Issue: #55
Published: July 1944, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: 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, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 3.
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| Cover (1 page) |
The Tree Devil |
| Featuring: |
Kaänga |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Joe Doolin | Inks: Joe Doolin |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga Ann Mason |
| Comic Story (12 pages) |
The Tree Devil |
| Featuring: |
Kaänga |
| Synopsis: |
A white trader, wary of Kaänga's influence on the natives, drugs Kaänga with a potion that will make him appear mad. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Frank Riddell] | Pencils: Art Saaf | Inks: Art Saaf |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga Ann Mason N'geeso G'heta Tombas (African Tribe) Nelson Sambo |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Tabu |
| Synopsis: |
In exchange for jewelry, Mala, princess of the N'galis, arranges to give the tribe's sacred idol to white treasure hunters. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Mack] | Pencils: Marcia Snyder | Inks: Marcia Snyder |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Tabu Mala N'galis (African Tribe) Steve |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Lore of the Jungle Giants |
| Synopsis: |
A brief natural history of the gorilla. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Norman Leslie] | Pencils: Fran Hopper | Inks: Fran Hopper |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Jungle Nature |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Wambi, The Jungle Boy |
| Synopsis: |
A witch doctor uses sleight of hand to convince the tribe that their princess is filled with evil snakes. Wambi turns the tables on him and inoculates the princess with snake repelling herbs. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Roy L. Smith] | Pencils: Henry Kiefer | Inks: Henry Kiefer |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Wambi Aga (antelope) Shira (tiger) Ogg |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Captain Terry Thunder |
| Synopsis: |
Terry recaptures the escaped criminal Red Beard. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Pierre La Rue] | Pencils: Richard Case | Inks: Richard Case |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
N'gi Terry Thunder Red Beard |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Stars in the Mud |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Dan Stockman] | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Dr. Atherstone |
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