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160Fall 1953
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Jungle Comics #160

Fiction House · Fall 1953

First appearance: Musungu
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Identification plate

Series
Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#160
Publication date
Fall 1953
Key date
1953-10-00
Indicia publisher
Glen-Kel Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0King Fangcover1Kaänga; Ann Mason
1King Fangcomic story8script: Frank RiddellKaänga, Ann Mason, Musungu First
2The Bone Bendercomic story4Kalagis (African tribe); M'kuta; Swahilis (African tribe)
3The Courage of Kaambitext story2script: John Lindstrom
4Jungle Patrolcomic story4pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben MoreiraKip Cummings (introduction); Shadow (introduction, only appearance); Jake Bronson; Marcia Willoughby
5-comic story4Jim Dawson; Tommy Fortune; Miss Carson
6-comic story6pencils: Maurice Whitman; inks: Maurice WhitmanTiger Girl; Togara (tiger); Saali; N'goti

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Jungle Girls #81992On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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