Eisner | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
An in-house promotional advertisement offering cash prizes for fan letters written to Fiction House. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Kaänga |
| 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. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Red Bradey] | Pencils: George Tuska | Inks: George Tuska |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga Sam Broot (villain) Ann Mason Cheeba (leopard) |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
The Red Panther |
| Synopsis: |
After the Red Panther rescues a safari from poisonous ants, the Ant Woman vows revenge on the Panther and the safari leaders. However, their capture, the Panther turns the tables on the Ant Woman and she is killed by her own ants. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Taylor Martin] | Pencils: Arthur Peddy ? |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
The Red Panther The Ant Woman (introduction, Villain, Death) |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle |
| 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. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Robert Lewis] | Pencils: George Carl Wilhelms ? | Inks: George Carl Wilhelms ? |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Tabu The Zsingos (African Tribe)(introduction, Villains, Death) Jibus (African Tribe) |
| Comic Story (0 pages) |
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. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Bob Powell ? |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Ark |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Death of the Laughing Terror |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Lin Davies] | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Ran-Tog |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Roy Lance |
| Synopsis: |
Roy helps members of the Kubutti escape from slavers. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Harold Morley] |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Roy Lance Kubuttis (African Tribe) |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Simba, King of the Beasts |
| Synopsis: |
Unscrupulous hunters poison the water hole and take the Masons captive. Simba rescues the Masons, who then detoxify the water hole. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: William M. Allison | Inks: William M. Allison |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Simba John Mason Dick Mason |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Fantomah |
| 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. |
| Credits: |
Script: Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed) | Pencils: Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed) | Inks: Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed) | Letters: Fletcher Hanks |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Fantomah Mundoor (introduction, Villain) |
| Cartoon (0 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Jungle Roars |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Lore] |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Cartoon (0 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Jungle Roar |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Lore] |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
A Jungle Tale |
| Featuring: |
Prof. Dunk |
| Synopsis: |
A monkey with a magnifying glass puts the professor on the hot seat. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Will Eisner ? [as Heck ?] | Inks: Will Eisner ? [as Heck ?] |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Professor Dunk |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
An in-house promotional advertisement for Jumbo Comics, Fight Comics, and Planet Comics |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
An advertisement from the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, seeking magazine subscription sellers, offering prizes and cash as inducements. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
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