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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