Comic Title: Adventures of Rex, the Wonder Dog #44
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Mar/Apr 1959
On Sale Date: December 30, 1958 Copyright Date December 30, 1958
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1959

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Jungle Trail of Peril"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Rex the Wonder Dog (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Bernard Sachs

Feature Character(s)

• Rex the Wonder Dog (last appearance in Justice League of America #144; next appearance in Adventures of Rex, the Wonder Dog #44)

Supporting Character(s)

• Major Dennis (last appearance in Adventures of Rex, the Wonder Dog #41; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Two bandits (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Wallace Ames and Nina (an explorer and his daughter; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When explorer Wallace Ames goes missing, Major Dennis leads a search party. Ames's daughter Nina stows away on the rescue plane. When Major Dennis prepares to parachute from the plane, Nina falls out without a chute. Rex jumps after her and uses his own parachute to save Nina.

Nina and Rex land in the river. Rex saves her again from several animal attacks. They then locate Ames in a hidden underground cavern. Rex stops two bandits who are preparing to kill Ames and take the treasure he has discovered. After the rescue Major Dennis and the search party arrive to take everyone home.