Jungle Action #13 - First Appearance of Kono, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Jungle Action (Marvel, 1972 series)
Issue: #13
Publication date: January 1975
Key date: January 1975
On-sale date: October 17, 1974
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.25
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance (cover) of White Gorilla - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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

First appearance of Wenzori - 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	Wrath of the White Gorilla!	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Klaus Janson; letters: Danny Crespi	Black Panther, T'Challa, White Gorilla First
1	The God Killer	comic story	15	script: Don McGregor; pencils: Billy Graham; inks: Craig Russell; colors: Tom Palmer; letters: Joe Rosen	Black Panther, Chandra First, Jakak First, Karota, Kazibe, Erik Killmonger, Kono First, Monica Lynne, Mendinao, Sombre, T'Challa, Tayete, W'Kabi, Wenzori First
2	Black Panther Artistry	illustration	1	script: Don McGregor; pencils: Frank Giacoia; inks: Sam Grainger; colors: Tom Palmer	Black Panther, T'Challa
3	Venomm	illustration	1	script: Don McGregor; pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Rich Buckler	Venomm, Horatio Walters
4	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
5	-	letters page	2.25	script: Don McGregor
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.75	script: ? (promo copy); letters: typeset	Invisible Girl, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Susan Storm Richards

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.08 GBP

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-4198-3	2010	On eBay ›
Essential Black Panther #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-6323-7	2012	On eBay ›
Comic Reader #111	1974	On eBay ›
Panther's Rage ISBN 978-1-302-90190-5	2016	On eBay ›
Black Panther: The Early Years Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-302-94508-4	2022	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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