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Publisher: Fiction House

Title: Jungle Comics
Issue: 5
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: May 1940
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)

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Jungle 5
Owner: cheetah

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Story Title: Empire of the Ape Men - cover
Features:Kanga
Pages:1
Pencils:Will Eisner
Inks:Will Eisner
Letters:typeset
Genre:jungle
Characters:Kanga


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:An in-house promotional advertisement offering cash prizes for fan letters written to Fiction House.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Kanga
Pages:10
Pencils:George Tuska
Inks:George Tuska
Genre:jungle
Characters:Kanga; Sam Broot (villain); Ann Mason; Cheeba (leopard)
Synopsis:Ann and Cheeba help Kanga escape after he is captured by Broot. Kanga then uses the animals of the jungle to chase away Broot's army.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:The Red Panther
Pages:5
Pencils:Arthur Peddy ?
Genre:jungle
Characters:The Red Panther; The Ant Woman (introduction, villain, death)
Synopsis:After the Red Panther rescues a safari from poisonous ants, the Ant Woman vows revenge on the Panther and the safari leaders. However, their capture, the Panther turns the tables on the Ant Woman and she is killed by her own ants.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle
Pages:7.75
Pencils:George Carl Wilhelms ?
Inks:George Carl Wilhelms ?
Genre:jungle
Characters:Tabu; The Zsingos (African tribe)(introduction, villains, death); Jibus (African tribe)
Synopsis:The leopard cultist Zsingos kidnap the children of the Jibus to sacrifice to their gods. The children are rescued by Tabu after he uses his own magic to overcome the magic traps set for him by the Zsingos.


Story Title: Strange Case of Ezra Ark: Case 3: File 1: Clue 2 - comic story
Pages:0.25
Pencils:Bob Powell ?
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Ark
Synopsis:In this installment of the Fiction House serialized mystery of the month, Ark's nephew threatens to kill him.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Camilla
Pages:6
Pencils:Bob Powell
Inks:Bob Powell; ?
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Camilla; Lief Thorgson (introduction, villain, death); Count Knuten (introduction, villain); Count Knuten's cousin (introduction, villain)
Synopsis:Camilla thwarts the Viking king Lief Thorgson through superior magic. After Thorgson's death at Camilla's hand, his men agree to follow her.


Story Title: Death of the Laughing Terror - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:jungle
Characters:Ran-Tog


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Captain Terry Thunder
Pages:7
Pencils:Bill Bossert
Inks:Bill Bossert ?; Leonard Frank ?
Genre:adventure; jungle
Characters:Captain Terry Thunder; The Masked Arrows (introduction, villains, death); Astbis (African tribes)
Synopsis:The Masked Arrows capture the fort and Terry must get assistance from the local tribes to re-take it.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Wambi, The Jungle Boy
Pages:7
Pencils:Henry Kiefer
Inks:Henry Kiefer ?; ?
Genre:jungle
Characters:Wambi; Wolf Lawsen (introduction, villain, death); Raga (crocodile); Nostro (hippopotomus); Ogg (ape); Tawn (elephant); Bimi (badger)
Synopsis:Wambi and his animal friends rescue a herd of elephants from an ivory hunter and then destroy him and his steamboat with his own dynamite.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Roy Lance
Pages:6
Genre:jungle
Characters:Roy Lance; Kubuttis (African tribe)
Synopsis:Roy helps members of the Kubutti escape from slavers.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Simba, King of the Beasts
Pages:5
Pencils:William M. Allison
Inks:William M. Allison
Genre:jungle
Characters:Simba; John Mason; Dick Mason
Synopsis:Unscrupulous hunters poison the water hole and take the Masons captive. Simba rescues the Masons, who then detoxify the water hole.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Fantomah
Pages:7
Pencils:Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Inks:Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Letters:Fletcher Hanks
Genre:jungle
Characters:Fantomah; Mundoor (introduction, villain)
Synopsis:Discovering the eggs of giant reptiles on a fallen asteroid, Mundoor raises the reptiles in an attempt to take over the world. Fantomah uses her astounding powers to break Mundoor's hypnotic control over the reptiles and sends Mundoor, the reptiles, and the asteroid into deep space.


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Features:Jungle Roars
Pages:0.25
Genre:humor


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Features:Jungle Roar
Pages:0.25
Genre:humor


Story Title: A Jungle Tale - comic story
Features:Prof. Dunk
Pages:0.5
Pencils:Will Eisner ? [as Heck ?]
Inks:Will Eisner ? [as Heck ?]
Genre:humor
Characters:Professor Dunk
Synopsis:A monkey with a magnifying glass puts the professor on the hot seat.


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:An in-house promotional advertisement for Jumbo Comics, Fight Comics, and Planet Comics


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:An advertisement from the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, seeking magazine subscription sellers, offering prizes and cash as inducements.


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