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3March 1940
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Jungle Comics #3

Fiction House · March 1940 · on sale February 5, 1940

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Identification plate

Series
Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
March 1940
Key date
March 1940
On-sale date
February 5, 1940
Indicia publisher
Glen Kel Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Crocodiles of Death Rivercover1pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles SultanKaänga
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1Bullseye Bannon
2Crocodiles of Death Rivercomic story10pencils: Ken Jackson; inks: Ken JacksonKaänga; Ann Mason; Sam Broot (introduction, villain); Mobu (introduction); Cheba (leopard)
3-comic story6pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Art PeddyRed Panther; Randall (introduction); Miss Randall (introduction); a witch doctor (introduction, villain)
4-comic story6.8pencils: Robert Lewis; inks: Robert LewisTabu; Blackwall (introduction, villain, death); Snake-Eye (introduction); Gog (monkey); Tegra (crocodile); Vilma Day
5The Case of the Diamond Death: Case 1: File-A: Clue Twocomic story0.2pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellBullseye Bannon
6-comic story6pencils: CAW; inks: CAWJon Dale; Ruth Birch; Camilla (villain)
7The Crawling Deathtext story2script: ? [as Pete Wentworth]; letters: typeset
8-comic story7script: Pierre La RueTerry Thunder; Ben Salub (introduction, villain, death); Winters
9-comic story7pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry KieferBuck Larsen (introduction, villain); Wambi; Fria (tigress); Tarro (tiger); Tia (cockatoo); Ogg (ape); Tawn (elephant); Klar (owl)
10-comic story6script: ? [as Courtney Thomason]Roy Lance; Jujo
11-comic story5.5pencils: William M. Allison; inks: William M. Allisona boy (introduction); boy's father (introduction)
13The City of Goldcomic story7script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher HanksFantomah; two hunters (villains, turned into insect-men)
14-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 0.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! #[nn]
ISBN 9781560978398
2007On eBay ›
The Complete Jungle Comics: Volume 1
ISBN 978-1546650751
2017On eBay ›

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