Issue | #1 |
Published | January 1940 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | ? |
Genre | jungle |
Pencils | Lou Fine |
Inks | Lou Fine |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Käanga (introduction and origin); Ann Mason [Ann] (introduction and origin); Prof. Mason (D; Ann's father) (introduction, death); Bill Blacton (villain, introduction, death) |
Genre | jungle |
Pencils | Alex Blum [as Alex Boon] |
Inks | Alex Blum [as Alex Boon] |
Notes | Käanga appeared previously in Fiction House's JUNGLE STORIES pulp; The story title is taken from the cover blurb. |
Characters | The White Panther (introduction and origin); White Panther's father (introduction); Dr. White (introduction); Dr. White's daughter (introduction); Prof. Zaroff (villain, introduction, death) |
Genre | jungle |
Pencils | Taylor Martin (signed) |
Inks | Taylor Martin (signed) |
Notes | Signed by "Taylor Martin" and since several of the artists involved did sign their names to their features in this first issue, we'll guess Martin. |
Characters | Tabu (introduction and origin); witch doctor (introduction); A band of slavers (villains, introduction, death) |
Synopsis | Tabu tracks and defeats a group of slave raiders. |
Genre | jungle |
Script | Fletcher Hanks [as Henry Fletcher] (signed) |
Pencils | Fletcher Hanks [as Henry Fletcher] (signed) |
Inks | Fletcher Hanks [as Henry Fletcher] (signed) |
Letters | Fletcher Hanks |
Notes | Spelled "Taboo" on cover. |
Reprinted | in You Shall Die by Your Own Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn] |
Characters | Camilla (introduction and origin); Jon Dale (introduction); Dr. Birch (introduction); Ruth Birch (introduction)(his daughter) |
Pencils | C. A. Winter |
Inks | C. A. Winter |
Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb. Outline of story is similar to Camilla story in Jungle Comics #2, though she dies in this story, per Anthony Durrant, August 2008. |
Characters | Captain Terry Thunder (introduction and origin); the Congo Lancers (introduction and origin); a band of slavers (introduction, villain) |
Genre | jungle |
Pencils | Arthur Peddy |
Inks | Arthur Peddy |
Characters | Wambi (introduction); Ricco (introduction, villain); Sven (introduction, villain) |
Genre | jungle |
Pencils | Henry Kiefer |
Inks | Henry Kiefer |
Characters | Buck (introduction); Rex (introduction); Slim (introduction) |
Genre | jungle |
Pencils | George Wilson (signed) |
Inks | George Wilson (signed) |
Notes | This is signed George Wilson, so we're inclined to use that as our guess. It's such amaterish stuff that almost anybody could have done it. |
Characters | Simba (a lion) (introduction and origin); Slita (another lion) (villain, death) |
Genre | jungle |
Pencils | William M. Allison (signed) |
Inks | William M. Allison (signed) |
Characters | Buck Barton (introduction); Marc Vandell (introduction); The Leopard Men (introduction, villain); Zan Markov (introduction, villain, death) |
Genre | jungle |
Pencils | Dick Briefer |
Inks | Dick Briefer |