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Issue: Zoot Comics #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1947
 
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Publisher: FlagFox
Indicia Publisher: Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/05/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Fox
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
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Fangs of Black Fury

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jack Kamen
Jack Kamen
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Subject Matter
jungle
Rulah
Rulah; Taho
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Miscellaneous
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The cover illustrates a scene from the interior story "Fangs of Black Fury."
Fangs of Black Fury

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Matt Baker ?
Matt Baker ?
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Subject Matter
jungle
Rulah
Rulah; Nimbo; Umar; Taho; Koor
Rulah, former American playgirl and present jungle goddess, battles the two most...
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.
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Miscellaneous
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Rulah and her "tribe" (including boy Nimbo) are white, while other "natives" are black. Umar is black but his evil "mate" Taho is a white member of Rulah's tribe: this interracial relationship is very rare in popular culture of the era.
Story begins on inside front cover.
African Treasure-Hunt

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Manning
typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
Private Lives of Jungle Folk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
non-fiction
Three illustrated factoids about people and animals who live in the jungle.
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Miscellaneous
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The Slave Girls of the Monstrous Bwana Stark!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Matt Baker ?
Matt Baker ?
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Subject Matter
adventure, jungle
Rulah
Rulah; Bwana Stark; Abini; Chief
Someone should have warned the scheming bwana that Rulah was...
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.
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Miscellaneous
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Rulah and all of the enslaved women are white, yet the rest of the tribe, including one boy, are black, and the men even refer to the prisoners as "our women folk." No mention of this is made in the story and yet it is extremely rare in the pop culture of this era to openly suggest miscegenation. This is not a colouring error, since the women are all drawn with Caucasian features and the men are drawn with African features.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, mystery
Dick Transom
Dick Transom; Kittie; Finnegan; Mrs. Upsweep; Big Mike [Michael Purdy]
This private dick business is the bunk!
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.
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Miscellaneous
7
"Brainy Brats" is a spoof of the actual radio show "Quiz Kids."

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