Issue: #81
Published: September 1946, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: J. F. Byrne (managing editor)(credited); John C. Mitchell (credited)
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, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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| Comic Story (11 pages) |
The Death of Kaänga's Mate! |
| Synopsis: |
Treasure hunters are seeking a little boy with a treasure map hidden in his clothes. Kaänga and Ann protect the child and find his parents. |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga Ann Mason N'geeso Chuck Slocum Nora Bobo |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Simba, King of the Beasts |
| Synopsis: |
Simba rescues an aging warthog from a pack of hyenas. Later, when a band of mandrills challenges Simba for lordship of the jungle and traps him in a net, the warthog frees Simba and helps with the defeat of the mandrills. |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Simba Wano (mandrill) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Tabu |
| Synopsis: |
A pair of ivory hunters use a trained elephant to lure elephant herds to them. Tabu conjures up the ghosts of slain elephants and the trained elephant turns on the hunters. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Mack] | Pencils: Richard Case | Inks: Richard Case |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Tabu N'mino Gert Nolan Kolu |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Jungle Lore |
| Synopsis: |
A brief survey of different media of exchange used in Africa. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Wambi, The Jungle Boy |
| Synopsis: |
O'Hara's new overseer, Miss Cushman is making slaves of the local villagers and is capturing animals as well. Wambi and his jungle friends free all the captives and O'Hara promises that he will have no more slaves in his mines. |
| Credits: |
Inks: ? (Iger Shop) |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Wambi Ogg Tawn O'Hara Miss Cushman |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Quest of the Feathered Fetish |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Frank Riddell] | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Captain Terry Thunder |
| Synopsis: |
River pirates trick Terry into taking a booby-trapped steamboat into the fort's dock. Terry, however, discovers the hidden explosives and captures the pirates. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Terry Thunder Keeto Lanna Sam Trigger |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Primitive African Cults |
| Featuring: |
Jungle Facts |
| Synopsis: |
A brief survey of some African religious practices. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Jungle |
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