Jungle Comics #2 Rockford Pedigree (Fiction House, 1940) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages....

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Jungle Comics #2 Values

Publisher: Fiction House, 1940

About Jungle Comics #2

This issue contains the first appearance of Fantomah, Mystery Woman of the Jungle, considered by some historians to be the original female costumed crime-fighter (she appeared in print one month before the Woman in Red). Red Panther begins. Will Eisner cover. Fletcher Hanks, Henry Kiefer, and Alex Blum art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Terror of the Bush

Characters: Kaänga

Pencils: Will Eisner

Inks: Will Eisner

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: Terror of the Bush

Characters: Kaänga; Dr. Wratt (introduction, villain, death); Dr. Wratt's man-apes (introduction, villain, death); Ann Mason; Tampi (elephant)

Synopsis: Ann is kidnapped by the mad scientist, Dr. Wratt, who controls a group of man-apes through hypnotism. Kaänga rescues her and Dr. Wratt is killed by his man-apes during Kaänga and Ann's escape.

Pages: 10.000

Script: ? [as Red Bradey]

Pencils: Ken Jackson

Inks: Ken Jackson

Notes: The location of the diaeresis (the two dots over the "a" in "Kaänga," vary between the cover and the story. The story title is taken from the cover blurb. first line: "Feeling hungry, Kaänga waits above the water hole for prey."

Characters: Tortug (introduction, villain, death); a missionary (introduction); Joan (missionary's daughter) (introduction); Red Panther

Synopsis: The Red Panther rescues a missionary and his daughter from their captor, the witch doctor Tortug.

Pages: 6.000

Script: ? [as Taylor Martin]

Pencils: Arthur Peddy

Inks: Arthur Peddy

Notes: In the previous issue, the Red Panther was referred to as the White Panther.

Characters: Tabu; John Brooks; Jim Brooks; Sanders (introduction, villain, death); Spike (introduction, villain, death)

Synopsis: The criminal Sanders kills an explorer for his map to the elephants' graveyard. Tabu leads the explorer's son to the graveyard where Tabu extracts revenge against the criminal.

Pages: 7.000

Pencils: R. L. Golden (signed)

Inks: R. L. Golden (signed)

Characters: Capt. John Stanley (introduction); Camilla; Gaba

Synopsis: Stanley, an ivory hunter, is captured by Camilla's guards. She asks him to join her and command her forces; when he refuses, she threatens to kill him with flexodium rays. Stanley uses the rays to destroy Camilla's city. Camilla refuses to leave the ruins.

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: C. A. Winter [as CAW]

Inks: C. A. Winter [as CAW]

Notes: This is a re-working of the story from the previous issue. Here, Camilla said to be a descendant of Genghis Khan instead of Vikings and survives.

Characters: Terry Thunder; Le Jacque (introduction, villain, death); Krostoff (introduction, villain, death); Hienrach (introduction, villain, death); Vasacoff (introduction, villain, death); Saunders (introduction, villain, death)

Synopsis: A group of French Foreign Legionnaires mutinies during an attack by Arabs and Terry must overcome both groups of adversaries.

Pages: 7.000

Pencils: Rafael Astarita

Inks: Rafael Astarita

Characters: Ricco (villain); Wazee (introduction, villain); Wambi; Keeta (monkey); Tawn (elephant); Ogg (ape); Balu (leopard)

Synopsis: A slaver persuades a village to attack the local British garrison, believing that if the garrison can be destroyed, the slave trade will become easier. Wambi hurries to the next, larger garrison and brings back relief forces that drive away the natives.

Pages: 7.000

Script: John Mitchell ? (signed)[as Roy L. Smith]

Pencils: Henry Kiefer (signed) [as Dekerosett]

Inks: Henry Kiefer ? (signed)[as Dekerosett]

Title: The Revolt of the Black Continent

Characters: Roy Lance (introduction); John Abbott (introduction); Joan Sarret (introduction); Dawambo (introduction, villain)

Synopsis: Dawambo unites all the savage tribes of central Africa in revolt against the European powers. John Abbot, a movie producer, takes his star, Joan Sarret, to Africa to shoot footage of the rebellion. Hunter Roy Lance acts as their guide. Their safari is captured by Dawambo and a combination of Lance's fists and Abbot's movie projector win them their freedom.

Pages: 6.000

Script: ? [as Courtney Thompson]

Reprints: Vooda (Farrell, 1955 series) #20 (April 1955)

Characters: Fantomah (introduction); two ivory hunters (introduction, death); Maula (elephant)

Synopsis: Fantomah stops two ivory hunters from raiding the elephants' graveyard by using their own greed against them.

Pages: 6.500

Script: Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)

Pencils: Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)

Inks: Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)

Letters: Fletcher Hanks

Notes: One half of final page is occupied by an advertisement.

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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	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	16
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	1	3	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	20

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