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5May-June 1968
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Bomba the Jungle Boy #5

DC · May-June 1968 · on sale 1968-03-21

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Series: Bomba the Jungle Boy (DC, 1967 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: May-June 1968
Key date: 1968-05-00
On-sale date: 1968-03-21
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Tampu Lives... Bomba Dies!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Bomba; Tina
1	Tampu Lives -- Bomba Dies! [Part 1]	comic story	8.5	script: George Kashdan; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling	Bomba; Tina; Manco; Doto (monkey); Kawkaw (eagle); Kokor (jaguar)
2	Tampu Lives -- Bomba Dies! Part 2	comic story	6.5	script: George Kashdan; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling	Bomba; Tina; Manco
3	From Us --- to You, Only the Best!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar Saladino
4	-	activity	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5	Drumbeats for Bomba	letters page	1	script: Dick Giordano
6	Tampu Lives -- Bomba Dies! Part 3	comic story	6.5	script: George Kashdan; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling	Bomba; Tina; Manco
7	-	in-house column	1	pencils: Jack Sparling, Bob Brown, Carmine Infantino; inks: Jack Sparling, Bob Brown

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