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4April 1940
$0.10

Jungle Comics #4

Fiction House · April 1940 · on sale 1940-03-05

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Identification plate

Series
Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
April 1940
Key date
1940-04-00
On-sale date
1940-03-05
Indicia publisher
Glen Kel Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles SultanKaänga
1-comic story10pencils: Ken Jackson; inks: Ken JacksonKaänga; Sam Broot (villain); Ann Mason; Cheba (leopard)
2-comic story5pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Art PeddyThe Red Panther; two crooks (introduction, villain, death)
3-comic story6.75pencils: R. L. Golden; inks: R. L. GoldenTabu; Tom Barton (introduction); the Bargonans (African tribe) (introduction, villains)
4The Case of the Frightened Killer: Case 2: File A: Clue 2comic story0.25pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellBullseye Bannon; Titus
5-comic story7pencils: CAW; inks: CAWJon Dale; Ruth Burch; Camilla
6Son of the Liontext story2script: ? [as Bob Clark] (credited); pencils: ? (2 spot illustrations); inks: ? (2 spot illustrations); colors: ? (2 spot illustrations); letters: typesetRon-tog (a jungle boy) (introduction)
7-comic story7script: ? [as Buck Johnson] (credited)Captain Terry Thunder; the Ingaras (African tribe)
8Thundering Herdscomic story7script: Roy L. Smith; pencils: Karl Kief; inks: Karl KiefWambi; Buck Larsen (villain, death); Tawn (elephant); Ogg (ape); Lupa (wolf); Kaa (python)
9-comic story6pencils: William M. Allison; inks: William M. AllisonSimba
10The Super-Gorillascomic story7script: Barclay Flagg; pencils: Barclay Flagg; inks: Barclay Flagg; letters: Barclay FlaggFantomah; The Doctor (villain, introduction, death); Mac (villain, introduction, death); group of four Gorgon Gorillas (villains, restored to normal)
11-comic story6script: ? [as Courtney Thomason] (credited)Roy Lance; The Zungos (introduction, villains, some die); John Mitchell (introduction); Ellen Mitchell (introduction)

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