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CATALOG RECORD

Jungle Comics #77

Fiction House · Series began 1940 · May 1946

Dates

Cover date
May 1946
On sale
March 22, 1946
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Joe Doolin, Howard Larsen, August Froehlich, Richard Case, Mike Peppe, Fran Hopperinks: Joe Doolin, Howard Larsen, August Froehlich, Jean Levander, Mike Peppe, Fran Hopperscript: Frank Riddell, Ed Hunt, Roy L. Smith, Pierre La Rue, Victor Ibsen

Stories

  • The Golden Gourds Shriek Blood! · 12 pages

    Witch doctor Niato, in league with white treasure hunters, takes Ann to sacrifice to the god Ghia, which in reality is a mannequin drawn from the lake by a balloon. Kaänga arrives and exposes the fraud, kills the witch doctor, and frees Ann.

  • Untitled · 6 pages

    Simba, seeking to escape crocodiles, flees onto a steamboat full of caged animals. Shortly natives attack and Simba drives them away when the hunters open the cages.

  • Untitled · 6 pages

    A snake priestess demands tribute from villagers and those who fail to produce their valuables die. Wambi reveals that she is using a hidden snake to kill the victims and that he has introduced a mongoose into the mechanism that killed the snake.

  • Untitled · 6 pages

    Terry is given a new assignment as the governor of Fort Diablo. When he arrives, he finds that the previous governor, though imprisoned, has staged a riot and taken over the fort. Terry is imprisoned himself, but manages to escape and re-establish order.

  • The Dawn Terror · 2 pages
  • Untitled · 6 pages

    The priestess of a hawk cult uses giant hawks to capture villagers to bring to her lair for sacrifice. Tabu uses his powers of illusions and convinces the priestess that she is a hawk; she falls to her death.

  • Untitled · 8 pages

    White treasure hunters attempt to force Camilla to reveal the location of the Temple of Gar and its gold. She refuses, but before they can kill her, the guardian of the temple, an old man, appears and takes them into the river, drowning him. Camilla takes the responsibilities of guarding the temple.

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