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Cover: Norman Saunders
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Approved Comics #3

Apr 1954 · St. John · 0.10 USD
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This anthology issue contains multiple adventure stories: "Wild Boy of the Congo" features a jungle explorer guide confronting savage gorillas and hostile natives in the African wilderness; "Great Volcanoes" presents factual historical accounts of catastrophic volcanic eruptions including Krakatoa, Mt. Pelée, and Katmai, chronicling their devastating effects across centuries; and "Joe Barton in the Jungle Drum" follows an adventurer guiding a party through gorilla country in the Congo, where he must protect them from savage threats while navigating the dangerous jungle terrain.

Contains 5 stories
The Witch Doctor
8 pp · Jungle
Wild BoyZabba (witch dodtor)Aarg (gorilla leader)Chief KambalaLura (chief's daughter)Keeto (friend)

Wild Boy and his friend Keeto find themselves caught between tribal politics and jungle fury when the scheming witch doctor Zabba uses stolen goods and a captured gorilla to sow violence in Chief Kambala's village. As Zabba's maddened beast runs amok and threatens the chief and his daughter Lura, Wild Boy must fight for survival while the true leader of the gorilla tribe, Aarg, races to aid his jungle ally. Peace in the lost city hangs by a thread as Wild Boy battles to expose the witch doctor's treachery before darkness falls.

Great Volcanoes
1 pp · Non-Fiction

Over two thousand volcanic eruptions have scarred the Earth since recorded history began, from the catastrophic burial of Pompeii by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. to the sudden, dramatic birth of a new volcano in Paracutin, Mexico in 1943. This fact-filled account explores the planet's most destructive volcanic moments, tracing how nature's raw power has shaped our world across millennia.

Star of the Jungle
6 pp · Jungle
Wild BoyKeeto (friend)Timba (panther)Kaw (falcon)Fred Cartier (filmmaker)Lola Martin (film star)the Kamokos (hostile pygmy tribe)Zarkow (renegade white trader)
Jungle Drum
6 pp · Jungle
Joe BartonMr. Parmaleehis daughter Nanher fiance Cecil Hathaway

Joe Barton, an experienced jungle guide, agrees to lead Mr. Parmalee, his daughter Nan, and her fiancé Cecil Hathaway on a gorilla hunt in the Congo—but Hathaway's arrogance and contempt for both the guide and the local Bengali tribe quickly puts the entire party in danger. When the Bengali demand payment and Hathaway refuses, the safari finds itself surrounded and facing impossible choices, forcing Joe to devise a plan that will expose Hathaway's true character and determine everyone's fate in the unforgiving jungle.

The Return
8 pp · Jungle
Wild Boychief of the Kowi tribeJogo (his nephew)Koller (Jogo's white friend)

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $66
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $999*
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 none in existence
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CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $330*
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 · 2 in census $226*
CGC 2.5 none in existence
CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $156*
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Full credits

artist, inker Paul Hodge
cover pencils, inks Norman Saunders

Reprints

↩ Reprints Wild Boy #10 [1] (1950), Wild Boy #11 [2] (1951)

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