Sheena, Queen of the Jungle

Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle #18 (Winter 1952-53). Cover art by Maurice Whitman.
Publication information
Publisher	List Fiction House (1938–1953) Blackthorne (1988–1988) London Night Studios (1998–1999) Devil's Due Publishing (2008–2009) Moonstone Books (2014–2014) Dynamite Entertainment (2017–present)
First appearance	Wags #46 (January 1938)
Created by	Will Eisner Jerry Iger
In-story information
Alter ego	Sheena Rivington Janet Ames Shirley Hamilton Sheila Fortner Rachel Cardwell
Abilities	Ability to communicate with wild animals Proficiency with knives, spears, bows 1984 film version: Telepathic communication with jungle animals 2000 TV series version: Ability to shapeshift into any animal she makes eye-to-eye contact with

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).

Predated in literature by Rima, the Jungle Girl of William Henry Hudson 1904 novel Green Mansions, Sheena was essentially a female version of Tarzan. An orphan who grew up in the jungle and learned how to survive and thrive there, she possessed the ability to communicate with wild animals and was proficient in combat with knives, spears, bows, and makeshift weapons; her Golden Age adventures mostly involved encounters with slave traders, white hunters, native Africans, and wild animals.^[1]