*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: Ah, jungle comics, the forgotten genre of comics’ Golden Age. Inspired by Tarzan, the 1940s and 50s gave rise to a whole horde of jungle denizens (you wonder how they all fitted into the jungle!). Fiction House were among those who did the genre proud in various titles, and this week’s Bute Collection selection highlights three of their titles. Fight Comics and Jumbo Comics were anthology titles that for long periods cover-starred jungle girls Tiger Girl and Sheena (the original Queen of the Jungle) respectively, alongside adventure strips from other genres. Jungle Comics starring Ka’a’nga, Lord of the Jungle and his rather prosaically named mate Ann was pure jungle back to front with many other jungle denizens headlining. Two issues (Fight #73 and Jungle #138) cover feature the gorgeous art of Maurice Whitman, my favourite cover artist of the genre with exquisite composition and luminous colours. 
PICTURED:
FIGHT COMICS #73 FN £50 Nice solid copy with great colour; minor spine and edge wear SOLD
JUMBO COMICS #144 VG+ £44 Solid copy with some marking along spine; small arrival date.
JUNGLE COMICS
#117 FN+ £69 Superior copy with little wear; small pencil mark on cover.
#138 VG £33 3 cm lower spine split, top edge wear, otherwise nice.