Wild Boy of the Congo #11 Values

COVER DETAILS

Title: Perilous Journey

Characters: Wild Boy

Pencils: Matt Baker

Inks: Matt Baker

Letters: typeset

Notes: Matt Baker is credited to both covers and "Wild Boy" for St. John by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the eyes is his best clue.

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STORY DETAILS

Story #1 Story #2 Story #3 Story #4 Story #5 Story #6 Story #7 Story #8 Story #9 Story #10 (10 Stories)

Title: Gift of the Jungle Gods

Characters: Wild Boy; Twagu (villain); Chief Ralem

Synopsis: A sea lion from a shipwrecked wandering circus is looked upon as a sea monster by some natives.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Frank Kramer ?

Inks: Frank Kramer ?

Notes: Frank Kramer is credited to Ziff-Davis' "Wild Boy" for 1951-53 by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and he is the only artist not found sample art of, so it has to be his work here. He is found in several "Wild Boy" stories. The other artists seem to be acccounted for. Vadebonceur has him as the best guess.

Title: The Adventurous Scribe

Characters: Henry Morton Stanley; Mr. Gordon Bennett Jr.; Dr. David Livingstone

Synopsis: Stanley is sent to Africa to look for Dr. Livingstone,

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: George Tuska

Inks: George Tuska ?

Notes: Tuska is credited to pencils on jungle stories by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but the inking looks like inking credited to Tuska in other stories... Vadebonceur has Tuska on pencils and an uncertain Peppe on ink here.

Title: Jungle Mystery

Characters: Wild Boy; Keeto (friend); Daro (panther); Chief Kulaki; Mr. Rivers (animal collector)

Synopsis: Young gorillas are stolen by a white hunter.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Gerald McCann

Inks: Gerald McCann

Notes: McCann is credited to "Wild Boy" in 1951-52 by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and his long noses and small chins are not to miss. Also pointed ears, old expressionless faces and lack of action combined with much black ink, and you have McCann.

Title: The Invincible Weapon

Characters: Chief Osan; Kiota; Frederik Von Staat

Pages: 2.000

Letters: typeset

Title: The Peoples of Africa

Synopsis: Zulu sorcherers and medicine men know secrets of mind reading that have puzzled modern science.

Pages: 1.000

Title: Adventurer..Statesman

Synopsis: The story of Cecil Rhodes, the Father of the Union of South Africa.

Pages: 2.000

Pencils: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)

Inks: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)

Pages: 0.500

Pencils: ? (signed)

Inks: ? (signed)

Notes: Signed with two letters like JJ, GL or JL.

Title: Journey of the Dead

Characters: Wild Boy; Keeto (friend); Daro (panther)

Synopsis: When an evil man dares to trail the sacred elephant to the burial grounds of the dead Youriba chiefs, Wild Boy is forced to follow.

Pages: 7.000

Pencils: Frank Kramer ?

Inks: Frank Kramer ?

Notes: Frank Kramer is credited to Ziff-Davis' "Wild Boy" for 1951-53 by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and he is the only artist not found sample art of, so it has to be his work here. He is found in several "Wild Boy" stories. The other artists seem to be accounted for. Vadebonceur has him as the best guess.

Title: Apes and Monkeys

Characters: Frank Slade

Synopsis: Difference between apes and monkeys.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Frank Slade

Title: Polio Precautions

Synopsis: Precautions against Polio with four cartoons.

Pages: 1.000

Letters: typeset

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