Jungle Action #1 – Key Highlights
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Publisher: Atlas Comics (Marvel)
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Publication Date: October 1954
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Editor: Stan Lee
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Cover Artist: Joe Maneely
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Genre: Jungle Adventure
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Pages: 36
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Original Cover Price: $0.10
🔥 Key Significance
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First issue of Atlas's Jungle Action, introducing several jungle adventure characters.
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Features the first appearances of Lo-Zarr, Man-Oo, Jungle Boy, and Leopard Girl (Gwen).
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The lead story introduces Lo-Zarr, who battles uranium smugglers with help from the pygmy Matubi tribe and a powerful bull elephant named Gata.
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The cover features Joe Maneely artwork for the story “Survival of the Mighty.”
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Don Rico scripts all four comic stories, with artwork by Joe Maneely, Paul Hodge, John Forte, and Al Hartley.
📖 Story Highlights
- “The Trail of Sudden Death” – 6 pages
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Features the first appearance of Lo-Zarr.
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Script by Don Rico; art by Joe Maneely.
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Lo-Zarr takes on uranium smugglers with help from the Matubi tribe and Gata, a powerful bull elephant.
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Reprinted in Jungle Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #1.
- “Survival of the Mighty!” – 5 pages
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Features the first appearance of Man-Oo, a gorilla.
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Script by Don Rico; art by Paul Hodge.
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Man-Oo protects a young fawn named Wabbi from the lion Numa. When Man-Oo is threatened by a snake, an antelope named Tando comes to his rescue.
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Reprinted in Jungle Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #2.
- “The Skulls of Black River” – 6 pages
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Features the first appearance of Jungle Boy.
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Script and art by John Forte?
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A jungle adventure featuring Jungle Boy.
- “The Snake Ring” – 6 pages
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Features the first appearance of Leopard Girl (Gwen).
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Script by Don Rico; art by Al Hartley.
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Danning, described as "America's top con man," and his daughter swindle Peter out of $5,000. Leopard Girl tricks them into confessing by threatening them with supposedly man-eating snakes.
📌 Additional Details
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Text Story: “Elephant Boy” – 2 pages.
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Cover Story: “Survival of the Mighty!” featuring Man-Oo.
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Cover Artwork: Joe Maneely.
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Editorial: Stan Lee.
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Creator Lineup: Don Rico, Joe Maneely, Paul Hodge, John Forte, and Al Hartley.
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Reprint History: The Lo-Zarr and Man-Oo stories were later reprinted in Marvel's 1972 Jungle Action series.
Jungle Action #1 is a notable Atlas-era jungle anthology, introducing four characters and combining classic jungle adventure with the science-fiction intrigue of uranium smuggling.
