Nyoka the Jungle Girl
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Publisher | Fawcett Comics | ||||||||||||||
First appearance | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
Created by | Harry Anderson | ||||||||||||||
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Alter ego | Nyoka Meredith | ||||||||||||||
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Nyoka the Jungle Girl is a fictional character created for the screen in the 1941
Character background
The short story that led to the creation of Nyoka was "The Land of Hidden Men" by
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Publication history
Jungle Girl was popular enough to inspire a sequel: the 1942 serial Perils of Nyoka, starring Kay Aldridge as Nyoka Gordon. Besides the surname, some other details about the character are also changed slightly.[2]
In other media
Comic books
Fawcett Comics used the film version of Nyoka as the basis for Jungle Girl comics.[3] Issue #1 appeared in 1942; the character appeared irregularly until 1953, when Fawcett ceased publication.
According to Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, "Nyoka fights a variety of criminals including gorillas with human brains and Vulture, the queen of a band of Arabian outlaws, whose bodyguard is a giant gorilla named Satan".[4]
Nyoka was one of the intellectual properties sold to
Once Charlton Comics ceased publication, Nyoka's rights were sold again. AC Comics purchased the rights from Charlton in 1987. Nyoka appeared in AC Comics' The Further Adventures of Nyoka the Jungle Girl; there were five issues printed between 1988 and 1989, consisting mostly of reprints and movie stills. Nyoka has since appeared in other AC Comics' titles.
Music
Tina Turner stated that when she and Ike Turner began performing together, Ike wanted her to act wild on stage emulating Nyoka the Jungle Girl.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Markstein, Don. "Nyoka the Jungle Girl". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Great Movie Serials
- ISBN 978-1605490892.
- ISBN 978-1-61318-023-5.
External links
- Nyoka the Jungle Girl at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Nyoka the Jungle Girl at the Toonopedia
- Republic Studio's 1941 Jungle Girl