Ka’a’nga Comics

    (Fiction House, 1949-1954)
™ and ©1950 Glen-Kel Pub. Co., Inc.

Fiction House already ruled the densely forested comics jungle in the late 1940s with such hits as Jumbo Comics, Sheena, and Jungle Comics. Ka’a’nga followed in that same tradition, with another great white jungle lord and his leopard-clad girlfriend making the rain forests and lost cities of the Dark Continent safe against poachers, evil natives, and slave masters. During this time, the brilliant Burne Hogarth, who set a very high standard for jungle-king artwork, was illustrating the Tarzan newspaper strip. Ka’a’nga’s Frank Riddell rose to the challenge with elegant, finely crafted, dynamic and detailed illustrations that brought the fairly standard stories vividly to life. Riddell’s art, if not his writing, largely avoided the offensive clichés and crude style of other Tarzan imitators. And, as required of all Fiction House titles, the women look marvelous.
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  • 1
    #1
    Mar 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    Spring 1949
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Dec 1949
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    Winter 1949
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  • 3
    #3
    Mar 1950
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    W: Frank Riddell  ·  A: Frank Riddell
    Spring 1950
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  • 4
    #4
    Jun 1950
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    Summer 1950
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  • 5
    #5
    Title on covers change to Kaänga Jungle King
    Sep 1950
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    Fall 1950
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    #6
    Dec 1950
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    Winter 1950
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    #7
    Mar 1951
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    Spring 1951
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    #8
    Jun 1951
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    Summer 1951
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    #9
    Sep 1951
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    Fall 1951
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    #10
    Dec 1951
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    Winter 1951
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    #11
    Mar 1952
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    Spring 1952
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  • 12
    #12
    Jun 1952
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    Summer 1952
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  • 13
    #13
    Sep 1952
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    W: Nils Van Duren
    Fall 1952
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  • 14
    #14
    Dec 1952
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    Winter 1952
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    #15
    Mar 1953
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    Spring 1953
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    #16
    Jun 1953
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    Summer 1953
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    #17
    Sep 1953
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    Fall 1953
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    #18
    Dec 1953
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    Winter 1953
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    #19
    Mar 1954
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    Spring 1954
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    #20
    Jun 1954
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    Summer 1954
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