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Issue: Jungle Comics #55 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1944
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Issues: #55 of 163 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Glen-Kel Pub. Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/16/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S. (early issues); standard Silver Age U.S. (later issues)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Tree Devil

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Kaänga; Ann Mason
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Tree Devil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'geeso; G'heta; Tombas (African tribe); Nelson; Sambo
First Line: "Seek Kaänga"... purred the tribal drums...
Synopsis: A white trader, wary of Kaänga's influence on the natives, drugs Kaänga with a potion that will make him appear mad.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, nature
Character(s): Simba; Gubu (gorilla); Ingagi (gorilla); Sim (lion); Mrs. Simba
First Line: The relentless African sun drives jungle folk to the water hole...
Synopsis: A rogue gorilla threatens Simba's mate and cubs.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Mack]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Tabu; Mala; N'galis (African tribe); Steve
First Line: In the land of the N'Galis, deep in the jungle, Princess Mala summons her people.
Synopsis: In exchange for jewelry, Mala, princess of the N'galis, arranges to give the tribe's sacred idol to white treasure hunters.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Lore of the Jungle Giants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, nature, non-fiction
First Line: Are gorillas woman stealers?
Synopsis: A brief natural history of the gorilla.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: There doesn't seem to be much that is scientifically accurate in this natural history.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Wambi, The Jungle Boy
Character(s): Wambi; Aga (antelope); Shira (tiger); Ogg
First Line: Tho' she is our dead chief's daughter, she is not fit to rule!
Synopsis: A witch doctor uses sleight of hand to convince the tribe that their princess is filled with evil snakes. Wambi turns the tables on him and inoculates the princess with snake repelling herbs.
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): N'gi; Terry Thunder; Red Beard
First Line: N'gi, of the peaceful Koni people, brings black news...
Synopsis: Terry recaptures the escaped criminal Red Beard.
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Pages: 5
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Stars in the Mud

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Dan Stockman]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Dr. Atherstone
First Line: The African sun was very bright and hot.
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Trader Davis; Camilla; Sata; Zizi; Ma Yumbis (African tribe); Captain Bise; Makalis (African tribe)
First Line: Fools!..Idiots! Peegs! Your stupid law cannot keel me, I say!
Synopsis: Zizi, a French criminal, lays siege to Fort LeBoyne in order to free his girlfriend, Sata, who has been condemned to die. Camilla rouses the near-by native village to lift the siege.
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In Content Item: FlagKaänga Comics #7 published January 1951
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]Camilla changed to Jessie, Jungle Girl
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Pages: 8

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