Janu the Jungle Boy is a fictional character published by DC Comics. He is a young boy brought up in the jungle after his father has been killed by a tiger, and who appears as a sidekick to Congo Bill, who adopts him as his ward. Janu first appears in Action Comics #191 (April 1954), in a story written by Jack Miller and drawn by Ed Smalle. Once Congo Bill became Congorilla, Janu's main job was to keep Congo Bill's human body protected while Bill's brain was transferred into that of the Golden Gorilla.