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Princess Pantha is an example of a jungle girl. 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. A prehistoric depiction is a cave girl.
Rulah, Jungle Goddess is a fictional character, a jungle girl, in comic books published by Fox Feature Syndicate. She first appeared in Zoot Comics #7 (June 1947). [ 1 ] Matt Baker designed her, before Jack Kamen and Graham Ingels helped develop her image.
Arthur F. Peddy [1] (December 26, 1916 – May 15, 2002) [2] [3] was an American comic book and advertising artist best known for co-creating Quality Comics' superhero character Phantom Lady and Atlas Comics' jungle girl character Jann of the Jungle.
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Art Saaf illustrated most of Pantha's stories, with Alex Schomburg drawing all her cover appearances. One story, "The Land of the Black Python" ( Thrilling Comics #66, June 1948), has been cited as an example of racial insensitivity: "a white Princess Pantha taught black Africans to overcome racial prejudice in a near-classic example of "blame ...
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, is a fictional American comic book jungle girl heroine, originally published primarily by Fiction House during the Golden Age of Comic Books. She was the first female comic book character with her own title, with her 1941 premiere issue ( cover-dated Spring 1942) preceding Wonder Woman #1 (Summer 1942).
Fantomah, "Mystery Woman of the Jungle", is a female comic-book superhero created by writer-artist Fletcher Hanks, under the pseudonym Barclay Flagg. [5] She debuted in a namesake backup feature in Jungle Comics #2 (Feb. 1940), [6] and continued as a backup feature until her final appearance in issue #51 (March 1944). [7]
As published by Fox Feature Syndicate in the late 1940s, Phantom Lady is a notable and controversial example of "good girl art", a style of comic art depicting voluptuous female characters in provocative situations and pin-up poses that contributed to widespread criticism of the medium's effect on children. [3]