Although the comic book jungle has its male heroes, such as Thun'da and Kaanga it is a realm where women are the rulers, Tarzan excepted.
In 1937, a Jungle Queen debuted in the British magazine Wags #1. Sheena, created by Will Eisner and Jerry Iger then made her U.S. appearance the next year in Jumbo Comics #1, appearing in every issue until April 1953. In 1942, she made history by becoming the first female with her own title. As can be seen from the titles beneath Sheena spawned a whole new genre, the Jungle Girl.
Amongst our fictional characters there are a few real life stars, including Dorothy Lamour the 'Sarong Queen'. Making a brief appearance is the larger than life Frank Buck, a hunter and animal collector. He was also the author of 'Bring 'Em Back Alive', an actor, director and producer. In the 1930s and 40s he starred in numerous jungle adventure movies. Another movie star, Sabu was the son of an Indian elephant driver. He had his big break, at the age of 13, in the 1937 British film Elephant Boy and other roles followed. Sabu died of a heart attack, aged just 39.
We have 60 titles and 1,250 issues in our 'Jungle Category' for you to enjoy.
Jungle Comics And Books
Los Vengadores de la India | |||||||||||||
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Section: | Selección Aventurera |
Vooda | |||||||||||||||||
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Publisher: | Ajax-Farrell |
Wambi, Jungle Boy | |||||||||||||||||
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Publisher: | Fiction House |
White Princess of the Jungle | |||||||||||||||||
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Publisher: | Avon Periodicals | ||||||||||||||||
Description: | WHITE PRINCESS OF THE JUNGLE, 1951 Series. No. 1, Jul 1951 - no. 5, Nov 1952 |
Wild Boy | |||||||||||||||||
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Publisher: | Ziff-Davis | ||||||||||||||||
Description: | (1951 Series) Feb-Mar 1951 - Aug 1953? Issues published: 10 [1]-8 Tracking: Continued as Wild Boy of the Congo (St. John, 1953 series) #9 onward. |
Wild Boy of the Congo | |||||||||||||||||
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Publisher: | St. John |
Yorga | |||||||
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Non-English: | Spanish Language Books | ||||||
Description: | Published by Ediciones Hispano Americana, Barcelona. 1950. With thanks to http://precisionquirurgica.blogspot.com.es/ |
Zago, Jungle Prince | |||||||||||||||||
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Publisher: | Fox Feature Syndicate | ||||||||||||||||
Description: | ZAGO, JUNGLE PRINCE (Fox) 1948 Series. No. 1, Sep 1948 - no. 4, Mar 1949. Continues as MY STORY TRUE ROMANCES IN PICTURES (Fox) 1949 Series. |
Zegra, Jungle Empress | |||||||||||||||||
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Publisher: | Fox Feature Syndicate |
Zoot Comics | |||||||||||||||||
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Publisher: | Fox Feature Syndicate | ||||||||||||||||
Description: | ZOOT COMICS (Fox) 1946 Series. No. 1, 1946 - no. 16, Jul 1948. Continues as RULAH, JUNGLE GODDESS (Fox) 1948 Series. Note: series changed from humor genre to jungle adventure as of issue no. 7, when it commenced the feature Rulah until the title changed. |