(1941) “The Mad Elephant”

Lance Hale was a jungle lord who evolved in strange ways in the pages of Silver Streak Comics. He begins as a space hero then becomes a monster hunter and only finally ends his career as a very mediocre but consistent jungle king. Fred Guardineer wrote and drew this comic. “The Mad Elephant” is from […]

(1984) Quintana Roo

Quintana Roo, or Tribe of the Dead as it was republished in 1984, is a jungle adventure by Horror writer Gary Brandner. Brandner is most famous for his The Howling series. This should not scare off Jungle fans who don’t like Horror. This novel is first and foremost an adventure story with a small zombie […]

(1929) Tarzan at the Earth’s Core by Frank Hoban

A majority of Tarzan novels appeared in All-Story and Argosy. There is a famous story about how the Munsey chain lost their exclusive with Edgar Rice Burroughs. There repeated requests for revisions on The Outlaw of Torn alienated a writer who had no reason to go elsewhere. It is good for art lovers though that […]

Joe Kubert (1926-2012)

Joe Kubert, comic pro of old, made his mark with Tor in 1954 for St. John. Decades later, when DC wanted to take over the Tarzan franchise from Gold Key, it was Joe who brought his style to the comic. Tarzan, Korak and Weird Worlds presented the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs under Joe’s direction. […]

(1947) “Rhythm of the Jungle”

Donald Wayne Hobart was a prolific Pulp writer who wrote for the Ned Pines magazines such as Thrilling Western and Rio Kid Western. He also supplied Pines with one to two-pagers for Pines’ comic line. These short stories allowed the publisher to use 4th rate postage, classifying comics as magazines. Nobody paid much attention to […]

(1912) Zane Grey in the Jungle

(1912) Ken Ward in the Jungle was Zane Grey’s one jungle adventure. As anyone who is familiar with the name Zane Grey knows, he is one of the greats of Western fiction. The book before this one was The Young Lion Hunter (1911) , that tells of Ken’s adventures in the Arizona desert dealing with […]

(1951) “Death at the Animal Pit”

White Princess of the Jungle just drips with condescension but the interior proves otherwise. Taanda’s origin story, from WPOTJ #1 (July 1951), was written by an unknown writer but drawn by Louis Ravielli. Unlike many Jungle Ladies, Taanda is not raised by wild animals but by Africans. Ravielli tries to draw the Africans from photos […]

(1950) “Jungle Oil”

“Jungle Oil” was written by an anonymous scribe for Jungle Lil #1 (April 1950).

(1931) The Lion’s Way

The October 1948 issue of Famous Fantastic Mysteries, a Pulp that reprinted stories from the two decades before, featured The Lion’s Way (1931) by C. T. Stoneman, with new illustrations by Virgil Finlay. This was the first in the Kaspa series. The novel was filmed as The King of the Jungle (1932) starring Larry “Buster” […]

(1885-1927) The Allan Quatermain Series

The tales of Allan Quatermain were standard reading for youngsters in the years before World War II. By 1975, when I was twelve and the perfect age to discover these adventures, Haggard had become somewhat old-fashioned. His novels were re-released in the 1980s but I missed them. An Edgar Rice Burroughs junkie, Haggard would have […]