Issue: #49
Published: January 1944, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 60, 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
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| Cover (1 page) |
Lair of the King-Serpent |
| Featuring: |
Kaänga |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Joe Doolin | Inks: Joe Doolin | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga Ann Mason |
| Comic Story (12 pages) |
Lair of the King-Serpent |
| Featuring: |
Kaänga |
| Synopsis: |
A pair of wanted murderers come to Kaänga's jungle, thinking themselves out of the reach of the law. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Frank Riddell] | Pencils: Howard Larsen ?; ? | Inks: Saul Rosen ?; ? |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga Ann Mason N'geeso Jules Rousseau Babes Malloy |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Simba, King of Beasts |
| Synopsis: |
The remaining two tiglons kill lone villagers when they can find them, until Simba puts an end to their predation. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Ed Hunt] | Pencils: Richard Case | Inks: Richard Case |
| Genre: |
Animal Jungle |
| Characters: |
Simba Tiku (monkey) Llambas (African Tribe) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle |
| Synopsis: |
An entomologist and his daughter are captured by natives who believe that the whites are working great magic by putting bugs in bottles. Tabu rescues them, using fireworks to show that his magi is strong. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as "Mac"] | Pencils: Saul Rosen | Inks: Saul Rosen |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Tabu Alicia Kuandos (African Tribe) |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Wambi, The Jungle Boy |
| Synopsis: |
In the midst of a drought, a village refuses to give Wambi food for his jungle friends. Later, that same tribe asks Wambi for help when they are attacked by neighbors and Wambi complies. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Roy L. Smith] | Pencils: Henry Kiefer | Inks: Henry Kiefer |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Wambi Ogg Buanas (African Tribe) Tawn |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Blood Trail |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Ring Steffin] | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Bruce Kerman |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Fantomah |
| Synopsis: |
Ghazia, lusting after Fantomah's throne disguises the spotted men as mummies and sets them on the city of Khefra. Fantomah calls on the ancient gods of Egypt to turn the Spotted Men into real mummies and they crumble into dust as Ghazia flees the city. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as W.B. Hovious] | Pencils: George Appel | Inks: George Appel |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Ghazia Fantomah Fury Horus N'gulo Spotted Men |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Camilla, Queen of the Jungle Empire |
| Synopsis: |
Camilla rescues a little girl, orphaned and taken by bizarre little men to be their goddess. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Victor Ibsen] | Pencils: George Tuska (signed) | Inks: George Tuska (signed) |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Camilla Fran |
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