Jungle girl (stock character)

A jungle girl (so-called, usually an adult woman) is an archetype or stock character, often used in popular fiction, of a female adventurer or superhero in a jungle or rainforest setting. The jungle girl is generally depicted as wearing a scanty animal skin as a dress or bikini. They are the female counterpart of Tarzanesque characters;

The first such character was Rima from the 1904 novel Green Mansions. 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 #1 (1937). Sheena went on to star in the American comic book anthology series Jumbo Comics the following year.

List of jungle girl characters

• Ann Mason (Fiction House's Jungle Comics)
• Ayla (Chrono Trigger)
• Camilla (Fiction House's Jungle Comics)
• Cave Girl (Magazine Enterprises' Africa, Thun'da, and Cave Girl)
• Cavegirl (A UK/South African TV series)
• Cavewoman (Basement Comics' Cavewoman)
• Dorothy Lamour, Jungle Princess (1950 Fox Features comic, based on Hollywood actress who starred in 1936 movie of similar title.)
• Dhalua Strong and, in a more satirical manner, her daughter Tesla (America's Best Comics)
• Eve
• Fana the Jungle Girl
• Fantomah (Fiction House's Jungle Comics)
• Irish of the Jungle (1990's comic book based on Irish McCalla, TV's "Sheena")
• Jana of the Jungle
• Jane Porter (Tarzan)
• Jann of the Jungle (Marvel Comics)
• Jean Evans (Panther Girl of the Kongo, 1955), Republic serial update of Jungle Girl
• Jennifer of the Jungle (The Electric Company television program)
• Jill of the Jungle
• Judy of the Jungle (Better/Nedor Comics' Exciting Comics)
• Jungle Girl (2007) (Dynamite Entertainment)
• Jungle Janet (from The Tick)
• Jungle Lil
• Jungle Queen/Julie Winters (comic/TV series The Maxx)
• Krista from Sid and Marty Krofft's The Land of the Lost (1992)
• Leela, companion of the 4th Doctor
• Leopard Girl (Atlas Comics' Jungle Action)
• Liane from Liane, Jungle Goddess
• Lorna (Atlas' Lorna, the Jungle Queen/Lorna, the Jungle Girl)
• Meriem, wife of Korak
• Miss Robin Crusoe (1954 movie, played by Amanda Blake)
• Nyoka (Fawcett's Jungle Girl/Nyoka the Jungle Girl and Master Comics), and the main character in the 1941 movie serial Jungle Girl.
• Pamela of the Jungle
• Pantera Bionda, an Italian character published in 1948-1950 before being closed for the intervention of Italian Catholic censorship
• Princess Pantha (Better/Nedor Comics' Thrilling Comics)
• Princess Rosella in Barbie as the Island Princess
• Rarotonga, (Mexican comic series by Lágrimas, Risas y Amor)
• Rima, the Jungle Girl, featured in 1970s DC Comics publications
• Rulah, Jungle Goddess (Fox Comics' Zoot Comics and Rulah, Jungle Goddess)
• San (Princess Mononoke)
• Shanna the She-Devil (Marvel Comics)
• Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
• Taanda (White Princess of the Jungle)
• Tara Fremont (AC Comics' Femforce)
• Tarzana, the Wild Girl
• Two different Tiger Girls (in Fiction House's Fight Comics and Gold Key Comics' Tiger Girl)
• The Tiger Woman
• Tygra (Better/Nedor's Startling Comics; no relation to the ThunderCats character)
• Ursula (George of the Jungle, Jay Ward TV cartoon series)
• Veronica Layton of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (TV series)
• Voodah or Vooda (spellings differ; only known Golden Age appearance in the obscure Golfing / McCombs Crown Comics #11, Nov. 1947, though character has been revived by AC Comics)
• Vooda, Jungle Princess (Ajax-Farrell) #20-22 (1955)
• Zegra, Jungle Empress (originally Tegra) (Fox Comics)

See also

• Amazons
• Cambodian jungle girl
• Feral children