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Jungle Comics #45

Fiction House · Series began 1940 · September 1943

Dates

Cover date
September 1943
On sale
July 26, 1943
Pages
60

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Rafael Astarita, Richard Case, Henry Kiefer, George Appel, Bob Webb, Jim Mooneyinks: Rafael Astarita, Henry Kiefer, George Appel, Iger Shop, Jim Mooneyscript: Frank Riddell, Ed Hunt, Roy L. Smith, W. B. Hovious, Pierre La Rue, Victor Ibsen

Stories

  • Untitled · 12 pages

    The Baroness, the white ruler of a band of native outlaws is dying from drug use. Cairo Joe, her partner devises a scheme to replace her with Ann and make the natives think that their goddess has risen from the dead. Kaänga manages to rescue Ann and the outlaws kill the white leaders.

  • Battle to the Death! · 6 pages

    Simba's kingship is challenged by a mad bull from the natives' herd.

  • Untitled · 6 pages

    A witch doctor schemes to rule his tribe, first murdering the chief and then attempting to murder the chief's son and daughter-in-law. Tabu exposes him as a fraud.

  • Untitled · 10 pages

    A rajah decides to build a dam to make his sandalwood logs easier to transport. The lake being formed floods Wambi's jungle. Wambi and his jungle friends pull down the dam. The rajah's daughter is caught in the torrent and is saved by Wambi who extracts a promise from the rajah to leave the jungle as it was before.

  • Untitled · 5 pages

    Fantomah challenges the visiting king of Ar to a chariot race, playing directly into his plans to murder her and assume her crown as well as his own. Fury comes to her rescue, leading to the king's death as his horse runs wild.

  • White Man's Juju · 2 pages
  • Untitled · 5 pages

    A renegade leader stirs up trouble by kidnapping a local chief's daughter. Terry rides to her rescue.

  • Untitled · 10 pages

    Nazi agents are hiding treasures pilfered from all over Europe in the African jungle.

Characters

KaängaFantomahCamillaAnn MasonTabuSimba

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