Jungleman, a Real Champ

“Jungleman” went through two distinctive phases, first with Champion Comics he was written by Worth B. Carnahan under the name Don Traver and was drawn by Harry Parkhurst. When the comic book was sold to Harvey they stayed on for two episodes before Parkhurst was replaced by Mort Leav then Stan Zuckerberg, both working under the pseudonym of Stan Maxwell. Jungleman also stopped discovering lost civilizations and went to work fighting the Japanese. The strip faded awat with issue #17, another victim of the war.

Art by Harry Parkhurst

1. “Jungleman” Champion Comics #2 (December 1939)

Art by Harry Parkhurst

2. “Trapped by a Huge Albino Tiger” Champion Comics #3 (January 1940)

Art by Harry Parkhurst

3. “Trapped by Pygmy Cannibals” Champion Comics #4 (February 1940)

Art by Harry Parkhurst

4. “As the Great Net Falls” Champion Comics #5 (March 1940)

Art by Harry Parkhurst

5. “Civilization, Pirates, and Shipwreck” Champion Comics #6 (April 1940)

Art by Harry Parkhurst

6. “Island Survival” Champion Comics #7 (May 1940)

Art by Harry Parkhurst

7. “The Pirate Pair” Champion Comics #8 (June 1940)

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Art by Harry Parkhurst

8. “The Volcano Erupts” Champion Comics #9 (July 1940)

9. “The Giant Rice-Rats” Champion Comics #10 (August 1940)

Art by Harry Parkhurst

10. “Back to the Stone Age” Champ Comics #11 (October 1940)

Art by Harry Parkhurst

11. “Moon Priestess of the Aztecs” Champ Comics #12 (February 1941)

Art by Mort Leav

12. “The Indochina Air Raid” Champ Comics #14 (July 1941)

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13. No Title Champ Comics #15 (September 1941)

Art by Stan Zuckerberg

14. “The Ivory Hunters” Champ Comics #16 (November 1941)

Art by Stan Zuckerberg

15. “Trapped By Poachers” Champ Comics #17 (February 1942)


These comics are available free at Digital Comic Museum.