[Anthony Durrant]

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.

[Muscle Growth Nut]

Linky-winky?

[David C. Matthews]

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.

[flashHEART.EXE]

Ah, twas truly a golden age when amazons punctured serpent men's kidneys RIGHT ON THE COVER.

[Zespara Alathar]

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

[BlackKusanagi]

She seems pretty strong and built.

[Anthony Durrant]

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.

[Anthony Durrant]

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.

[David C. Matthews]

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.

[Zespara Alathar]

Thanks, Dave.  I stand corrected.  When you mentioned Kageena that triggered my mind.  You are right.  😎

Z

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