Kaänga Comics #18 (1953) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Maurice Whitman; inks: Maurice Whitman	Kaänga; Ann Mason
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
2	-	comic story	10	script: Frank Riddell; pencils: John Celardo; inks: John Celardo	Kaänga; Blackie Rawls (first appearance; villain; death); Bart (first appearance; villain; death); Logan (first appearance; villain; death); Capt. Clyde Anker (first appearance); M'Bala (first appearance)
3	Jan Christiaan Smuts	comic story	4	pencils: Jack Abel; inks: Jack Abel	General Botha (first president of South Africa); Jan Christiaan Smuts (first Colonial Secretary, later the second President); Winston Churchill; Paul Kruger
4	Jungle Kings	comic story	1
5	The Crypt	text story	2	script: ? [as Frank Riddell]; letters: typeset
6	Jungle Kings	comic story	1
7	The Deathmaker!	comic story	10	script: Frank Riddell; pencils: John Celardo; inks: John Celardo	Kaänga; The Deathmaker (first appearance; villain; death); Targa (first appearance; villain; death)

Collection	Year
Kaänga #1	1958	On eBay ›

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