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'''Bomba, the Jungle Boy''' was a series of American boy's adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pseudomnym Roy Rockwood and published by Cupples and Leon in the first half of the 20th century in imitation of the successful Tarzan series. The character later appeared in a number of films starring Johnny Sheffield, who had previously played the character Boy in the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan films.
There were twenty books in the series. The first ten were set in South America, where Bomba, who grew up in the jungle, tries to discover his origin. A common theme is that Bomba, because he is White, has a soul that is awake, while Bomba's friends, the dark skinned natives, have souls that are sleeping. The second set of ten books shift the scene to Africa, where a slightly older Bomba has jungle adventures. This change of scene was probably initiated by the popularity of the film Tarzan. The first ten books were later reprinted in the 1950s by Grossett & Dunlap, a publisher of many popular series books such as the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. These ten books were reprinted again by Clover Books, a short-lived publisher who also reprinted the Grossett & Dunlap series Tom Quest.

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Books

Films

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The first editions all had the same picture on the dust jacket, only the title was different. The Grossett & Dunlap books had different pictures on the dust jacket of each title. The Clover editions had no dust jackets, but had picture covers reprinting the Grossett & Dunlap art.

Books

#Bomba the Jungle Boy, 1926
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy and the Moving Mountain, 1926
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy at the Giant Cataract, 1927
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy on Jaguar Island, 1927
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy and the Abandoned City, 1927
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy on Terror Trail, 1928
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy in the Swamp of Death, 1929
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy Among the Slaves, 1929
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy on the Underground River, 1930
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy and the Lost Explorers, 1930
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy in a Strange Land, 1931
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy Among the Pygmies, 1931
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy and the River Demons, 1931
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy and the Cannibals, 1932
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy and the Painted Hunters, 1932
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy and the Hostile Chieftain, 1934
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy Trapped by the Cyclone, 1935
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy in the Land of Burning Lava, 1936
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy in the Perilous Kingdom, 1937
#Bomba, the Jungle Boy in the Steaming Grotto, 1938

Films

#Bomba, the Jungle Boy, 1949
#Bomba on Panther Island, 1949
#The Lost Volcano, 1950
#Bomba and the Hidden City, 1950
#The Lion Hunters, 1951
#The Elephant Stampede, 1951
#African Treasure, 1952
#Bomba and the Jungle Girl, 1952
#Safari Drums, 1953
#The Golden Idol, 1954
#Killer Leopard, 1954
#Lord of the Jungle, 1955
Jungle Boy is also how Mr. Abhinav Dhar, from Model Town, New Delhi, India is known within his rather limited circle of friends.