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 1949*. Stopped in 1954 after 20 issues.

The series' title character, Kaänga**, was a white boy who managed to flee from an expedition into Congo in Africa, that was attacked and destroyed by natives. He - whose's real name is unknown - grows up among apes into being a strong and righteous figure with the bynames Jungle King and Lord of the Jungle. Most of the time he is accompanied by a white girl named Ann Mason.

* The character was first published in Jungle Comics. ** This is the most used spelling for the character, but during his entire run in Fiction House's series he was also named Kaanga and Käanga.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS


Kaänga, Ann Mason

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#3 - 1950
#8 - 1951
#10 - 1951

#12 - 1952
#15 - 1953
#19 - 1954

 

 

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