Kara, jungle princess

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  • December 6, 2005 at 11:39 pm #18966
    Anthony Durrant
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    The most muscular of the jungle girls of the 1940s was Kara, Jungle Princess – whose real name was Jane Howell – a woman who was deposited among the immortal Arohitian warriors by a plane crash and who eventually became their princess.  Her first appearance was in Exciting Comics #39, and her lover was called Major Kit.  Their enemy was the only surviving member of the cult of a monkey god, who was named Targala.  Kara was a tall blonde who wore a red brassiere and gown that fell down to her feet; her body was lean and muscular.  One of Kara's stories can be found at THE GOLDEN YEARS website, and information on Targala can be found at the Golden Age Villains website.

    December 7, 2005 at 2:46 am #18967
    Muscle Growth Nut
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    Linky-winky?

    December 7, 2005 at 8:38 am #18968
    David C. Matthews
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    Here's the story that was probably being referred to. I guess she is kinda buffed for Golden Age, but the story is somewhat disappointing. Still, good to know someone's out there keeping this stuff archived.

    December 7, 2005 at 9:04 am #18969
    flashHEART.EXE
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    Ah, twas truly a golden age when amazons punctured serpent men's kidneys RIGHT ON THE COVER.

    December 7, 2005 at 7:02 pm #18970
    Zespara Alathar
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    I do believe that Kara's daughter is Kyra who is now the protector of the jungle.  She was in a comic book that was published by Elsewhere comics and which can be ordered through LH-Art, I believe.  Kyra was drawn by Robin Ator in the 1980s and she was pretty muscular by the standards of that era (God, I sound old saying that!).

    I believe that I read the backstory on that some time ago but I could be wrong on the connection as it has been awhile.

    Here is the link to the books on the Mile High comics site.
    http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=list&title=46534039362&snumber=1

    Z

    December 7, 2005 at 8:38 pm #18971
    BlackKusanagi
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    She seems pretty strong and built.

    December 8, 2005 at 11:26 pm #18972
    Anthony Durrant
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    Unfortunately, those comics are not an official publication of Kara's now defunct copyright owner, which, I believe, was Fiction House or Fox.  At the time those stories were written, Kara was, in fact, in the public domain.

    December 8, 2005 at 11:38 pm #18973
    Anthony Durrant
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    Kara's copyright owner was neither Fiction House or Fox – it was Better Publications, inc. – sorry about the mistake.  Apart from her appearances in Exciting Comics#39 – #49, she also appeared in Fighting Yank #21.

    December 9, 2005 at 7:33 am #18974
    David C. Matthews
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    I do believe that Kara's daughter is Kyra who is now the protector of the jungle.  She was in a comic book that was published by Elsewhere comics and which can be ordered through LH-Art, I believe.  Kyra was drawn by Robin Ator in the 1980s and she was pretty muscular by the standards of that era (God, I sound old saying that!).

    I believe that I read the backstory on that some time ago but I could be wrong on the connection as it has been awhile.

    Kyra's mother was actually Kageena, whose adventures are billed by LH-Art as a "revival of th[e] famous Jungle Queen of the fifties." (but a Google search of "Kageena" gets only 10 hits… none of the hits is a link to any sort of info about a '50's jungle-girl comics character named Kageena, and my own Leenah of the Lions page is #5! So I suspect that Kageena is Larry Heller's own creation.)

    I remember Kyra very well; she was being published at about the time I was trying to develop Leenah. I dropped plans to publish Leenah when Kyra came out, in the belief that people would mistakenly think I was "ripping off" Kyra.

    December 9, 2005 at 5:25 pm #18975
    Zespara Alathar
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    Thanks, Dave.  I stand corrected.  When you mentioned Kageena that triggered my mind.  You are right.  😎

    Z

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