CATALOG RECORD

Zoot Comics #9

Fox · Series began 1946 · October 1947

Dates

pencils: Jack Kameninks: Jack Kamen

Fangs of Black Fury · 12 pages
Taho wants gold buried in the river near Rulah's village, so she has her mate Umar import an octopus to scare the villagers away. Rulah exposes the plan and Umar is killed by his own monster. Taho vanishes and returns with a horde of black panthers. With the advice of old Koor and the help of young Nimbo, Rulah defeats Taho and her killer cats.
African Treasure-Hunt · 2 pages
Private Lives of Jungle Folk · 1 pages
Three illustrated factoids about people and animals who live in the jungle.
The Slave Girls of the Monstrous Bwana Stark! · 10 pages
Rulah and various women are captured by Stark and become slaves on his coffee plantation. Stark and his men are killed in an elephant stampede but the Chief of the tribe thinks Rulah helped enslave his people. Rulah proves her innocence and identifies Abini as the inside man of the scheme. She kills Abini with a spear.
Untitled · 7 pages
Private detective Dick teams with Finnegan to discover who stole Mrs. Finnegan's jewels. Dick identifies the juvenile star of the "Brainy Brats" radio quiz show as midget crook Big Mike, and arrests the whole gang.