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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Fiction House
Title: Jungle Comics
Page Count: 52
Genre: Adventure, Animal, Jungle
Era: Golden
Cover Price: 0.10 USD
Cover Date: May 1946
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Country: United States
Witch doctor Niato, in league with white treasure hunters, takes Ann to sacrifice to the god Ghia, which in reality is a mannequin drawn from the lake by a balloon. Kaänga arrives and exposes the fraud, kills the witch doctor, and frees Ann.; White treasure hunters attempt to force Camilla to reveal the location of the Temple of Gar and its gold. She refuses, but before they can kill her, the guardian of the temple, an old man, appears and takes them into the river, drowning him. Camilla takes the responsibilities of guarding the temple.; Simba, seeking to escape crocodiles, flees onto a steamboat full of caged animals. Shortly natives attack and Simba drives them away when the hunters open the cages.; A snake priestess demands tribute from villagers and those who fail to produce their valuables die. Wambi reveals that she is using a hidden snake to kill the victims and that he has introduced a mongoose into the mechanism that killed the snake.; Terry is given a new assignment as the governor of Fort Diablo. When he arrives, he finds that the previous governor, though imprisoned, has staged a riot and taken over the fort. Terry is imprisoned himself, but manages to escape and re-establish order.; The priestess of a hawk cult uses giant hawks to capture villagers to bring to her lair for sacrifice. Tabu uses his powers of illusions and convinces the priestess that she is a hawk; she falls to her death.