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Issue: Wild Boy #6 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1952
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Issues: #6 of 8 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagZiff-Davis
Brand: A Ziff-Davis ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Herbert W. Rogoff
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Battle for Survival

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Norman Saunders (painting)
Inker(s): Norman Saunders (painting)
Colorist(s): Norman Saunders (painting)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Wild Boy
Character(s): Wild Boy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credit from David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008)
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Look!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ziff-Davis Comics
Synopsis: They mean fun, adventure, excitement, thrills and wholesome reading for the entire family.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Photo of 20 Ziff-Davis Comics.
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Wrath of the Gods

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Wild Boy; Keeto; Daro (panther)
Synopsis: Deadlier than slashing claw and tearing fang is native superstition and fear. They are ruled by the wrath of the gods.
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In Content Item: FlagWild Boy of the Congo #13 published February 1955
as Wrath of the Gods [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Jim Vadebonceur has Kramer as the best guess.
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Trophy Hunter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Joe Barton; Leslie Bronn; Janice Bronn
Synopsis: A big game hunter has hired Joe Barton to find the white albino deer in the Nawali area.
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In Content Item: FlagWild Boy of the Congo #13 published February 1955
as Trophy Hunter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The faces in close up looking backwards, with lightning eyebrows are like Novick's work.

Inks suggested by the Who's Who.
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.45 Caliber Kingdom

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Roger Metcalfe (Jungle Policeman); Schiller (jungle outlaw)
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In Content Item: FlagWild Boy of the Congo #13 published February 1955
as .45 Caliber Kingdom [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Battle for Survival

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Wild Boy; Walter Wiggins; Bawalli; Monstro (giant elephant)
Synopsis: Wiggins leads a safari through the jungle to trap Monstro, the giant elephant.
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In Content Item: FlagWild Boy of the Congo #13 published February 1955
as Battle for Survival [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Becker is recognised by the long inklines in the faces. The drawings match other signed work by Becker.
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Up a Tree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vic Martin (signed)
Inker(s): Vic Martin (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, jungle
Feature(s): Stanley and Rivington
Character(s): Stanley; Rivington
Synopsis: The rhinocerous is not supposed to climb trees.
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In Content Item: FlagWild Boy of the Congo #13 published February 1955
as Up a Tree [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Perilous Journey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Wild Boy; Keeto; Chief Ishtah; Daro (panther)
Synopsis: A strange sickness has struck the native village, and Wild Boy sets out to get a white doctor who can cure it.
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In Content Item: FlagWild Boy of the Congo #13 published February 1955
as Perilous Journey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Jim Vadebonceur has Kramer as the best guess for the art.
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Powerful

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Imperial Sales Co.
Synopsis: Look fellows, here's the neatest, strongest little real electric motor you've ever seen.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hey Skinny!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
Character(s): Charles Atlas
Synopsis: Charles Atlas can make you a new man in only 15 minutes a day.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Short comic strip.
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Prizes for Everyone

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Seed Company.
Synopsis: Sell vegetable and flower seeds and get prizes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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