Jungle Comics #11 for Sale - First Appearance of Kaänga - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue: #11
Publication date: November 1940
Key date: 1940-11-00
On-sale date: 1940-09-17
Indicia publisher: Glen Kel Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10; 0.15 CAD
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Kaänga - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Camilla - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Ann Mason - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Tabu - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Dan Zolnerowich; inks: Dan Zolnerowich	Kaänga First, Ann Mason First
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gene Fawcette; inks: Gene Fawcette	Suicide Smith
2	-	comic story	10	pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska	Kaänga First, Ann Mason First
3	-	comic story	5	pencils: Arthur Peddy; inks: Arthur Peddy	the "mad hermit" (introduction, villain, death); mad hermit's daughter (introduction); Red Panther
4	-	comic story	6	pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Camilla First
5	-	comic story	6	pencils: Sam Cooper; inks: Sam Cooper	Roy Lance; Ahram; Nancy Lance (Roy's sister, introduction); Lord Carvon (introduction, death); Tera Bey (introduction); Pharoah (mummy, introduction)
6	When the Drums Stopped	text story	2	script: Tom Alexander; pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles Sultan	Dirk Hardy
7	The Scarlet Shadow	comic story	7	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks	Fantomah
8	-	comic story	5	pencils: Dan Zolnerowich; inks: Dan Zolnerowich	Tuska (introduction, death) (an elephant); Simba; Metor (elephant); Kubar (elephant); Brock
9	-	comic story	7	script: Pierre La Rue; pencils: Bill Bossert; inks: Bill Bossert	Anderson the Arab; Heza Dunki (introduction, villain, death); Kismet (camel); Terry Thunder
10	-	comic story	8	script: Robert Lewis; pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles Sultan	Tabu First
11	-	comic story	1	script: ? [as Stan Johnson]	Sasha Siemel; Fred Sparkinson
12	-	comic story	7	script: Roy L. Smith; pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry Kiefer	Dr. George Ambler (introduction); Mary Ambler (introduction); Wambi; Bimi (honey bear); Kaa (python); Reni (fox); Ogg (ape); Maggo (parrot); Shirkar (tiger); Tawn (elephant)
13	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Dan Zolnerowich, Nick Cardy; inks: Dan Zolnerowich, Nick Cardy	Sheena; Frosty North; British Agent X-7

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-160-2	2009	On eBay ›
Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] ISBN 9781606994948	2011	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #1011 of 163#12 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q126597844 (Camilla), first-appearance property (CC0)

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