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6June 1940
$0.10

Jungle Comics #6

Fiction House · June 1940 · on sale 1940-04-12

First appearance: Fantomah
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Identification plate

Series
Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#6
Publication date
June 1940
Key date
1940-06-00
On-sale date
1940-04-12
Indicia publisher
Glen Kel Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Fantomah - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Tigress of the Deep Jungle Swampcover1pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will EisnerKaänga
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
2Tigress of the Deep Jungle Swampcomic story10pencils: George Tuska; inks: George TuskaKaänga; Sam Broot (villain); Anitra (introduction); Kula; Ann Mason; Cheba (leopard)
3-comic story5pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Art PeddyThe Red Panther; Dr. Grayson (introduction); Dr. Grayson's daughter (introduction); Sneed
4-comic story6pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellCamilla; Count Knuten (villain, death); Caredodo (introduction); Gerald; Arndt
5-comic story6script: Courtney Thomasen; pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick CardyRoy Lance; Gov. Malraux (introduction, villain); Jill March (introduction)
6The White Slavetext story2script: ? [as Bob Clark]; letters: typesetRan-Tog [formerly Ron-Tog]
7Phantom of the Tree-Topscomic story6script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher HanksFantomah First
8-comic story5pencils: Bill Allison; inks: Bill AllisonSimba; Golox (introduction, villain, death)(ape); Gloria
9-comic story6.917pencils: Bill Bossert; inks: Bill BossertCaptain Terry Thunder; Gloria Frazier (introduction)
11-comic story8pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles SultanTabu; Batau (introduction, villain, death); Loula; Mbono; Waluri
12-comic story1script: ? [as Leo Lyons]
13-comic story7script: Roy L. Smith; pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry KieferWambi; Ogg (ape); Tawn (elephant); Erp (baboon); Tara (lioness); Circa (eagle)
14-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 1.083 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-160-2
2009On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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