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Issue: Jungle Comics #108 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1948
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Issues: #108 of 163 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Glen-Kel Pub. Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): J.F. Byrne (Managing Editor)(credited); John C. Mitchell (credited)
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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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Merchants of Murder

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): John Celardo
Inker(s): John Celardo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kaänga
Character(s): Kaänga; Ann Mason
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Pages: 1
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Merchants of Murder

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): Martha Matthews (introduction); Herbert Matthews (introduction); Lapham (introduction, villain); Beans (introduction, villain); Kulangis (African tribe)(introduction, villains); Kaänga; Ann Mason: N'geeso
Synopsis: Kaänga escorts artist Herbert Matthews to the Congo Castle, a medieval castle in the jungle. On arrival, they discover that the castle has been taken over by a white gang and the Kulangis. Kaänga liberates the castle people with the help of an angry rhinoceros.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

first line: "War and peace race side by side in the vast domain of Kaänga, lord of the jungle."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ed Hunt]
Penciller(s): Joe Doolin
Inker(s): Joe Doolin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Simba, King of Beasts
Character(s): Simba; Jubor (wild dog)
First Line: 'The innocent seed of curiosity, once planted in in the mind, grows with dangerous speed.'
Synopsis: A trio of dogs trained to hunt lions are loosed in the jungle. Simba is only able to defeat them by feigning a slip into a crocodile pool. The dogs follow and while they are being devoured by the crocodiles, Simba escapes.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Pierre La Rue]
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Terry Thunder
Character(s): Terry Thunder (origin); Commissioner John Thompson (introduction, death); Claire Thompson (introduction); The Scorpion (introduction, villain, death)
First Line: 'Seems like only yesterday,' wrote Terry Thunder in his military log book.
Synopsis: Terry recalls his first posting to Fort Diablo and the villain, the Scorpion. The Scorpion returns as Terry is dedicating a memorial to the commissioner who died at the Scorpion's hand. The Scorpion is killed when the memorial pillar falls on him.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Peppe ?
Inker(s): Mike Peppe ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Jungle Facts
First Line: The gerenuk roams the plains of eastern Africa.
Synopsis: Brief natural histories of several veldt-dwelling animals.
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Roy L. Smith]
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Wambi, The Jungle Boy
Character(s): Sirdah (villain); Wambi; Tawn Ogg; Mocar (monkey); Pyra (parrot)
First Line: There is one master that all the living creatures of the jungle respect -- death!
Synopsis: The monkeys choose Wambi to be their king while Sirdah plans a trap.
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Pages: 6
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Diamonds of Doom

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Victor Ibsen]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Mack]
Penciller(s): Maurice Whitman (signed)
Inker(s): Maurice Whitman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Tabu
Character(s): Zara (introduction); Mobu (introduction); Kito (introduction); Kahzembu (introduction, villain); Tabu; Kito
First Line: The temple of Kahzembu, the war god, yet towered above the N'loga kraal...
Synopsis: The war god Kahzembu is jealous of the villages honoring of peace. He takes a child and forces the mother to steal the sacred fire from the Temple of Peace and take it to his temple. Tabu goes to the Land of Mists and defeats Kahzembu and returns the sacred fire to its rightful place.
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Pages: 5.5
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Peppe ?
Inker(s): Mike Peppe ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, jungle
Feature(s): Jungle Quiz
First Line: Tempers on the veldt are short today --
Synopsis: An animal habitat quiz.
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Victor Ibsen]
Penciller(s): Matt Baker
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Camilla
Character(s): Losako (introduction, villain, death); Barton (introduction, villain); Sammy Stone (introduction, villain); N'Kowa (introduction); Zantra Barton (introduction); a female trader (introduction); Camilla; Fang (dog); Koru; Bantus (African tribe)
First Line: 'The gold shall bring thieves and killers to your village...'
Synopsis: Camilla convinces the Bantu chief to use the Bantus' temple gold to buy quinine and salt. The witch doctor is offended and works with a group of white renegades to steal the gold. Camilla prevents the theft.
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In Content Item: FlagJungle Girls #14 published January 1993
as The gold shall bring thieves... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8

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