Wednesday, May 31, 2023

HOTW- Sheena, Queen of the Jungle

 

From Wiki:

Sheena is the young, blonde daughter of Cardwell Rivington, who is exploring in Africa with his daughter in tow. When Cardwell dies from accidentally drinking a magic potion made by Koba, a native witch doctor, Sheena is orphaned. Koba raises the young girl as his daughter, teaching her the ways of the jungle and various central African languages. The adult Sheena becomes "queen of the jungle" and acquires a monkey sidekick named Chim.

Sheena was the first female character to get her own  comic book title.  She predated Wonder Woman by about six months or so.  She immediately inspired a plethora of clones, most of them are now in the public domain.  She was featured in a syndicated show from 1955 to 1956.  This was syndicated and ran 26 episodes.  In 1984 a tame movie was made, which was later followed by a 35 episode series in 2000, which I quite enjoyed.

Sheena is a Punk Rocker was inspired by this Sheena.

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