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Issue: Jungle Comics #53 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1944
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Issues: #53 of 163 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Glen-Kel Pub. Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/08/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John C. Mitchell (credited)
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, 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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Slaves for Horror's Harem

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Doolin
Inker(s): Joe Doolin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kaänga
Character(s): Kaänga; Ann Mason
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Slaves for Horror's Harem

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Victor Ibsen]
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kaänga
Character(s): Kaänga; Ann Mason; Ouangas (African tribe); N'geeso; Jim Thornton; Rongo (elephant); Rada
Synopsis: The Ouangas are operating a supposedly closed gold mine and, fearing interference when Kaänga leads the new colonial commissioner into their jungle, attack Kaänga and company.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

first line: "Stalk softly, Kaänga...for the trail that leads into Gorka lands is fraught with danger..."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ed Hunt]
Penciller(s): Richard Case
Inker(s): Richard Case
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Simba, King of Beasts
Character(s): Klini; Knapus (African tribe); Simba
First Line: At the fullness of the moon, Chief Klini of the Knapu tribe summons his pygmy subjects...
Synopsis: For many years a pygmy tribe has worshiped Simba and left him offerings of food. Now they are being attacked by another tribe and he comes to their defense.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Mack]
Penciller(s): Ruth Atkinson (signed)
Inker(s): Ruth Atkinson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Tabu
Character(s): Tabu
First Line: Thunder clouds darken the sky as Tabu, the jungle wizard follows a mysterious trail...
Synopsis: A tribe prepares to sacrifice a maiden to a water demon, but Tabu offers to slay the demon. On investigation, he finds that it is a tyrannosaurid dinosaur. He kills it and drags it back to the village.
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Pages: 5
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Monkey Business -- The Tree-Folk of Africa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Norman Leslie]
Penciller(s): Fran Hopper (signed)
Inker(s): Fran Hopper (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Brief natural histories of several species of monkey.
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In Content Item: FlagJungle Comics #70 published October 1945
as Monkey Business - The Tree-Folk of Africa [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: De brazzas and spider monkeys are native to South America.
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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; Ogg; Tawn
First Line: Heavy rains have ruined Wambi's tree home...
Synopsis: A group of European refugees, building a town in Wambi's jungle, are being plagued by disappearances that they blame on the natives. Wambi proves that the natives are not to blame and proves that a crocodile is responsible.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: One third of page three is an advertisement.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Pierre La Rue]
Penciller(s): Richard Case
Inker(s): Richard Case
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Terry Thunder
Character(s): Terry Thunder; Sidh Akhim; Anderson the Arab
First Line: Sidh Akhim, the camel driver, brings bad news to Terry --
Synopsis: Terry battles a band of Arab bandits.
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Pages: 5
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Blood -- and Water

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Dan Stockman]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
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Pages: 2
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White Gorilla!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Victor Ibsen]
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): George Tuska ?; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Camilla
Character(s): Camilla; George; Jack; jungle man
Synopsis: Escorting two hunters into gorilla country, Camilla encounters a jungle man living with the gorillas. The hunters agree to leave him in the jungle.
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Pages: 8

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