Jann of the Jungle #11
Jungle Night!
Pat Mahoney is venturing into the jungle to take a photograph of a giant gorilla for his editors back in the United States. Unwilling to let Pat go into the dangerous jungle alone, Jann of the Jungle joins him. As they venture into the jungle the gorilla swings in and confronts them. When Pat tries to take the picture of the gorilla, it punches his camera, smashing it. Jann then grabs Pat and swings to safety.
Despite the danger, Pat is undaunted and armed with an inferred camera he ventures out into the jungle again to snap a picture of the gorilla in the dark. Pat manages to get the photo but when he returns to camp to develop it both he and Jann see a shocking scene: the giant gorilla fighting another one while a sickly female ape watches. Jann realizes that the large ape is aggressive because he is protecting his mate and so she goes out into the jungle to give the sickly ape a dose of "Jungle Serum" to treat it.
Jann goes into the jungle unaware that Pat is following behind her. Arriving at the gorilla's domain that night, Jann tries to convince the large ape to let her inject the jungle serum into the female ape. When the male protests, Jann knocks it out with a nerve punch and then injects the serum into the female. When the male ape revives, he realizes that Jann has cured his mate and allows her and Pat to go free.
Recurring Characters
Jann of the Jungle
Pat Mahoney
Tribal Warfare!
Jann comes across two tribes that were once peaceful that are now about to go to war against each other. She questions their leaders and learn that each one blames the other for poisoning their watering hole. Jann stops the two leaders from fighting, defeating them in combat and convincing the armies to stand down and give her time to determine the real cause of the poison.
Swinging to the pond, Jann finds a number of animals maddened by the poison in the waters fighting among themselves. She manages to lure the beasts away and dives into the water to investigate the cause of the poison. Down below she finds a squid whose ink is poisoning the water. She swims past the squid and finds an underwater cavern and two men mining there. They reveal that they had found uranium and that they poisoned the waters to keep people away.
Jann splashes water in their faces and forces them to surrender and takes them to the surface to face justice. Revealing the truth to the two tribes they kill the squid allowing their water supply to eventually return to normal.
Recurring Characters
Jann of the Jungle
Pat Mahoney
Prize Trophy!
The wealthy Nick Riordon shows off the giant elephant head trophy that he obtained while hunting in the jungles of Africa and tells his party guests how he go the trophy:
When he was in Africa he hired Cliff Mason as a guide to hunt for the biggest elephant. However when they came across a large elephant that refused to budge, Cliff stopped Nick from shooting it. He revealed that the large elephant was merely protecting its mate and child.
After finishing his tale, his guests ask him if he spared the elephant how did he get the trophy. He then shows a plaque that states that he and Cliff Mason killed a rampaging elephant instead.
Recurring Characters
Cliff Mason
The Bottomless Pit!
Pat Mahoney attempts to take a picture of a flamingo accidentally tripping over a pit fall, however he is rescued by Jann. The rescue proves fruitless when an vulture swoops down knocking Pat into the pit. Jann climbs down after him but is attacked by a lizard in a cavern along the pit wall, sending her falling into the pit as well. Landing in the water below, she finds that Pat is okay. However their relative safety is short lived when a pack of giant lizards attempt to attack them. Despite this threat, Jann easily defeats the leader of the lizards and the creatures show them out of the tunnel and to safety.
Recurring Characters
Jann of the Jungle
Pat Mahoney
