Issue: #43
Published: July 1943, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 60, Editing: John C. Mitchell
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: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 3.
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Comic Story (12 pages) |
The White Sheik |
Featuring: |
Kaänga |
Synopsis: |
Kaänga and Ann are taken prisoner by an Arab slaver who is using his slaves to excavate an ancient Egyptian temple, hoping to find treasure. The treasure is found, but the Arab is killed by his ape guard. |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Frank Riddell] |
Genre: |
Jungle |
Characters: |
Kaänga Ann Mason Awassis (African Tribe) Halaam N'geeso Mouga (giant Ape) |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Simba, King of Beasts |
Synopsis: |
Simba is humiliated by a pack of hyenas and then trapped by native hunters. He escapes and drives the hyenas into a crocodile pool. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Richard Case | Inks: Richard Case |
Genre: |
Animal Jungle |
Characters: |
Simba Chakas (African Tribe) |
Comic Story (12 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Wambi, The Jungle Boy |
Synopsis: |
The rajah's minister, Shahab, in an effort to curry the rajah's favor, falsely identifies Wambi as the rajah's long-lost son. The rajah's men make both Tawn and Ogg prisoners but when Shahab plots to kill Wambi to avoid the rajah becoming too attached, the animals escape. Wambi exposes Shahab's treachery and returns to the jungle. |
Genre: |
Jungle |
Characters: |
Rajah Of Bendali Shahab Ogg Wambi Shirkar (tiger) Tawn Sayaa Sainaab |
Text Story (2 pages) |
The Jackal Jests with Death |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Frank Marshall] | Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Jungle |
Public Service Announcement (1 page) |
Weapons for Victory |
Synopsis: |
Kaänga and Ann make new spears and explain that in battle you are helpless without weapons. |
Genre: |
Advocacy Jungle |
Characters: |
Kaänga Ann Mason |
Comic Story (5 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Fantomah, Daughter of the Pharoahs |
Synopsis: |
Fantomah take starving hunting leopards away from their trainer and makes them her pets. |
Genre: |
Jungle |
Characters: |
Ras Re-Hü Fantomah Horus Fury |
Comic Story (8 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Tabu |
Synopsis: |
Anticipating a flood, Tabu and the chief of the lake people make preparations that save the villagers. |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as "Mack"] |
Genre: |
Jungle |
Characters: |
Tabu Wazi |
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