Jungle Comics #8 Larson Pedigree (Fiction House, 1940) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages....

Auction amount: $1,620.00

Sold: Feb 1, 2021

Jungle Comics #8 Values

Publisher: Fiction House, 1940

About Jungle Comics #8

Bob Powell cover and art. George Tuska, Arthur Peddy, H. C. Kiefer, and Charles Sultan art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Safari into Shadowland

Characters: Kaänga

Pencils: Bob Powell

Inks: Bob Powell

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(11 Stories)

Title: Safari into Shadowland

Characters: Kaänga; Jim Gorr (introduction, villain); Mogo

Synopsis: Criminals drive out the workers of a diamond mine and bring in their own natives to work the mine. Kaänga, together with a group of black-maned lions, restores the mine to its rightful owners.

Pages: 10.000

Script: ? [as Red Bradey]

Pencils: George Tuska

Inks: George Tuska

Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb. first line: "The black maned lion, terror of the jungle and Kaanga, lord of this dark land..." Throughout this story, Kaänga's name is spelled without the dieresis.

Characters: The Red Panther

Synopsis: After a savage tribe wipes out a group of missionaries, the Panther sees to it that they are punished by a flood that leaves their leader dead.

Pages: 5.000

Script: ? [as Taylor Martin]

Pencils: Arthur Peddy

Inks: Arthur Peddy

Characters: Tabu; ratmen (introduction, villains); a band of Egyptians (introduction, villains); Dr. Denman Falls

Synopsis: A group of scientists are stricken with a plague after they open an ancient Egyptian tomb in the jungle. Tabu goes to a lost ancient Egyptian outpost for a cure. At the outposts, the descendants of the Egyptians force Tabu to battle and defeat a group of degenerate ratmen and a giant serpent before they give him the cure for the plague.

Pages: 8.000

Script: ? [as Robert Lewis]

Pencils: Charles Sultan

Inks: Charles Sultan

Characters: Camilla; Sir Champion; Goro (a gorilla)(introduction); Kato Tah-Kee (introduction, villain, death)

Synopsis: With the aid of a band of gorillas, Camilla and her army repulse an attack by a medieval Asian army.

Pages: 6.000

Script: ? [as Ted Carter]

Pencils: Bob Powell

Inks: Bob Powell

Characters: Captain Terry Thunder; Yak-Ho (introduction, villain); Kismet (camel)

Synopsis: Yak-ho and his savage tribe attack the peaceful Kadahs. Terry uses a stick of chewing gum as a bribe to stop the attacks, but later must exorcise the evil spirit of the gum with a piece of jewelry.

Pages: 7.000

Script: ? [as Pierre La Rue]

Pencils: Bill Bossert

Inks: Bill Bossert

Characters: Wambi; The Inga tribe (introduction); Hoag (hawk); Decca (zebra); Ogg (ape); Pan (leopard); Kara (chimpanzee); Tawn (elephant); Dr. Wade

Synopsis: The Ingas, weakened by disease, are attacked by the Kurgas. Wambi goes to the military outpost to get both military and medical assistance.

Pages: 7.000

Script: ? [as Roy L. Smith]

Pencils: Henry Kiefer

Inks: Henry Kiefer

Characters: Simba; Jack Williams (introduction); Ann (introduction); a group of kidnappers (introduction, villain)

Synopsis: Simba rescues the pilot of a crashed airplane who is looking for his kidnapped fiance. With the help of Simba and some apes, he frees the girl and captures the kidnappers.

Pages: 5.000

Script: William M. Allison ?

Pencils: William M. Allison (signed)

Inks: William M. Allison (signed)

Characters: Fantomah; Mr. X (introduction, villain); volcano people (introduction)

Synopsis: When Mr. X steals a mystical headpiece that causes a boiling mud-pit to overflow into the jungle, he is confronted by Fantomah who transforms him into a mud being and condemns him to live underground forever.

Pages: 7.000

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: First line of text reads: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever known, has such keen insight that she can see all that happens in the jungle... she devotes her great abilities to protecting the jungle-born..."

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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	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	22
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	3	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	23

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