Jungle Comics #97 Rockford Pedigree (Fiction House, 1948) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages....

Auction amount: $840.00

Sold: Mar 21, 2022

Jungle Comics #97 Values

Publisher: Fiction House, 1948

About Jungle Comics #97

Bondage cover. Maurice Whitman, John Celardo, August Froehlich, Charles Sultan, and Bob Lubbers art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Wizard of the Whirling Doom

Characters: Kaänga; Ann Mason

Notes: Cover is 'Doolin-esque' but unlikely to be by him.

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: Wizard of the Whirling Doom

Characters: D'Hama (introduction; villain; death); Bonako (introduction; death); Kaänga; Ann Mason; Sulakis (African tribe)

Synopsis: Kaänga and Ann visit the village of Tonga, where their friend Bonako is to celebrate his chieftanship by use of a ritual bow. The witch doctor, D'Hama, spoils the ceremony by poisoning the bowstring and causing an arrow to be shot from hiding, killing Bonako. Kaänga exposes the trick and D'Hama is killed by the tribe.

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: "'B-r-r-umbah! Hark to the juju demon drums!'"

Characters: Simba; N'gura (leopard)

Synopsis: When lightning starts a forest fire that traps many of the animals of his kingdom, Simba instructs the elephants in the building of a dam, in imitation of some natives he had seen earlier. The dam diverts the river, quenching the fire.

Pages: 6.000

Script: ? [as Ed Hunt]

Pencils: August Froehlich (signed)

Inks: August Froehlich (signed)

Characters: Gail (introduction); N'Muli (introduction; villain); Nuba (introduction; villain); Bwana One-Eye (introduction; villain); Terry Thunder; Trader Brown; Keeto

Synopsis: Raiders take the jungle fever drugs that Terry had promised to the natives at N'gwando. He and the lancers, joined by the commissioner's daughter, steam upriver and take back the drugs.

Pages: 7.000

Script: ? [as Pierre La Rue]

Pencils: Charles Sultan

Inks: Charles Sultan

Characters: Mogawa (introduction; villain; death)(leopard); Wambi; Garno (deer); Chika (gibbon); Tawn; Ogg; Ahizar (cobra); Ragana (eagle); Laka (water buffalo); Sirdah (tiger)

Synopsis: When a deer is accidentally killed through the discharge of a discarded rifle that he stumbles over, the animals all believe that Wambi has reverted to man's ways. It is only through the animals overhearing Mogawa describe what happened that Wambi is exonerated.

Pages: 6.000

Script: ? [as Roy L. Smith]

Pencils: Frank Doyle

Inks: Frank Doyle

Title: Kraal of the Dead

Characters: Karl (introduction; villain); Vera (introduction; villain; death); Zaraba (introduction); M'Buli (introduction; death); Tabu

Synopsis: Ivory hunters murder any natives who spy them stealing fossil ivory from a volcano-destroyed village. Tabu arrives and allows the criminals to be gored and stomped by draft oxen.

Pages: 6.000

Script: ? [as Mack]

Pencils: Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks: Maurice Whitman (signed)

Characters: Sandra (introduction); Tibu (introduction); Neesi (introduction); Daniel Thompson (introduction; villain; death); Mansunis (introduction; villains); Camilla; Fang (dog)

Synopsis: Oil woman Sandra's partner, Thompson, attempts to prevent the filing of a joint deed to their oil claim in order to have it all for himself. Camilla exposes his plotting and Thompson is killed in an oil fire.

Pages: 8.000

Script: ? [as Victor Ibsen]

Pencils: Bob Lubbers

Inks: Bob Lubbers

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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	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	3	5	4	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	27
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	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	3	5	4	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	27

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