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Issue: Wild Boy #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1952
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Issues: #8 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: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Herbert W. Rogoff (Editor)
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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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Man-Eater

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (painted)
Inker(s): ? (painted)
Colorist(s): ? (painted)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Wild Boy
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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G.I. Joe Ad

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Henry Sharp
Inker(s): Henry Sharp
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Cpl. Carpuccio; Pvt. "Meatball" Eckerstall; Pvt. "Weepy" Hoolihan; Sgt. Mulvaney; Pvt. Joe Burch; Lt. Parker; Pvt. Zeb Cracken; Pvt. "Hoosier" Hawkins; Susy; Lilith
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside front cover.
Sharp had many of the G.I. Joe stories and is easy to spot by his faces.
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The Curse of Kalunga!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Wild Boy; Chief Nedru; Keeto; Daro (panther); Kaw (falcon); Wampitti; Askurri; Wagabi
Synopsis: The coward Wagabi changes into a reptile.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWild Boy of the Congo #12 published December 1954
as The Curse of Kalunga! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
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Man-Eater

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Wild Boy; Keeto; Daro (panther); Rex Cutler; Chief Watibbi
Synopsis: Rex Cutler is taking pictures of wild animals until Watibbi force him to leave the territory.
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In Content Item: FlagWild Boy of the Congo #12 published December 1954
as Man-Eater [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Feature(s): Jungle Tales
First Line: The giraffe lives in happy family groups...
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In Content Item: FlagWild Boy of the Congo #12 published December 1954
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The Bird-Man Legend

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
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In Content Item: FlagWild Boy of the Congo #12 published December 1954
as The Bird-Man Legend [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The River of Allah

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Joe Barton; Barney Brewster; Mahomet Ben Ali
Synopsis: Joe is hired by a fanatical man to guide him on a holy mission to find the river of Allah.
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In Content Item: FlagWild Boy of the Congo #12 published December 1954
as The River of Allah [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The faces in close up looking backwards, with lightning eyebrows are like Novick's work.

The inking may be by Sachs but his bright eyes are missing and the inking a bit heavy.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  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
Feature(s): African Antics
First Line: Clang clang
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In Content Item: FlagWild Boy of the Congo #12 published December 1954
as [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Kid Cowboy Ad

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Kid Cowboy
Character(s): Kid Cowboy
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In Issue: FlagWild Boy of the Congo #12 published December 1954
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Kid Cowboy #10, on sale August 22.
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Giants of the Jungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Kramer ?
Inker(s): Frank Kramer ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Wild Boy
Character(s): Wild Boy; Keeto (friend); Daro (panther); Chief Jaburri; Jafta
Synopsis: Wild Boy must win a contest of running, jumping and throwing to free his friend Keeto from the Wattusi tribe.
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In Content Item: FlagWild Boy of the Congo #12 published December 1954
as Giants of the Jungle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is the same art as on the other two "Wild Boy" stories in this issue.

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