*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: Ka’a’nga the Jungle King and Wambi the Jungle Boy were the two most successful characters to emerge from Fiction House’s long-running Jungle Comics, popular enough in fact to get their own titles in the 1940s. One of each from the Bute Collection this week, both graced with the wonderful cover art of Maurice Whitman. Ka’a’nga #12 from 1952 cover features our titular hero crashing to the aid of his shapely mate Ann, who is chained, bound and gagged in the foreground (always thought Ann should have had a more exotic jungle name.) In Wambi #18, the final issue of the series (1952/53), the emphasis is on our jungle chum and his friends the jungle animals.
PICTURED:
KA’A’NGA #12 VG+ £35 SOLD
WAMBI #18 GD+ £17