Sheena, Queen of the Jungle

Sheena, Queen of the Jungle is a fictional, American comic book jungle girl heroine, published originally by Fiction House. The female counterpart to Tarzan, Sheena had two things in common with Edgar Rice Burrough's Jungle Lord: Both possessed the ability to communicate with wild animals and were both orphans growing up and learning how to survive and live in the jungle. She was fiercely proficient in fighting with knives, spears, and bows, and improvised with makeshift weapons. Her primary ability was to surprise her opponents, either human or animal.
==Background==
She was the first female comic-book character with her own title, with her 1937 (in Great Britain; 1938 in the United States) premiere preceding Wonder Woman #1 (cover-dated Dec. 1941). Sheena inspired a wealth of similar comic-book jungle queens. She was predated in literature by Rima, the Jungle Girl, introduced in the 1904 William Henry Hudson Novel Green Mansions. Sheena was ranked 59th in Comics Buyer's Guide's "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.[1]
== Biography ==
In the 1930's version, Sheena was Queen of an African jungle, in the 2007 version, of a South American one.
She is the young daughter of Cardwell Rivington, who is exploring in Africa with his daughter in tow. When Cardwell dies from accidentally drinking a magic potion made by Koba, a native witch doctor, Sheena is orphaned. Koba raises the young girl as his daughter, teaching her the ways of the jungle and various central African languages. The adult Sheena becomes "queen of the jungle" and acquires a monkey sidekick named Chim.
"Originally costumed in a simple red dress, by issue #10 of Jumbo Comics Sheena acquired her iconic leopard-skin outfit.In time, Sheena's home village is destroyed, leaving Sheena with a white safari guide named Bob Reynolds (alternately called "Bob Reilly" or "Bob Rayburn"), who becomes her mate. In later incarnations, Sheena's mate is Rick Thorne.In the 2007 remake set in South America, Sheena's real name is Rachel Cardwell, daughter of Tony and Ramona Cardwell.
==Physical appearence==
Sheena is a light-skinned girl with beautiful features.
She is tall and slender with a muscular build.
She has undergone a few changes since her creation.
In the beginning, she was a pale-skinned, teenage girl with a slender build.
In recent times her physique has evolved, as she still maintains her original frame but has become rather muscular, with strong arms and legs as well as visible abdominals.
She has long blonde hair and blue eyes.
In the beginning, she wore a red dress, but now she usually wears a yellow bikini with leopard spot Or made with leopard fur.
The bikini often differs from incarnation to incarnation.
==Personality==
Sheena is often depicted as strong courageous, brave and a fierce force in combat.
Despite her fierce and aggressive nature in front of her enemies, Sheena isn't afraid to show her soft spots.
Abeilt naive to some events and traditions outside the jungle, Sheena is intelligent and resourceful.
She has a kind heart and is generally cheerful and gentle.
==Abilities==
An orphan who grew up in the jungle, learning how to survive and 
thrive there, she possessed the ability to communicate with wild animals
 and was proficient in fighting with knives, spears, bows, and makeshift
 weapons.
In the TV syndicator Hearst Entertainment in October 2000, she was portrayed by Gena Lee Nolin. Sheena was given a new power, in this 35-episode Columbia/TriStar series: the ability to adopt the form of any warm-blooded animal once she gazed into its eyes. She was also depicted as a ferocious killer, capable of becoming a humanoid creature called the Darak'Na; this form killed numerous individuals, though in her regular form she was also seen in numerous episodes stabbing soldiers and other villains to death. As with Tanya Roberts, Nolin's Sheena spoke whole sentences.
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Category:Comic Book Heroes
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