CREATOR

Name: Fiction House (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in the 1920s as a pulp magazine, but editor Thurman T. Scott started publishing comic books in 1938. Stopped in 1954.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Fiction House in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation used different logos in their comic books. The one shown here is an example.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1942*. Stopped in 1952 after 18 issues.

The series' title character Wambi - bynamed Jungle Boy - is a boy of unknown origin, who is wearing a red turban as his trademark. He lives among the wild animals in a jungle in African Congo (the occasional presence of Asian animals is never explained). His animal friends include the elephant Tawn, the hippopotamus Hyda, and the gorilla Ogg.

* The character was first published in Jungle Comics.


 

MAIN CHARACTER


Wambi

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1942
#4 - 1948
#8 - 1950

#10 - 1950
#12 - 1951
#17 - 1952

 

 

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