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Issue: #37
Published: January 1943, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Larabie Cunningham (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
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, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Scaly Sentinel of Taboo Swamp
Featuring:	Kaänga
Credits:	Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich (signed) \| Inks: Dan Zolnerowich (signed) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Kaänga Ann Mason

Comic Story (14 pages)	Scaly Sentinel of Taboo Swamp
Featuring:	Kaänga
Synopsis:	A gang of criminals believe that a scientist can lead them to a giant, solid gold statue. Kaänga pursues them into the Voodoo Swamp where they all learn that the idol is a living dinosaur.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Frank Riddell] \| Pencils: George Tuska (signed) \| Inks: George Tuska (signed)
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Doris Mason Dr. Sheldon Brayne (introduction) Cutroni (introduction, Villain, Death) Mungo Joe (introduction, Villain, Death) Lpoma (introduction, Villain, Death) Hymie Goran (introduction, Villain, Death) A Lascar (introduction, Villain, Death) Kaänga Ann Mason Ngeeso Marmo (elephant)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Fantomah, Daughter of the Pharoahs
Synopsis:	An Indian rajah comes to Khefra in order to steal the ancient Black Diamonds of Kaa.
Credits:	Script: ? [as W. B. Hovious] \| Pencils: George Appel \| Inks: Georga Appel
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	A Rajah (introduction, Villain, Death) A Scribe (introduction, Villain, Death) Fantomah Horus Fury

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	Tabu
Synopsis:	Ivory hunters penetrate deep into Tabu's jungle where they encounter a tribe of mute men who kidnap Steve, the safari leader. Tabu learns that Steve had visited the tribe many years before and, after killing their king, had ordered the men's tongues cut out. The king's daughter has her revenge of Steve, with Tabu's approval.
Credits:	Script: ? [as "Mack"] \| Pencils: Saul Rosen \| Inks: Saul Rosen
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Steve (introduction, Villain, Death) Jean (introduction) Joe (introduction) A Tribe Of Mute Men (introduction) Tribe's Queen (introduction) Tabu

Text Story (2 pages)	Blood Moon over Bandiagara
Credits:	Script: ? [as Tom Russell] \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Jungle

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Captain Terry Thunder
Synopsis:	Counterfeiters swindle Andy but lose their counterfeiting plates in the process.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Pierre La Rue]
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Two Counterfeiters (introduction, Villain) Terry Thunder Anderson The Arab Kismet Vincent

Comic Story (10 pages)
Featuring:	Wambi, The Jungle Boy
Synopsis:	An unscrupulous Arab convinces a native village that a new lava formation is a god and orders them to bring him treasure.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Roy L. Smith] \| Pencils: Henry Kiefer \| Inks: Henry Kiefer
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Ahab (introduction) A Rajah (introduction) Princess Lalla (introduction) Wambi Ogg Tawn

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Simba, King of Beasts
Synopsis:	A rogue bull elephant makes trouble for the elephant herd before he is driven away by Simba and a monkey.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Ed Hunt] \| Pencils: George Tuska \| Inks: George Tuska
Genre:	Animal Jungle
Characters:	Simba

Comic Story (10 pages)
Featuring:	Camilla
Synopsis:	In order to prevent a leopard cult from driving a tribe off their land, Camilla must select a jungle animal to battle a leopard. She chooses a water buffalo and the buffalo is triumphant.
Credits:	Pencils: Nick Cardy [as N. Viscardi] (signed) \| Inks: Nick Cardy [as N. Viscardi] (signed)
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Trader Davis A Leopard Cult (introduction, Villains) Camilla

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