Kaänga Comics, #18
Published: Winter 1953-1954
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Issue Contents:
Characters
- Kaänga
- Ann Mason
Story Notes
There are 2 story-titles on the cover, neither of which matches the comic's stories
Story Notes
House ad for two Fiction House 3-D comics
"This was in the Shari country where the great rains fall and the king beasts prowl..."
Characters
- Kaänga
- Blackie Rawls (first appearance
- villain
- death)
- Bart (first appearance
- villain
- death)
- Logan (first appearance
- villain
- death)
- Capt. Clyde Anker (first appearance)
- M'Bala (first appearance)
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Storyline
A brief biography of Jan Christiaan Smuts and a brief history of the formation of the Union of South Africa.
Characters
- General Botha (first president of South Africa)
- Jan Christiaan Smuts (first Colonial Secretary, later the second President)
- Winston Churchill
- Paul Kruger
Featuring Jungle Kings
"The wart-hog may be tasty, but for a steak from his carcass, you can trade your life!"
Storyline
More short natural histories of dangerous jungle animals
The Crypt
Featuring Jungle Kings
"Nightmares? They're worse!"
Storyline
Brief descriptions of several dangerous jungle animals.
The Deathmaker!
Characters
- Kaänga
- The Deathmaker (first appearance
- villain
- death)
- Targa (first appearance
- villain
- death)
Story Notes
This story, curiously, is built from the bones of the story "Hate Has a Thousand Claws!" from Jungle Comics #100, borrowing many panels of art. The story has many different sequences, and a different conclusion, however.