Jungle Comics #103 The Promise Collection Pedigree (Fiction House, 1948) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $630.00

Sold: May 2, 2022

Jungle Comics #103 Values

Publisher: Fiction House, 1948

About Jungle Comics #103

John Celardo cover and art. Matt Baker, Charles Sultan, and August Froehlich art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Phantoms of Lost Lagoon

Characters: Kaänga; Ann Mason

Pencils: John Celardo (signed)

Inks: John Celardo (signed)

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: The Phantoms of Lost Lagoon

Characters: Prof. M. Cowley (introduction, death); Kirk (introduction, death); Smokey (introduction, death); Kaänga; Ann Mason; N'koto; K'wandi

Synopsis: Treasure hunters seek the ship of the Emperor Khan. Kaänga locates the ship but the hunters believe that there is no treasure on board. One of the hunters is killed by a rhinoceros and Kaänga kills the other. It is then discovered that the armor of the skeletons aboard the wreck of the ship is made of gold.

Pages: 10.000

Script: ? [as Frank Riddell]

Pencils: John Celardo

Inks: John Celardo

Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb. first line: "Tanganyika, Africa. Friend Kaänga, at last my wound has healed."

Characters: Kolar (introduction)(cheetah); Borgo (introduction, villain, death)(water buffalo)

Synopsis: A hunting cheetah escapes from his masters and is befriended by Simba. The two of them free the animals captured by the cheetah's masters.

Pages: 6.000

Script: ? [as Ed Hunt]

Pencils: August Froehlich (signed)

Inks: August Froehlich (signed)

Characters: Uganda Bill (introduction, villain, death); T'Gara (introduction, villain); Congo Pete (introduction, villain); Killer Jacques (introduction, villain); Brian [Bill's brother] (introduction); Terry Thunder; Lombobo; Keeto

Synopsis: A young man infiltrates the lancers and frees his brother from the fort jail. The brother, Unganda Bill, and his accomplice, T'Gara, go on an ivory raid but are captured by Terry and the lancers with help from Bill's brother.

Pages: 7.000

Script: ? [as Pierre La Rue]

Pencils: Charles Sultan

Inks: Charles Sultan

Characters: Guru-cultists (introduction, villains); Tawn; Ogg; Wambi; Tira (hawk); Bando (mandrill)

Synopsis: The Scepter of Guru, a sacred object, is stolen from a village in Wambi's jungle and winds up with Ogg. The villagers seize Ogg and prepare to sacrifice him for profaning their sacred scepter. Wambi, who had been experimenting with diving, manages to save Ogg from drowning and returns the scepter.

Pages: 6.000

Script: ? [as Roy L. Smith]

Pencils: Frank Doyle (signed)

Inks: Frank Doyle (signed)

Characters: Zotara (introduction, villain, death); N'Mongo (introduction); Tabu

Synopsis: Priestess Zotara rigs King N'Mongo's annual kingship ritual to cause N'Mongo's death and her own ascension to the throne. Tabu re-enacts the ritual in the Land of Mists -- a nebulous after-life -- and demonstrates Zotara's criminal acts. She falls into quicksand and is killed.

Pages: 6.000

Script: ? [as Mack]

Pencils: Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks: Maurice Whitman (signed)

Characters: Jane Bronson (introduction); Mr. Bronson (introduction); Burke (introduction); Gray (introduction, villain, death); Slade (introduction, villain, death); Camilla; Fang (dog)

Synopsis: When mine owner's daughter Jane Bronson learns that her father's overseers are using slave labor in her father's mines, she hurries to tell him. However, she accidentally stumbles into a trap set by Camilla for hyenas. Jane is brought to her father as dead and he blames Camilla. Camilla escapes and goes to the mine to prove the villainy of the overseers. Their blasts have agitated a colony of vampire bats who kill the overseers. Camilla returns to the mine owner's camp and discovers that Jane was not killed, only wounded.

Pages: 8.000

Script: ? [as Victor Ibsen]

Pencils: Matt Baker

Inks: Ray Osrin ?

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	4	7	4	2	4	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	38
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	4	7	4	2	4	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	38

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