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Issue: Jungle Comics #118 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1949
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Issues: #118 of 163 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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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: 9 (8 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; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S. (early issues); standard Silver Age U.S. (later issues)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Muffled Drums of Doom!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Kaänga
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The Muffled Drums of Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Kaänga; Ann Mason; Marmo (elephant); Toru; Asaki; Benson; L'tonas (African tribe); Langley
First Line: Two moons had passed since the jungle lord had saved the man-cub on the funeral barge...
Synopsis: Treasure hunters looting local temples are confronted by Kaänga and his new ward, Toru. The looters are killed by crocodiles.
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Pages: 11
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: jungle, nature
Feature(s): Simba, King of Beasts
Character(s): Simba; Mrs. Simba; Crekar (mandrill); Kino (eagle)
First Line: A strange restlessness stirred the mate of Simba.
Synopsis: Mrs. Simba is caught in a hunter's snare. Kino goes to rouse Simba while Mrs. Simba, trapped, is attacked by mandrills. Simba drives away the mandrills and then gets two elephants to push down the tree that Mrs. Simba is hanging from.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: informational, nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): Wild Life
First Line: The giant panda was found in the mountains...
Synopsis: Trivia about several animals.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Nils Van Duren]
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Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): King of the Congo
Character(s): King; Steve Stone; Drake; Sahi; Bertha Lawton; Jingo
First Line: The deep-throated tree drums spoke of anger and unreast at Konya mines...
Synopsis: Bertha's mine overseer, in a plan to cover his diamond thefts, convinces Bertha's native laborers to go on strike. When King and Bertha arrive at the mine site, Bertha takes the airplanes control and buzzes the natives, humiliating Sahi, the chief. Sahi orders his men to attack King and Bertha. Jingo interrogates the overseer and the plot is exposed. The overseer is turned over to the district police and Sahi begs Bertha for forgiveness.
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Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Captain Terry Thunder
Character(s): Terry Thunder; N'lokis (African tribe); Kirby; Kenyon
First Line: For many suns the native drums had not spoken.
Synopsis: Treasure hunters, searching an ancient Carthaginian treasure ship, uses dynamite to block the lancers' steamboat from leaving the fort. But, unknown to the treasure hunters, Terry has a helicopter that he uses to go after the hunters, whom he subdues and takes into custody.
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Pages: 4.67
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Wambi, The Jungle Boy
Character(s): Wambi; Beaky (hawk); Ogg; Beebee (monkey); Tawn; Sirdah (tiger); Stripo (zebra); Griffo (giraffe)
First Line: 'When in trouble, help often comes from the most unexpected sources!'
Synopsis: Wambi plays pranks on his jungle friends using stilts, and they shun him. Then, local hunters begin to take captive many of the jungle animals. Tawn refuses Wambi's offer of help and is himself captured, trying to free Ogg. Wambi then uses his stilts to frighten the hunters. He is forgiven for his pranks when he releases his friends.
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Part 1 - The Freshman Class

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Writer(s): Clyde Beatty
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Big Cage
Synopsis: About training wild animals.
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Pages: 3
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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Camilla; Fang; Commissioner Harris; Sylvia Harris; Larkin; Nyoto; Nicky Norton; Moru
First Line: Through the brooding tangled jungle, a native runner sped...
Synopsis: Ivory looters take the ivory of Chief Nyoto's people. The looters tell the chief they are in league with Camilla. When Camilla arrives later that day, she is set upon by the tribe. She escapes, catches up with the looters and restores the ivory to the tribe.
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