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Issue: #38
Published: February 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)	Duel of the Congo Destoryers
Featuring:	Kaänga
Credits:	Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich (signed) \| Inks: Dan Zolnerowich (signed) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Kaänga Ann Mason

Comic Story (14 pages)	Duel of the Congo Destroyers
Featuring:	Kaänga
Synopsis:	Kaanga protects a trading party from Senegalese raiders.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Frank Riddell] \| Pencils: George Tuska \| Inks: George Tuska
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Johannes Volmer (introduction) Julie Volmer (introduction) Ted (introduction) Hendrik (introduction, Villain, Death) Jalmud (introduction, Villain, Death) Kaänga Ann Mason Ngeeso K'lua K'bona (elephant)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Fantomah, Daughter of the Pharoahs
Synopsis:	Sheri, an Arab, convinces a group of Ethiopians that she is the rightful queen of Khefra and they aid her in an effort to overthrow Fantomah.
Credits:	Script: ? [as W. B. Hovious] \| Pencils: George Appel \| Inks: George Appel
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Sheri (introduction, Villain) Fantomah Horus Fury

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle
Synopsis:	Ben Hamid's Arabs kidnap a girl in order to trade her to cannibals for platinum. Tabu comes to her rescue.
Credits:	Script: ? [as "Mack"] \| Pencils: Saul Rosen \| Inks: Saul Rosen
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Tabu Akmed Ali Ungogos (African Tribe) N'mala Ben Hamid

Text Story (3 pages)	Witch Doctor's Juju Trap
Credits:	Script: ? [as Trevor McLane] \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Jungle

Statement Of Ownership (0 pages)
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Captain Terry Thunder
Synopsis:	Terry and Andy are captured in Alexandria by Nazi agents. They manage to escape and, with Kismet and Vincent's help, sink a German submarine.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Pierre La Rue] \| Pencils: Robert Webb \| Inks: Robert Webb ?; ?
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Tula (introduction, Villain) Abis (introduction, Villain) Bato (introduction, Villain) Terry Thunder Anderson The Arab Kismet Vincent

Comic Story (10 pages)
Featuring:	Wambi, The Jungle Boy
Synopsis:	Wambi and his jungle friends rescue a missionary's daughter from being sacrificed by a priest seeking revenge against her father.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Roy L. Smith] \| Pencils: Henry Kiefer \| Inks: Henry Kiefer
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	A Masked Priest (introduction, Villain) Lucy Gaynor (introduction) Charles Gaynor (introduction) Wambi Ogg Janguas (African Tribe) Tawn Lea (lion)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Simba, King of Beasts
Synopsis:	Simba attempts to warn a white animal collector and his daughter of their impending betrayal by their safari.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Ed Hunt] \| Pencils: George Tuska \| Inks: George Tuska
Genre:	Animal Jungle
Characters:	Simba

Comic Story (10 pages)	Greed!
Featuring:	Camilla
Synopsis:	Angered by business reversals, Sam vows to steal the sacred jewels of the Zugos. He is killed by a booby-trapped idol.
Credits:	Pencils: Nick Cardy [as N. Viscardi] (signed) \| Inks: Nick Cardy [as N. Viscardi] (signed)
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Trader Davis Sam Redbeard (introduction, Villain, Death) Redbeard's Sister (introduction) Camilla Zugos (African Tribe)

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