The Comic Book Catacombs: Ka'a'nga in "The Treasure of Tembo Wanculu" (Fiction House; 1952)

Monday, October 7, 2013

Ka'a'nga in "The Treasure of Tembo Wanculu" (Fiction House; 1952)

Ka'a'nga stars today in "The Treasure of Tembo Wanculu" from Jungle Comics #147 (Mar. 1952); originally published by Fiction House and illustrated by Maurice Whitman. The Catacombs acknowledges "Comic Book Plus" as the source of this classic comic story. Note: The copyright for this issue, its contents and artwork belongs to the original publishers and/or the creators and is reproduced here solely for entertainment purposes. Enjoy!

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Daniel [oeconomist.com] said...: I think that the letterer bobbled what was meant to be “KAÄNGA”, where the double-dot diacritical mark is a diaeresis (rather than an umlaut), and indicates that the second ‘A’ is pronounced separately from the first.; October 8, 2013 at 8:57 AM

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How it all began ....

In 1933, publishers at Eastern Color Press, intent to make better use of their printing equipment (which frequently sat idle between jobs), came up with the idea of printing an 8-page comic section that could be folded down from the large broadsheet to a smaller 9-inch by 12-inch format. The result was the first modern comic book. Containing reprints of newspaper comic strips, this experimental comic book titled "Funnies On Parade" was given away for free. It proved so popular that the following year Eastern published "Famous Funnies" and took the bold step of selling the comic for ten cents through chain stores. The enterprise was a smashing success and Eastern began churning out numerous reprints on a monthly basis. Other publishers, eager to get in on the profits, jumped on the bandwagon and the comic book industry was born!