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Issue: Jungle Comics #42 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1943
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Issues: #42 of 163 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
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Indicia Publisher: Glen-Kel Pub. Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/21/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John C. Mitchell
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Cover; Black and White Interior
Dimensions: Early Issues Standard Golden Age U.S.; Later Issues Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Master of the Moon-Beasts

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich; Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich; Ruben Moreira
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kaänga
Character(s): Kaänga; Ann Mason
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJungle Comics #18 published June 1941
was Trap of the Tawny Killer [Illustration on Cover, Front]with modifications, see note
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover is a signed Zolnerowich image reprinted from the cover of Jungle Comics #18 with Kaänga's head redrawn by Moreira and Zolnerowich's signature removed.
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Master of the Moon-Beasts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Frank Riddell] (credited)
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kaänga
Character(s): Kaänga; N'geeso; Ann Mason; Adouba; Taluva; Zeti; Jaeckel
Synopsis: A rhinoceros stampede leads Kaänga to a moon worshiping cult in the Mountains of the Moon. Ann is kidnapped by the white man who manipulates the natives cult. He intends to substitute her for his daughter, whom the natives believe to be the goddess, Tluva, kill her, and then revive her by replacing Ann's body with the live Taluva. Taluva is not made aware of the scheme and takes Ann's place before the execution and is killed by her father.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

first line: "Terror seethes over the grim walls of a jungle temple..."

Frank Riddell is a by-line used at Fiction House.

Traditionally the inks have been credited to Moreira, but according to Robert Barrett, Reed Crandall indicated to him that these were his own inks.

Crandall art credits confirmed in Alter Ego #129 (November, 2014) by Alberto Bacattini.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ed Hunt]
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy [as N. Viscardi] (signed)
Inker(s): Nick Cardy [as N. Viscardi] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Simba, King of Beasts
Character(s): Simba
First Line: A small child toddles away from his mother, and before anyone is aware of it, he thrashes about, drowning in the river!
Synopsis: Simba saves a chief's son from drowning and then protects the village from thieving baboons.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Roy L. Smith]
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Wambi, The Jungle Boy
Character(s): Wambi; Tawn; Ogg; Maya; Akmar
First Line: The woman was young and beautiful and cruel...
Synopsis: Wambi and his jungle friends drive a cruel prince's hunting caravan from the jungle.
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as W. B. Hovious]
Penciller(s): George Appel (signed)
Inker(s): George Appel (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Fantomah, Daughter of the Pharoahs
Character(s): Hakoan; Fantomah; Fury; Sheb
First Line: A courageous explorer, Hakoan, returns to Khefra with tales of an amazing new land beyond the hills...
Synopsis: Khefra claims new land and battles cannibals and pirates to keep it.
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Pages: 7
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The Madman's Ape

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Buck Stanley]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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 Pierre La Rue]
Penciller(s): Robert Webb
Inker(s): Jack Kamen ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Terry Thunder
Character(s): Terry Thunder; Raina; Anderson the Arab
First Line: In the native settlement of Baou, a village bordering on Captain Thunder's fortress...
Synopsis: Nazis persuade an African village to store fuel for them. Terry and the lancers capture the Germans.
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Victor Ibsen]
Penciller(s): Art Saaf
Inker(s): Art Saaf
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Camillla
Character(s): Camilla; Ellen DaCosta; Trader Davis; DaCosta; Zugos (African tribe); John
First Line: Death in a thousand forms lurks behind every twist and turn of the dark jungle trails...
Synopsis: An animal trapper named DaCosta takes the contract that has been issued on Camilla's life by those trying to steal her inheritance. He and his partner are killed when they create an animal stampede at Trader Davis's.
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Pages: 10

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