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Issue: Kaänga Comics #17 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1953
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Issues: #17 of 20 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: Fiction House MagazinesView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Glen-Kel Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): J. F. Byrne (Managing editor)(credited); Jerry Iger (Art Director)(credited)
Disclose Notes: Series name on cover and in indicia is Kaänga Jungle King.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Tembu of the Elephants

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Maurice Whitman (signed) [as MW]
Inker(s): Maurice Whitman (signed) [as MW]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kaänga
Character(s): Kaänga; Ann Mason
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In Content Item: FlagKaänga #17 published January 1953
as Tembu of the Elephants [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for 6 Fiction House comics
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Tembu, the Elephant!

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; Marmo (elephant); Rugas (African tribe); Musungu; Iboras (African tribe); Miss Grant; Tembu
Synopsis: When the Iboras refuse to give warriors to the Rugas, the Rugas attack the Iboras' kraal with an enormous elephant under the command of Tembu. Trader Grant's daughter and Ann are taken hostage. Kaänga and Musungu follow the Rugas to their own country.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This is part 1 of a 2-part story.

Despite the story's title, Tembu is not an elephant, but rather the chief of the Rugas.
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The Battle of Giants, Tembu's Terror Trail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Maurice Whitman (signed)
Inker(s): Maurice Whitman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kaänga
Character(s): Kaänga; Musungu; Jimbalis (African tribe); Rugas (African tribe); Marmo (elephant); Trader Grant; Miss Grant; Ann Mason
Synopsis: Kaänga and Musungu attack the Rugas. The battle is not going well for Kaänga, and he elects to summon Marmo to battle Tembu's giant elephant. Marmo triumphs and the Rugas promise to make no more raids.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: part 2 of a 2-part story. Pagination for this sequence continues from the first part of the story.
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The Tabu City

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Rensler
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Fonopost

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sidney M. Elias
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Stamp Page
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Pierre LaRue]
Penciller(s): Charles Sultan
Inker(s): Charles Sultan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Captain Terry Thunder
First Line: The jungle spawns strange evils, but none more deadly than revenge!...
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From Content Item: FlagJungle Comics #92 published August 1947
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): Jungle Kings
First Line: Now their tracks and scents and dwelling places.
Synopsis: Brief descriptions of several dangerous jungle animals.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The opening caption reads in full: "Now their tracks and scents and dwelling places. Know the cattle tactics of...the Jungle Kings" with typos "now" for "know" and "cattle" for "battle."
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King of the River!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Frank Riddell]
Penciller(s): Maurice Whitman
Inker(s): Maurice Whitman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kaänga
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From Content Item: FlagJungle Comics #119 published November 1949
was Fury of the Golden Apes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]cut to 6 pages, with all-new text and dialogue
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The art from the original 10 page story has been cut up and re-arranged with all-new text and dialog.

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