Africa #1
(1955)

Magazine Enterprises, 1955 Series
 
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Enterprises
Brand
ME
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Also numbered as A-1 #137. No date on item.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cave Girl / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Powell (signed)
Inks
Bob Powell (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
jungle
Characters
Cave Girl
Reprints

The Volcano Fury (Table of Contents: 1)

Cave Girl / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle
Characters
Cave Girl; Keela Kala; Basutos (African tribe); Abner Bartlett; Iskissis (African tribe); Watulis (African tribe); Mokumbos (African tribe)
Synopsis
Cave Girl exposes the trickery of a witch doctor who has been exploiting his people.
Reprints
Keywords
human sacrifice; idols; statues; volcano gods; volcanos; witch doctors

The Lost Juju (Table of Contents: 2)

Cave Girl / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell (signed)
Inks
Bob Powell (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle
Characters
Cave Girl; Wamboolis (African tribe); Bobo; Barnaby Grimm; Jonathan
Synopsis
A treasure hunter stumbles onto the sacred treasures of the Wamboolis: an enormous gemstone and model steam engine.
Reprints
Keywords
bondage; fishing; jewels; model steam engines; slavery; slaves; stereotyping of African natives; stereotyping of Arabs; witch doctors

The Man From The Sky! (Table of Contents: 3)

Thun'da / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell (signed)
Inks
Bob Powell (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle
Characters
Thun'da; Rogers; Elston Everard
Synopsis
A treasure hunter makes his way to the Dawn Lands, but his proof of its existence is lost when his camera film is fogged by radioactivity from uranium deposits.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

airplanes; Dawn Lands [Dawn World]; cameras; photography; Shareen (city); rubies; diamonds; gold; caves; uranium

The Doom Boat (Table of Contents: 4)

Cave Girl / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell (signed)
Inks
Bob Powell (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle
Characters
Cave Girl; Kubulu; S'Kubulus (African tribe)
Synopsis
Chief Kubulu's plan to take vengeance on the white government officials who imprisoned him is foiled when Cave Girl spots the submerged chain intended to sink the boat the official are on.
Reprints
Keywords
paddle wheel steamboat
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Cave Girl
  2. 1. The Volcano Fury
    Cave Girl
  3. 2. The Lost Juju
    Cave Girl
  4. 3. The Man From The Sky!
    Thun'da
  5. 4. The Doom Boat
    Cave Girl
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore