Issue: #98
Published: February 1948, 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
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| Comic Story (10 pages) |
Ten Tusks of Zulu Ivory |
| Synopsis: |
Station manager Markham spreads word that the station personnel are suffering from fever and the natives give it a wide berth, enabling Markham to steal ten tusks of ivory. When Lindstrom, the station owner arrives, Markham convinces him to sign over the local mines to him. Kaänga rescues the party that Markham had taken hostage and Markham is killed by a captive gorilla. |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga Ann Mason Koko Markham Lindstrom Michael Marmo N'geeso |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Simba, King of Beasts |
| Synopsis: |
Simba is wounded by a rhinoceros that proclaims himself king of the jungle. Simba's wounds are treated by a doctor on safari. When the rhinoceros attacks Simba's family, Simba stands his ground and defeats him. |
| Genre: |
Animal Jungle |
| Characters: |
Simba Tarku (elephant) Dr. Groton |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Captain Terry Thunder |
| Synopsis: |
Congo Lil and her men, disguised as ape cultists, raid the T'bongas and make them slaves in Lil's diamond mine. Terry leads the real ape cultists in attack on Lil and her men and Lil is killed in the battle. |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Terry Thunder Keeto T'bongas (African Tribe) Ape Cultists Congo Lil Guro |
| Activity (1 page) |
Jungle Quiz |
| Featuring: |
African Wild Life |
| Synopsis: |
An animal identification quiz. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Nature |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Wambi, The Jungle Boy |
| Synopsis: |
After Wambi rescues an orphaned lion from a hunter's trap, the boy becomes jealous of the attention given to the cub by his jungle friends. He plays a series of practical jokes on them that almost results in his own death when he falls into the hunter's tiger trap and they don't believe his cries for help. At the instance of the monkeys who have see Wambi's fall, they go to his aid. |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Wambi Maru Tawn Ogg Sirdah |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Lions at Large |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Jungle Lore |
| Synopsis: |
A description of a tiger hunt. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Jungle |
| Statement Of Ownership (0 pages) |
Statement of Ownership |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Zazenda Ghost Goddess of Lost Souls! |
| Featuring: |
Tabu |
| Synopsis: |
Tabu and the district commissioner travel by astral projection to the land of the witch Zazenda where Tabu bests her in a magic duel. |
| Credits: |
Script: Mack |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Zazenda M'gombo Tabu |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
A trio of con men, hoping to extract tribute from a local tribe, use a double of Camilla to warn the tribe against dis-obeying the white men. Camilla exposes the fraud and kills the ringleader. |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Camilla Fang (dog) M'boli Kalembu Gibson Slade Helen |
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