Jungle Comics gallery

JUNGLE COMICS GALLERY

While casting around for new ideas for their comic strips Eisner & Iger LTD obviously discussed the growing popularity of Tarzan. They avoided creating a direct imitation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous character and came up with the novel idea of a female jungle hero, and in 1938 Sheena was born (see The Origin of Sheena page). Several years later they obviously had a change of heart and decided to create a new jungle hero that bore a strong resemblance to Tarzan - Ka'anga. The major discernible difference was that Ka'anga was blonde. Like Tarzan, who had Jane, Ka'anga also had a female companion with a short, simple unexotic name - Ann. Ka'anga never reached the same lofty heights of popularity that Burroughs' creation did, but during that heady period from the early 40s to the mid-60s, when the jungle genre was in high demand in books, films and comics, he was readily accepted by fans keen for some jungle action wherever they could get it.

To identify the cover artists that worked on Jungle Comics I have relied on two sources - The Iger Comics Kingdom (1985) by Jay Edward Disbrow and Book of Jungle Comics - The Photo Cover Guide to Jungle Comics, published by A List Comics in July 1998. Like the Jumbo Comics Gallery, I have also cross-referenced to The Grand Comics Database Project (GCD) website for further clarification where necessary. I have again used the same system where there is any disagreement between these sources. I have provided both names and have Identified the sources. Disbrow's account is provided first and is numbered (1) and A List's is numbered (2). The GCD is numbered (3).

Again, the publication date of the issue is provided, as well as the name of the featured Ka'anga story, many of which bear a remarkable resemble to the names of the Sheena stories in Jumbo Comics. I also recommend that you also read Fiction House Comics: Page 3 - Cover Artists if you haven't done so already. Many of those artists also worked on the Jungle Comics covers.

COVERS GALLERY INTRO

FICTION HOUSE INTRO

Click on the thumbnails below to see a large size image of each cover: