Issue: #109
Published: January 1949, 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 (6 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Simba, King of Beasts |
Synopsis: |
Simba's cubs are taken by mandrills who then lose the cubs to hunting dogs who take the cubs to their white hunter masters. Simba pursues and kills the mandrill king while Mrs. Simba slips into the hunters' camp and frees the cubs. |
Genre: |
Animal Jungle |
Characters: |
Simba Mrs. Simba Bogora (mandrill) |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Jungle Scrapbook |
Synopsis: |
Brief natural histories of several animals. |
Genre: |
Non-fiction Jungle Nature |
Text Story (2 pages) |
The Courage of Kaambi |
Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Jungle |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Captain Terry Thunder |
Synopsis: |
A mad sculptor threaten native villages with a "stone plague" if they do not give him tribute. Terry investigates and learns that the apparently petrified plague sufferers are, in fact, statues. The sculptor is taken into custody. |
Genre: |
Adventure Jungle |
Characters: |
Terry Thunder Keeto Umbali R'nobi Karen Thompson George Thompson |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Tabu |
Synopsis: |
Paul Corveaux murders his wife and frames the slave girl, Lelana, for the crime. Tabu sends Lelana to the Mistlands to protect her and confronts Corveaux who confesses his crimes and is taken into custody by the local villagers. |
Credits: |
Script: Mack |
Genre: |
Jungle |
Characters: |
Tabu Lelana Ruth Corveaux Paul Corveaux |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Jungle Facts |
Synopsis: |
A brief natural history of the elephant |
Genre: |
Non-fiction Jungle Nature |
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