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Issue: Jungle Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1940
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Issues: #5 of 163 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Glen Kel Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/14/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 449460.
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Empire of the Ape Men

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Kaänga
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In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: While the text suggests that this cover depicts a scene from a story in the comics, there is no such story here.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: $50.00 given away free
Synopsis: An in-house promotional advertisement offering cash prizes for fan letters written to Fiction House.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Red Bradey] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Kaänga; Sam Broot (villain); Ann Mason; Cheeba (leopard)
First Line: Once again, the arch enemy of Kaänga strikes.
Synopsis: Ann and Cheeba help Kaänga escape after he is captured by Broot. Kaänga then uses the animals of the jungle to chase away Broot's army.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Sam Broot is miscolored as a Caucasian.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Taylor Martin] (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): The Red Panther; The Ant Woman (introduction, villain, death)
First Line: Deep in the jungle stands a group of giant ant hills, home of the poisonous red ants --
Synopsis: After the Red Panther rescues a safari from poisonous ants, the Ant Woman vows revenge on the Panther and the safari leaders. However, following their capture, the Panther turns the tables on the Ant Woman and she is killed by her own ants.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The previous indexer doubts that this is Peddy's artwork, as does Keith Chandler.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Robert Lewis] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Tabu; The Zsingos (African tribe)(introduction, villains, death); Jibus (African tribe)
First Line: The screams of a caged leopard resounds throughout the jungle,... [sic]
Synopsis: The leopard cultist Zsingos kidnap the children of the Jibus to sacrifice to their gods. The children are rescued by Tabu after he uses his own magic to overcome the magic traps set for him by the Zsingos.
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Pages: 7.75
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Strange Case of Ezra Ark: Case 3: File 1: Clue 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Ark
First Line: How do you feel now, Mr. Ark?
Synopsis: In this installment of the Fiction House serialized mystery of the month, Ark's nephew threatens to kill him.
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Pages: 0.25
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Tad Carter] (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Camilla; Lief Thorgson (introduction, villain, death); Count Knuten (introduction, villain); Count Knuten's cousin (introduction, villain)
First Line: Restoring the eternal fountain of youth, Camilla rules her lost empire in pefect peace and harmony...
Synopsis: Camilla thwarts the Viking king Lief Thorgson through superior magic. After Thorgson's death at Camilla's hand, his men agree to follow her.
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Pages: 6
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Death of the Laughing Terror

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Ran-Tog
Character(s): Ran-Tog
First Line: That eerie, chilling laigh struck terror...
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Captain Terry Thunder; The Masked Arrows (introduction, villains, death); Astbis (African tribes)
First Line: The Masked Arrows, a band of thieving natives,attack Captain Thunder's fort...
Synopsis: The Masked Arrows capture the fort and Terry must get assistance from the local tribes to re-take it.
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, jungle
Character(s): Wambi; Wolf Lawsen (introduction, villain, death); Raga (crocodile); Nostro (hippopotomus); Ogg (ape); Tawn (elephant); Bimi (badger)
First Line: We'll find plenty of tuskers in there!
Synopsis: Wambi and his animal friends rescue a herd of elephants from an ivory hunter and then destroy him and his steamboat with his own dynamite.
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Harold Morley] (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Roy Lance; Kubuttis (African tribe)
First Line: Angered savage tribes, whipped to fierce action by the cruelty of African slavers...
Synopsis: Roy helps members of the Kubutti escape from slavers.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, nature
Character(s): Simba; John Mason; Dick Mason
First Line: Simba approaches the water hole to slake his thirst.
Synopsis: Unscrupulous hunters poison the water hole and take the Masons captive. Simba rescues the Masons, who then detoxify the water hole.
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, occult
Character(s): Fantomah; Mundoor (introduction, villain)
First Line: Fantomah, propelling herself on powerfully developed thought waves; glides swiftly over the silent jungle.
Synopsis: Discovering the eggs of giant reptiles on a fallen asteroid, Mundoor raises the reptiles in an attempt to take over the world. Fantomah uses her astounding powers to break Mundoor's hypnotic control over the reptiles and sends Mundoor, the reptiles, and the asteroid into deep space.
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In Content Item: FlagYou Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! #[nn] published June 2009
as Mundoor and the Giant Reptiles [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lore] (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jungle Roars
First Line: You're lucky -- my doctor says I can only eat lean meat!
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: A single gag panel.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lore] (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jungle Roar
First Line: This parrots from the jungle, he can do everything but talk
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: A single gag panel.
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A Jungle Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Prof. Dunk
Character(s): Professor Dunk
Synopsis: A monkey with a magnifying glass puts the professor on the hot seat.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: mime strip

Tony Rose doubts the art is Eisner's but can see the resemblance between the signature and Eisner's traditional signature.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Have you read these magazines?
Synopsis: An in-house promotional advertisement for Jumbo Comics, Fight Comics, and Planet Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Money and big prizes
Synopsis: An advertisement from the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, seeking magazine subscription sellers, offering prizes and cash as inducements.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover

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