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Issue: Jungle Comics #90 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1947
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Issues: #90 of 163 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Glen-Kel Pub. Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/16/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): J.F. Byrne (managing editor)(credited); John C. Mitchell (credited); Bob Lubbers [as Robert B. Lubbers] (art director)(credited)
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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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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Skulls for the Altar of Doom!

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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Pages: 1
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Skulls for the Altar of Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Frank Riddell] (credited)
Penciller(s): John Celardo [as Celardo] (signed)
Inker(s): John Celardo [as Celardo] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kaänga
Character(s): Kaänga; N'tiga; Ann Mason; Riggan; N'logas (African tribe); Natu; Slade; N'geeso; Marmo (elephant)
Synopsis: Treasure hunters Riggan and Slade want to capture Ann to offer her to a tribe of white women for sacrifice to their god. To this end, Slade disguises himself as a witch doctor and lures Ann away from the N'logas' village. Kaänga and N'geeso follow and rescue Ann
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Pages: 9.8
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

first line: "A grisly claw encircled Kaänga's domain."

The bottom fifth of the final page is taken up by an advertisement.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ed Hunt]
Penciller(s): August Froehlich [as A.M. Froehlich] (signed)
Inker(s): August Froehlich [as A.M. Froehlich] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Simba, King of Beasts
Character(s): Simba; Mrs. Simba; Simba Jr
First Line: The time has come to instruct the young cub in the secrets of the veldt...
Synopsis: Mrs. Simba, responding to the cries of a water buffalo being killed by Cape dogs, is believed by the buffalo herd to be the killer herself. Simba searches for clues to her innocence and is given a bit of dog fur from the scene of the crime by a mole. Simba uses that to prove to the buffalo the identity of the real killers and the buffalos track down the dogs and kill them.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Froehlich signs on the final page.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Evans
Inker(s): George Evans
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Jungle Lore
First Line: Practically invisible, the large Australian spider webs easily...
Synopsis: Trivia regarding the uses of various spiders, insects, and lizards of the jungles.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Saltarella disagrees with the George Evans credit, saying specifically that the second page doesn't look like his work. Instead he suggests that this is Mike Peppe pencils and inks. (December 2013).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Pierre La Rue]
Penciller(s): Charles Sultan
Inker(s): Charles Sultan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Terry Thunder
Character(s): Terry Thunder; Keeto; Liza Kain; Koto; Wrenne
First Line: The order crackled curtly: 'Get up to Kangfu at once...'
Synopsis: Terry and Keeto escort a young woman into the interior to find her father and his partner and to see their land claim. The partner, Wrenne, having killed the girl's father, is collecting tribute from villagers with threats of death at the hands of a gorilla idol. Terry destroys the idol and Wrenne is killed.
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Thirst

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Pierre La Rue]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Terry Thunder
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Roy L. Smith]
Penciller(s): John Forte ?
Inker(s): Al Feldstein ?; ? (Iger Shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Wambi, The Jungle Boy
Character(s): Wambi; Ogg; Khastra
First Line: Dwellers of the jungle value only those things that give life...
Synopsis: A royal brother and sister come to Wambi's jungle seeking a lost gem. Wambi finds it but greed turns the brother and sister against each other and they are then killed by their trained leopard. Wambi tosses the gem into the river.
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Pages: 6
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Traps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Peppe ?
Inker(s): Mike Peppe ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Jungle Lore
Synopsis: Brief descriptions of several kinds of traps.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Mack]
Penciller(s): Howard Larsen
Inker(s): Howard Larsen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Tabu
Character(s): Tabu; Gordon; N'tara; Neale; lion cultists; K'tonga
First Line: In tangled jungle brush, where sudden death lurks in every shadow, Tabu pits his magic against the forces of evil
Synopsis: Cut throat geologist Neale is working with a lion cult to locate a rare rock specimen. Tabu [puts a stop to the cults murdering ways and sees Neale killed by a lion.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Victor Ibsen]
Penciller(s): Fran Hopper (signed)
Inker(s): Fran Hopper (signed); ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Camilla
Character(s): Camilla; N'kani; Jim Brent; Alice Brent; Obantis (African tribe); Curtis; Fang (dog)
First Line: 'Hark to this ancient Obanti legend...'
Synopsis: Ruthless hunter Curtis captures a sacred white leopard and, through trickery, makes it appear that the leopard will not attack him, thus making him holy to the natives. Camilla exposes the fraud and Curtis is killed by the leopard.
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Pages: 8

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