![]() ![]() Kara, Jungle Princess ( Exciting Comics #44, Feb 1946).Jungle Queen/Julie Winters (comic/TV series The Maxx).Jana Sky-Born (2007) ( Dynamite Entertainment comic) Judy of the Jungle ( Better/Nedor Comics' Exciting Comics, 1940s).Jessie ( Fiction House's Jungle Comics, 1940s) - the mate of Ka'a'nga, Jungle King.Jano, companion to Voodah (Crown Comics, 1947), later revived by AC Comics.Jann of the Jungle ( Marvel Comics, 1950s).Irish of the Jungle (1990s comic book based on Irish McCalla, TV's "Sheena").Gwenna from the webcomic Kaza's Mate Gwenna, where both Kaza and her are a parody of Ka-zar and Shanna from Marvel Comics and are usually shown as nude.Fantomah, Mystery Woman of the Jungle ( Fiction House's Jungle Comics, 1940s).Fana The Jungle Girl (Incarna Comics, 1989).Dhalua Strong and, in a more satirical manner, her daughter Tesla ( America's Best Comics).Cavewoman Meriem Cooper ( Basement Comics, 1993–2006).Cave Girl, Magazine Enterprises' Africa, Thun'da, and Cave Girl (1950s).Camilla, Wild Girl of the Congo ( Fiction House's Jungle Comics, 1940s).Ann Mason ( Fiction House's Jungle Comics) and later Kaänga, Jungle Lord (1949–1954) - the mate of Ka'a'nga, Jungle King who, like Sheena, wears a leopard skin dress.Balza (from Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1933 novel Tarzan and the Lion Man).Meriem (from Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1917 novel The Son of Tarzan).List of jungle girl characters Literature Sheena went on to star in the American comic book anthology series Jumbo Comics the following year. One popular character, adapted into various media, is Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, who, though created by American writer-artists Will Eisner and Jerry Iger, made her debut in the British magazine Wags #46 (1937). ![]() The first forest-dwelling character in fiction was Rima from W. Rider Haggard's She: A History of Adventure (1886). ![]() They are depicted either as a tough heroine, perhaps a jungle queen, or as a bound and gagged damsel in distress to be rescued by a jungle man.Ī prototypical version of the jungle girl was the ancient but eternally youthful sorceress Ayesha in H. They are the female counterpart of Tarzanesque characters. Others come to visit, whether by accident or design, and decide to stay and serve as protectors of the land and local tribes. Some are feral children some come from a wealthy, educated family who grew up in the jungle. Most are barefoot while some are shown in primitive shoes. Jungle girls are generally depicted as wearing either a scanty animal print (usually leopard) bikini or some type of jungle dress made from fur, leather, or sometimes vegetation. A jungle girl (so-called, but usually adult woman) is an archetype or stock character, often used in popular fiction, of a female adventurer, superhero or even a damsel in distress living in a jungle or rainforest setting. ![]()
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