Jungle Girl Omnibus, Dynamite, 2012
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When a group of travelers somehow wind up in a prehistoric world, Jungle Girl goes out of her way to save them. Following her own conscience, Jungle Girl soon embarks on a quest of discovery through dark caverns, underwater citadels and forbidden lands, until she finally encounters the Master.
Not just another female counterpart to Tarzan, Jungle Girl seems to have more in common with Conan. Like many comic book heroes, Jungle Girl is practically superhuman. She eats dinosaurs for dinner, she can tear the head off of a giant bear with her bare hands, and she does battle with enormous monsters that look to have come from the pages of H.P. Lovecraft. In short, Jungle Girl is an indomitable free spirit that can never be possessed by any man, beast, or extraterrestrial being. In other words, she's the personfication of nature itself, and anyone who disrespects her awesome power is a fool.
As the story unfolds, Jungle Girl's devoted neanderthal follower, Monkey Boy, quickly learns to use bombs, machine guns, and torpedos to destroy the horrible creatures and the countless enemies that repeatedly besiege them. In the end, however, it comes as no surprise that it takes a supernatural artifact to finally triumph, not to mention bravery, loyalty, savoir-faire, and a little help from unexpected allies.
Frankly, the story is far too far fetched for my taste, but I do like the way Batista outlined Jungle Girl's physique. While she's much brawnier than Sheena, Jungle Girl still remains feminine. Unlike the sketches we often see in this forum, Batista was careful not to overexaggerate her musculature to the point where she would look like a man. Instead, he framed Jungle Girl like a typical figure/fitness competitor. Of course, she's clearly more athletic than ordinary men, but, when compared to the neanderthals of her world, it's relatively easy to distinguish between the genders. This is not simply a question of size, but also one of physical proportion. Although Jungle Girl is taller than Monkey Boy, he has thicker limbs and a larger torso. Whereas, Jungle Girl is the one with the more curvaceous posterior, and the artists afford us many generous views of it.
So, to sum it all up, if you want plenty of action and adventure, and you fancy a babe who's boss and has a bod like an olympian, Jungle Girl may be worth a gander.
10 issues, 248 pages
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