JUNGLE JULY 2026 ANNOUNCEMENT

It's getting hot this summer, so I figured I'd delve into a genre that features a place hot all the time: the jungle! Jungle stories dominated early 20th century popular culture, but largely evaporated by the 1970s. Join me as I spend a month reexamining the stories that gave people adventure in far-off locales, featuring wild ape-men and great white hunters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction (My Interest in Jungle Stories) 4:38 The Four Prompts for the Event 7:21 Pre-Tarzan Jungle Stories: THE JUNGLE BOOK and THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK (by Rudyard Kipling) 10:24 ERB Jungle Stories: TARZAN OF THE APES, THE RETURN OF TARZAN, and THE CAVE GIRL 13:06 Tarzan Knock-Offs: THE GOLD OF AKADA (by John Russell Fearne) and KI-GOR VOL. 2 16:59 Great White Hunters: KINGI BWANA (by Gordon MacCreagh) and ARMLESS O'NEIL (by Dan Cushman) 19:20 Bonus Stories: JUNGLE JUNGLE (by Charles Nuetzel) and MEN'S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY 4 22:20 Jungle Comics (Old and New) 34:46 Closing Thoughts