Nyoka the Jungle Girl #40

Ballyhoo Barney thinks he's found an easy way to earn a raise at Mr. Bungling's circus—volunteering to baby-sit during the evening performance sounds like a breeze. But when he discovers his charge is a tiger cub with a temperament to match its mother's, the fast-talking barker gets more than he bargained for in this lighthearted romp.

Nyoka ventures into the Forbidden Acres—a dangerous stretch of jungle haunted by headhunters—to track down a stolen diamond tiara and the crook who made off with it. When she discovers the tiara at the bottom of a native trap pit alongside a leopard, Nyoka must navigate the treacherous descent to retrieve it, only to find herself betrayed and stranded with an awakening beast. With the rope cut and danger closing in, the jungle girl faces her most desperate moment yet.

Trader Tom sizes up a customer's problem with broken dishes and offers some surprisingly clever sales logic to solve what's really a household dilemma. This lighthearted yarn shows how a quick-thinking trader turns a common complaint into an irresistible pitch.

Colonel Corn finds himself broke and desperate for cash, so Korny Kobb demands repayment of debts—but when the Colonel refuses to pawn his beloved watch, things turn physical in this four-page comedy romp. Watch as these two butt heads over money, misunderstandings, and the finer points of pawn shop economics in "Money Mad!"

When Nyoka the Jungle Girl ventures far north to explore, she discovers the landscape is far colder than expected—so cold that she stumbles upon a remote shack and hopes its inhabitant can offer some relief and information about warmer weather ahead. Her conversation with the resident reveals a humorous truth about just how isolated this frozen outpost really is. This lighthearted 1950 tale captures the comedic misadventure of an explorer way out of her element in the icy wilderness.