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Brides for the Man-Apes

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Inker(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Kaänga

Character(s): Kaänga; Ann Mason

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Pages: 1

Brides for the Man-Apes

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Frank Riddell]

Penciller(s): John Celardo (signed)

Inker(s): John Celardo (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Kaänga

Character(s): Roho (introduction, villain, death); N'Gula (introduction, villain); N'Tito (introduction, villain, death); Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'whilis (African tribe); N'wai

Synopsis: Mad scientist Roho takes N'Tito's brain and places it in ape. He then kidnaps Ann and plans to allow the ape inhabiting N'Titi's body to kill her. Kaänga and N'Tito arrive in time to save Ann but N'Tito and Roho are both killed.

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Pages: 10

Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

first line: "Spawned by hatred and tortured by greed, the ogre thundered down the veldt."

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Ed Hunt]

Penciller(s): August Froehlich [as A.M. Froehlich] (signed)

Inker(s): August Froehlich [as A.M. Froehlich] (signed)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Simba, King of Beasts

Character(s): Simba

First Line: Beneath the waving grasses of jungle veldt...

Synopsis: Simba protects a lost white child from buffalo stampede and mandrill attack until the boy's parents find him.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Froelich's signature is in the final panel

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Pierre La Rue]

Penciller(s): Bob Lubbers (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Lubbers (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Captain Terry Thunder

Character(s): Ali Khan (introduction, villain); Damasca (introduction); Terry Thunder; Keeto [the Desert Whip]

First Line: Tortured words ripped from the lips of a dying lancer...

Synopsis: Terry rides to rescue the sultan's daughter from her kidnapper, Ali Khan. Keeeto, disguised as the Desert Whip, a notorious criminal, manages to get the better of Ali Khan and the girl is rescued.

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Pages: 6

No. 1: Cecil Rhodes

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): George Evans

Inker(s): George Evans

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational

Feature(s): Men of Adventure

Character(s): Cecil Rhodes

Synopsis: Cecil Rhodes biography.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Illustrated text story.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Roy L. Smith]

Penciller(s): Alex Blum; John Forte ?

Inker(s): Jack Kamen ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Wambi, The Jungle Boy

Character(s): Carol (introduction, villain, death); Martin (introduction, villain, death); Wambi; Tawn; Ogg

First Line: Greed...the lust for money filled their evil souls...

Synopsis: Two hunters trick Wambi into letting them record his voice while he is giving animals commands. Using the recording, they manage to capture dozens of animals with no effort. Wambi, however, comes to the rescue of his jungle friends.

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Pages: 6

Jungle Traps

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Mike Peppe ?

Inker(s): Mike Peppe ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Jungle Lore

Synopsis: Brief descriptions of several jungle traps.

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Pages: 2

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Mack]

Penciller(s): Howard Larsen

Inker(s): Howard Larsen

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Tabu

Character(s): Sikulu (introduction, villain, death); Paula (introduction); Paula's father (introduction); N'Mzani (introduction); N'Mzani's daughter (introduction); Tabu; Bantus (African tribe)

First Line: Deep in the steaming brush, where death is ever-present, dwells Tabu...

Synopsis: The witch doctor Sikulu convinces his people that white men have killed their chief. He takes the tribe to the camp of innocent scientists with the intent of murder. Tabu arrives, tells the men the truth -- that Sikulu had attempted to kill the chief -- and watches as the warriors kill Sikulu.

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Victor Ibsen]

Penciller(s): Fran Hopper

Inker(s): Fran Hopper; Maurice Whitman ?; Frank Frazetta ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Camilla

Character(s): Cronin (introduction, villain, death); Lewis (introduction, villain, death); Trader Tom (introduction); Kaaru (introduction, death); Naga (introduction); Camilla; Fang (dog)

First Line: The age-old smoky pearls foretold -- deep in the depths of their swirling murky mist -- of reckless, snarling white men...

Synopsis: A pair of jewel thieves kidnap Trader Tom and hope to torture him into revealing the location of his cache of pearls. Camilla rescues Tom, but not before one of the thieves has been killed by a viper; Camilla dispatches his partner.

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Pages: 8

Notes: George Evans noted that both he and Frazetta were hired at Fiction House after the war as 'clean-up' men - inking blacks, erasing lines, and so on. The penultimate panel on page 8 may be the first identifiable work of the 18 year-old Frazetta, but there are other probable touch ups throughout the story (the final panel on page 2, for example).