Issue: #5
Published: May 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Cover; Color Interior Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. (early Issues); Standard Silver Age U.S. (later Issues) Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 449460.
|
| Cover (1 page) |
Empire of the Ape Men |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
|
| Synopsis: |
Ann and Cheeba help Kaänga escape after he is captured by Broot. Kaänga then uses the animals of the jungle to chase away Broot's army. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Red Bradey] (credited) |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Kaänga Sam Broot (villain) Ann Mason Cheeba (leopard) |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
|
| Synopsis: |
After the Red Panther rescues a safari from poisonous ants, the Ant Woman vows revenge on the Panther and the safari leaders. However, following their capture, the Panther turns the tables on the Ant Woman and she is killed by her own ants. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Taylor Martin] (credited) |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
The Red Panther The Ant Woman (introduction, Villain, Death) |
| Comic Story (0 pages) |
Strange Case of Ezra Ark: Case 3: File 1: Clue 2 |
| Synopsis: |
In this installment of the Fiction House serialized mystery of the month, Ark's nephew threatens to kill him. |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Ark |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Death of the Laughing Terror |
| Featuring: |
Ran-Tog |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks: ? (2 spot illustrations) | Colours: ? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Ran-Tog |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
|
| Synopsis: |
Roy helps members of the Kubutti escape from slavers. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Harold Morley] (credited) |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Roy Lance Kubuttis (African Tribe) |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
|
| Synopsis: |
Unscrupulous hunters poison the water hole and take the Masons captive. Simba rescues the Masons, who then detoxify the water hole. |
| Genre: |
Animal Jungle |
| Characters: |
Simba John Mason Dick Mason |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Mundoor and the Giant Reptiles |
| Synopsis: |
Discovering the eggs of giant reptiles on a fallen asteroid, Mundoor raises the reptiles in an attempt to take over the world. Fantomah uses her astounding powers to break Mundoor's hypnotic control over the reptiles and sends Mundoor, the reptiles, and the asteroid into deep space. |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Fantomah Mundoor (introduction, Villain) |
| Cartoon (0 pages) |
|
| Featuring: |
Jungle Roars |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Lore] (credited) |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
A Jungle Tale |
| Featuring: |
Prof. Dunk |
| Synopsis: |
A monkey with a magnifying glass puts the professor on the hot seat. |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Professor Dunk |
|
