Jungle Comics #40

Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Killer Plague," art by Saul Rosen; A white hunter has set up a rendering plant and is indiscriminately killing men and animals to feed the vat of boiling fat. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy (as N. Viscardi); Simba kills an escaped circus ape. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; The jungle animals believe that Wambi is responsible for a forest fire that endangers them all. "The Scorpion!", art by George Appel; The cult of the scorpion god, Kata, comes to Khefra to establish a temple. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Terry receives word that a nearby outpost is being besieged by Bedouins and rides with his lancers to the rescue; However, it is a trap and Terry and his men are captured and then rescued by Andy and the gang. "The Jungle Empress" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A white woman with a trained rhinoceros steals the idol of the Zugos; Tabu recovers the statue and returns it. Untitled story; Josephine Jordan, Camilla's cousin (unknown to both Josephine and Camilla), is in the jungle with attorney Jim Rodney to try and learn the fate of Josephine's uncle, Camilla's father.