*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: Sheena, Queen Of The Jungle starred in Jumbo Comics from its #1 issue in 1938, and spun off into her own title in 1942, thus becoming the first female comic character to star in her own title (just beating Wonder Woman). This was the time of jungle supremacy following the success of Tarzan, and Sheena was the first of a horde of Jungle Queens who were to follow. Jumbo was an anthology title which Sheena had to share, but here in her own series we have wall-to-wall Sheena in #18, the last of the series, with three Sheena stories backed up with King Of The Congo. A superb cover by Maurice Whitman captures Sheena displaying both imperious beauty and savage fury, surrounded by jungle denizens. The Sheena stories within are drawn by the excellent Jay Disbrow. A nice copy from the Arch Collection, with vibrant, reflective colour cover, minor edge wear with tiny chips off top and bottom right corners. There are a few vertical crease lines near the bottom of the spine, but these barely break colour and don’t interfere with the cover image. Nice tight staples and supple off-white pages.
PICTURED: SHEENA #18 VG £80