Zoot Comics #9 Values

Publisher: Fox, 1947

About Zoot Comics #9

Rulah cover by Jack Kamen.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Fangs of Black Fury

Characters: Rulah; Taho

Pencils: Jack Kamen

Inks: Jack Kamen

Notes: The cover illustrates a scene from the interior story "Fangs of Black Fury."

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: Fangs of Black Fury

Characters: Rulah; Nimbo; Umar; Taho; Koor

Synopsis: Taho wants gold buried in the river near Rulah's village, so she has her mate Umar import an octopus to scare the villagers away. Rulah exposes the plan and Umar is killed by his own monster. Taho vanishes and returns with a horde of black panthers. With the advice of old Koor and the help of young Nimbo, Rulah defeats Taho and her killer cats.

Pages: 12.000

Pencils: Matt Baker ?

Inks: Matt Baker ?

Notes: Rulah and her "tribe" (including boy Nimbo) are white, while other "natives" are black. Umar is black but his evil "mate" Taho is a white member of Rulah's tribe: this interracial relationship is very rare in popular culture of the era. Story begins on inside front cover.

Title: The Slave Girls of the Monstrous Bwana Stark!

Characters: Rulah; Bwana Stark; Abini; Chief

Synopsis: Rulah and various women are captured by Stark and become slaves on his coffee plantation. Stark and his men are killed in an elephant stampede but the Chief of the tribe thinks Rulah helped enslave his people. Rulah proves her innocence and identifies Abini as the inside man of the scheme. She kills Abini with a spear.

Pages: 10.000

Pencils: Matt Baker ?

Inks: Matt Baker ?

Notes: Rulah and all of the enslaved women are white, yet the rest of the tribe, including one boy, are black, and the men even refer to the prisoners as "our women folk." No mention of this is made in the story and yet it is extremely rare in the pop culture of this era to openly suggest miscegenation. This is not a colouring error, since the women are all drawn with Caucasian features and the men are drawn with African features.

Characters: Dick Transom; Kittie; Finnegan; Mrs. Upsweep; Big Mike [Michael Purdy]

Synopsis: Private detective Dick teams with Finnegan to discover who stole Mrs. Finnegan's jewels. Dick identifies the juvenile star of the "Brainy Brats" radio quiz show as midget crook Big Mike, and arrests the whole gang.

Pages: 7.000

Notes: "Brainy Brats" is a spoof of the actual radio show "Quiz Kids."

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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	1	1	5	1	1	3	1	4	3	6	7	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	39
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	1	1	3	2	4	3	6	7	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	40

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