Digital Comic Museum - Jungle Comics 085 -JVJ


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From the collection of JVJ

Issue: #85
Published: January 1947, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
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.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Brides for the Man-Apes
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Kaänga Ann Mason

Comic Story (10 pages)	Brides for the Man-Apes
Synopsis:	Mad scientist Roho takes N'Tito's brain and places it in ape. He then kidnaps Ann and plans to allow the ape inhabiting N'Titi's body to kill her. Kaänga and N'Tito arrive in time to save Ann but N'Tito and Roho are both killed.
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Roho (introduction, Villain, Death) N'Gula (introduction, Villain) N'Tito (introduction, Villain, Death) Kaänga Ann Mason N'whilis (African Tribe) N'wai

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Simba, King of Beasts
Synopsis:	Simba protects a lost white child from buffalo stampede and mandrill attack until the boy's parents find him.
Genre:	Animal Jungle
Characters:	Simba

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Captain Terry Thunder
Synopsis:	Terry rides to rescue the sultan's daughter from her kidnapper, Ali Khan. Keeeto, disguised as the Desert Whip, a notorious criminal, manages to get the better of Ali Khan and the girl is rescued.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Ali Khan (introduction, Villain) Damasca (introduction) Terry Thunder Keeto [the Desert Whip]

Text Story (4 pages)	No. 1: Cecil Rhodes
Featuring:	Men of Adventure
Synopsis:	Cecil Rhodes biography.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction
Characters:	Cecil Rhodes

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Wambi, The Jungle Boy
Synopsis:	Two hunters trick Wambi into letting them record his voice while he is giving animals commands. Using the recording, they manage to capture dozens of animals with no effort. Wambi, however, comes to the rescue of his jungle friends.
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Carol (introduction, Villain, Death) Martin (introduction, Villain, Death) Wambi Tawn Ogg

Comic Story (2 pages)	Jungle Traps
Featuring:	Jungle Lore
Synopsis:	Brief descriptions of several jungle traps.
Genre:	Non-fiction Jungle

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Tabu
Synopsis:	The witch doctor Sikulu convinces his people that white men have killed their chief. He takes the tribe to the camp of innocent scientists with the intent of murder. Tabu arrives, tells the men the truth -- that Sikulu had attempted to kill the chief -- and watches as the warriors kill Sikulu.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Mack]
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Sikulu (introduction, Villain, Death) Paula (introduction) Paula's Father (introduction) N'Mzani (introduction) N'Mzani's Daughter (introduction) Tabu Bantus (African Tribe)

Comic Story (8 pages)
Synopsis:	A pair of jewel thieves kidnap Trader Tom and hope to torture him into revealing the location of his cache of pearls. Camilla rescues Tom, but not before one of the thieves has been killed by a viper; Camilla dispatches his partner.
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Cronin (introduction, Villain, Death) Lewis (introduction, Villain, Death) Trader Tom (introduction) Kaaru (introduction, Death) Naga (introduction) Camilla Fang (dog)

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