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Issue: Jungle Comics #114 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1949
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Issues: #114 of 163 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Glen-Kel Pub. Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
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)
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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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Mad Jackals Hunt by Night

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (Iger Shop)
Inker(s): ? (Iger Shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kaänga
Character(s): Kaänga; Ann Mason
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In Content Item: FlagJungle Comics #2 published July 1949
as Mad Jackals Hunt by Night [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mad Jackals Hunt by Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Frank Riddell]
Penciller(s): Maurice Whitman (signed)
Inker(s): Maurice Whitman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kaänga
Character(s): Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'geeso; B'halis (African tribe): Tagar; Carlson; Pierre; Bokka; Marmo (elephant)
Synopsis: Bokka, son of the chief of the B'halis, is working with two white treasure hunters to loot the B'halis sacred places. Kaänga, Ann, and N'geeso put an end to their depredations. Bokka later seeks revenge on Kaänga and kidnaps Ann. Kaänga frees her and feeds the treasure hunters to the crocodiles.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

first line: "They were traders, called Carlson and Pierre, and someone had aptly nicknamed them the Twin Terrors..."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ed Hunt]
Penciller(s): Al Hollingsworth ?; ? (Iger Shop)
Inker(s): ? (Iger Shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Simba, King of Beasts
Character(s): Simba; Briffo (Cape buffalo); Mrs. Simba
First Line: He who wears a jungle crown lives in a world of fear!
Synopsis: Simba prevents Briffo the Cape buffalo from chastising Simba's cubs. Later, the cubs are taken by hunters and Mrs. Simba is wounded. Her wounds drive her mad and she begins to wantonly slaughter the jungle animals. Simba frees his cubs. Briffo calls a jungle council and demands that Mrs. Simba be killed. Simba and Mrs. Simba, now recovered, appear at the council and Simba kills Briffo, re-asserting his place as king.
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Pages: 6
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Explorers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Waldman ?
Inker(s): Ed Waldman ?; ? (Iger Shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, jungle
Feature(s): Jungle Facts
Synopsis: Brief biographical sketches of several explorers of Africa: Mungo Park, Hugh Clapperton, Samuel Baker, John Speke, and James Bruce.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Pierre La Rue]
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Captain Terry Thunder
Character(s): Terry Thunder; Commissioner Powers; Helen Powers; Snide; Monk Cassidy; M'bonga; Kazaris (African tribe); Keeto
First Line: To Captain Terry Thunder: '30 man-tracking leopards, tamed and trained, ready for lancer service...'
Synopsis: Snide and Cassidy, angered at being exiled from the district, kidnap Commissioner Powers and force him to sign the old B'zimba trading grounds, where they've discovered gold, over to them. Witch doctor M'bonga facilitates their plot. Terry uncovers their plan and exposes them to the Kazari tribe and takes them into custody.
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Pages: 7
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The Flame Bird

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Victor Ibsen]
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 Roy L. Smith]
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Wambi Jungle Boy
Character(s): Wambi; Tawn; Ogg; Umbalis (African tribe); George Baxter; Tyrgo (hawk)
First Line: With cat-like movements, Wambi, the man-cub, cautiously makes his way across the rotted limb...
Synopsis: Baxter, a treasure hunter, frames Wambi for looting the Umbalis' temple. Tawn and Ogg show the chief the location of the treasure and clear Wambi's name.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Mack]
Penciller(s): Maurice Whitman
Inker(s): Maurice Whitman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Tabu
Character(s): Tabu; Kaludis (African tribe); Professor Gregor; Marie; Azambi; Atongis (African tribe); Kargo
First Line: In a strange world beyond the understanding of mortal mind, where ghost shades of man and beast lurk in eternal darkness, lies the domain of Tabu...
Synopsis: Tabu exposes a treacherous witch doctor who is then exiled by the Atongis. A professor visits Tabu while his assistant plots to steal diamonds from the Kapudis. The exiled Atongi witch doctor, Kargo, plots with the assistant to kill Tabu. Tabu uses his illusion powers and defeats the witch doctor. Both Kargo and the assistant are turned over to the authorities.
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Pages: 6
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Odd Names

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Iger Shop)
Inker(s): ? (Iger Shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, jungle
Feature(s): Jungle Quiz
Synopsis: Trivia regarding unusual animal names.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Victor Ibsen]
Penciller(s): Marcia Snyder
Inker(s): Marcia Snyder
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Camilla
Character(s): Camilla; Zack Monroe; Masais (African tribe); Luongo; Davis; Lon Becker; Jimmy Monroe; Blacky
First Line: Throughout the long night, jungle drums throbbed an ominous message...
Synopsis: Disguised as Masais, ivory trader Becker and his men burn out and kill his rival Monroe. Monroe's son, believing the Masais to blame, steals into the village and kidnaps the chief's daughter. Camilla tracks him down and returns him to Becker's trading camp where they discover Becker's deception.
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From Issue: FlagJungle Comics #56 published August 1944[redrawn title page and Camilla's costume altered]
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Pages: 8

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