Issue: #77
Published: May 1946, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Color Cover; Color Interior Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. (early Issues); Standard Silver Age U.S. (later Issues) 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 (12 pages) |
The Golden Gourds Shriek Blood! |
| 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. |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga Ann Mason N'geeso Niato Pnais (African Tribe) Jim |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| 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. |
| Genre: |
Animal Jungle |
| Characters: |
Simba |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| 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. |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Wambi Ogg Monya Linkas (African Tribe) Tawn |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Dawn Terror |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| 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] |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Tabu |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
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| 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. |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Camilla Jake Dirk N'gala Fang (dog) |
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