Jungle Comics #45
In "Battle to the Death!", a 1943 jungle adventure from Fiction House, the ambitious rajah's plans to build a dam for transporting sandalwood threaten to drown Wambi's homeland. When the floodwaters rise, Wambi and his animal allies take action, leading a daring effort to dismantle the dam. With the rajah's daughter in peril, Wambi rescues her and secures a solemn promise to restore the jungle—before the waters recede, the fate of the wild is in his hands. Written by Roy L. Smith and illustrated by Henry Kiefer, with a striking cover by Rafael Astarita.
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A rajah decides to build a dam to make his sandalwood logs easier to transport. The lake being formed floods Wambi's jungle. Wambi and his jungle friends pull down the dam. The rajah's daughter is caught in the torrent and is saved by Wambi who extracts a promise from the rajah to leave the jungle as it was before.
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