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Terrors of the Jungle 17
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Terrors of the Jungle 17 Universal
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Grade:
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7.0
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Certification #:
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0992225024
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Owner:
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GAM
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Terrors of the Jungle #17 is referenced in Fredric Wertham’s “Seduction of the Innocent” (SOTI) in the text on pages 388-389. Terrors of the Jungle #17 reprints stories originally contained in Rulah #21. It’s unclear which comic book Wertham was referring to so both titles are listed as SOTI books.
The reference on pages 388-389 is drawn from a Rulah Jungle Goddess story entitled “The Silent Death”. Wertham recounts the story as a means of demonstrating how comic books pollute the minds of children by spreading propaganda. He describes the story as follows “At a time when accusations of bacterial warfare cloud the international scene, children here in the United States and, through export, in many other countries, are instructed that the United States Government is carrying out secret researches on bacteriological warfare and that it is practiced on colored natives: A man goes to a Government building marked ‘RESEARCH DIVISION.’ A scientist in a white coat tells him: ‘You are aware of the secrecy of these experiments. They are more deadly than the A-bomb!’ Showing him a syringe, he goes on: ‘There’s enough minute bugs in this to kill everything in New York! Pollute drinking water! Poison masses-’ The man tells the girl: ‘Get a load of this Liz. Bacterial warfare!’ He goes on to Africa to practice on the natives there what he has learned in the U.S. Government Research Building. In one picture you are shown a book with the title Bacterial War. This is not propaganda abroad, but the comic-book industry at home”
I have included a scan of the page from this story that contains the scientist scene referenced in Wertham’s description of the story.
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