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1January 1940
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Jungle Comics #1

Fiction House · January 1940 · on sale 1939-10-06

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Series
Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
January 1940
Key date
1940-01-00
On-sale date
1939-10-06
Indicia publisher
Glen Kel Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Prey of the Slaverscover1pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou FineKäanga
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
2Prey of the Slaverscomic story11pencils: Alex Boon; inks: Alex BoonKaänga (introduction and origin); Ann Mason (introduction and origin); Prof. Mason (death; Ann's father)(introduction, death); Bill Blacton (villain, introduction, death); Slattery
3-comic story6pencils: Taylor Martin; inks: Taylor MartinThe White Panther (introduction and origin); White Panther's father (introduction); Dr. White (introduction); Dr. White's daughter (introduction); Professor Zaroff (villain, introduction, death)
4The Slave Raiderscomic story8script: Henry Fletcher; pencils: Henry Fletcher; inks: Henry Fletcher; letters: Fletcher HanksTabu (introduction and origin); witch doctor (introduction); a band of slavers (villains, introduction, death)
5Queen of the Lost Empirecomic story8pencils: Chuck Winter; inks: Chuck WinterCamilla (introduction and origin); Jon Dale (introduction); Dr. Birch (introduction); Ruth Birch (introduction); Omar (tiger)
6-comic story6pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Art PeddyCaptain Terry Thunder (introduction and origin); the Congo Lancers [Kerrigan; Doyle; Red] (introduction and origin); a band of slavers (introduction, villains)
7-comic story7pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry KieferWambi (introduction); Ricco (introduction, villain); Sven (introduction, villain); Tawn (elephant); Kimba (leopard); Balu (leopard)
8White Hunters of the African Safaricomic story6pencils: George Wilson; inks: George WilsonBuck (introduction); Rex (introduction); Slim (introduction); Mr. Cog; Mr. Cog's daughter; Ralph
9-comic story6pencils: W. M. Allison; inks: W. M. AllisonSimba (lion) (introduction); Slita (lion) (death)
10Drums of the Leopard Mencomic story6pencils: Richard Briefer; inks: Richard Briefer; letters: Dick BrieferBuck Barton (introduction); Marc Vandell (introduction); The Leopard Men (introduction, villains); Zan Markov (introduction, villain, death); Kito
12-promo (ad from the publisher)1

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Where to read it

CollectionYear
Jerry Iger's Classic Jungle Comics #1
ISBN 0932629377
1986On eBay ›
You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-160-2
2009On eBay ›
The Golden Age of Comic Books #[nn]
ISBN 0-345-25535-6-695
1977On eBay ›

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