Issue: #77
Published: May 1946, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Jack Byrne (credited)(managing editor); 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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| Cover (1 page) |
The Golden Gourds Shriek Blood! |
| Featuring: |
Kaänga |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Joe Doolin | Inks: Joe Doolin |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga Ann Mason |
| Comic Story (12 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Kaänga |
| Synopsis: |
Witch doctor Niato, in league with white treasure hunters, takes Ann to sacrifice to the god Ghia, which in reality is a mannequin drawn from the lake by a balloon. Kaänga arrives and exposes the fraud, kills the witch doctor, and frees Ann. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Frank Riddell] | Pencils: Howard Larsen | Inks: Howard Larsen |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga Ann Mason N'geeso Niato Pnais (African Tribe) Jim |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Simba, King of Beasts |
| Synopsis: |
Simba, seeking to escape crocodiles, flees onto a steamboat full of caged animals. Shortly natives attack and Simba drives them away when the hunters open the cages. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Ed Hunt] | Pencils: August Froehlich (signed) | Inks: August Froehlich (signed) |
| Genre: |
Animal Jungle |
| Characters: |
Simba |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Wambi, The Jungle Boy |
| Synopsis: |
A snake priestess demands tribute from villagers and those who fail to produce their valuables die. Wambi reveals that she is using a hidden snake to kill the victims and that he has introduced a mongoose into the mechanism that killed the snake. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Roy L. Smith] | Inks: Regina Levander |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Wambi Ogg Monya Linkas (African Tribe) Tawn |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Captain Terry Thunder |
| Synopsis: |
Terry is given a new assignment as the governor of Fort Diablo. When he arrives, he finds that the previous governor, though imprisoned, has staged a riot and taken over the fort. Terry is imprisoned himself, but manages to escape and re-establish order. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Pierre La Rue] | Pencils: Joe Doolin | Inks: Joe Doolin |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Terry Thunder Maynard Lieutenant Sasse Jeanette Maynard Lieutenant Martin |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Dawn Terror |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Tabu |
| Synopsis: |
The priestess of a hawk cult uses giant hawks to capture villagers to bring to her lair for sacrifice. Tabu uses his powers of illusions and convinces the priestess that she is a hawk; she falls to her death. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Mack] | Pencils: Richard Case | Inks: Richard Case ?; ? |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Tabu |
| Activity (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Jungle Facts |
| Synopsis: |
An animal identification quiz. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Mike Peppe (signed) | Inks: Mike Peppe (signed) |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Jungle Nature |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Camilla |
| Synopsis: |
White treasure hunters attempt to force Camilla to reveal the location of the Temple of Gar and its gold. She refuses, but before they can kill her, the guardian of the temple, an old man, appears and takes them into the river, drowning him. Camilla takes the responsibilities of guarding the temple. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Victor Ibsen] | Pencils: Fran Hopper (signed) | Inks: Fran Hopper (signed); Ruth Atkinson ? |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Camilla Jake Dirk N'gala Fang (dog) |
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