Kaänga Comics, #16

Published: Summer 1953

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Kaänga Comics #16

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Issue Contents:
Valley of Devil-Dwarfs
1 page jungle
Characters
  • Kaänga
  • Ann Mason
Story Notes

The title, as usual, has nothing to do with the stories in the issue

Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

House ad for 6 Fiction House titles (cover reproductions)

Story 2 7 pages jungle

"Since the wane of vultures' moon, no news of the Blanton-Becker expedition..."

Storyline

Captain Rawls of the colonial police and asks Kaänga to assist him in locating the Blanton-Becker party. During their pursuit, they are attacked by a mammoth.

Characters
  • Kaänga
  • Ann Mason
  • Basoras (African tribe)
  • Captain Rawls
  • Chianzas (African tribe)
  • Becker
  • M'bala
  • Mart Harley
Story Notes

Part 1 of a 2-part story

The Fifth Ace
Story 3 2 pages
The Cave-Man Valley
Story 4 5 pages jungle
Storyline

Kaänga and his party enter a volcano through an entrance blasted by Becker. They discover that the jungle inside the volcano is home to many prehistoric monsters. They also find that Becker had imprisoned his partners, the Blanton's, and was looting the golden idols of the jungle. They stop Becker's looting and rescue the Blanton party.

Characters
  • Kaänga
  • Basoras (African tribe)
  • Captain Rawls
  • Ann Mason
  • Doctor Blanton
  • Molly Blanton
Story Notes

Part 2 of a 2-part story. Pagination continues through this sequence from the first part of the story.

The Men with Tails
Story 5 4 pages jungle
Storyline

An anthropological expedition discovers a human tribe with tails.

Characters
  • Jim Fraser
  • Doctor Thorne
  • tailed men
  • Watussis (African tribe)
Story 6 10 pages jungle

"It all began with a distant wail -- the whistle-voice of the Golden Goose..."

Story Notes

The art from the original 12 page story has been cut up and re-arranged with all-new text and dialog.