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| Fight Comics 32...Tiger Girl |
The argument can always be made that the most
popular Tarzan comic book imitator was Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. Her
popularity would lead to the creation of a number of "jungle queen"
imitations. My favorite of the Golden Age Sheena imitations was
Tiger Girl created by Robert Webb and often drawn by legendary good
girl artist Matt Baker. Appearing originally in Fight Comics No. 32 from
Fiction House in 1944 she was no relation to the Tiger Woman from
Republic Pictures. THE TIGER WOMAN (1944) was a
1944 serial that starred the stunning Linda Stirling, who just might
have made a great Tiger Girl. |
| Linda Stirling as Tiger Woman |
Someone else who would have made a good Tiger Girl would have been
my favorite ecdysiast Lilly "The Cat Girl" Christine. It has been
reported that the sensual Miss Christine was considered by producer Sol
Lesser to play Sheena of the Jungle in a series
of films in the late 1940s. Unfortunately that series never
materialized.
She would have been great as the whip - wielding Princess
Vishnu a.k.a Tiger Girl who fought the forces of evil in the Indian
jungle with her pet tiger Benzali.
There was another Tiger Girl in the Silver Age of Comics. She was a
one-shot character that appeared in her own title from Gold Key in
1968. Created by Superman's co-creator Jerry Siegal and Jack Sparling.
A fun little story starring circus performer
Lilly Taylor who put on a tiger - striped costume and fought the bad
guys in this high camp adventure with the aid of her pet tiger "Kitten"
and other performers of the circus. I really wish there had been more
than one story.
And now, Dave Goode and Vance Capley present
a brand new Golden Adonis strip!
I really wish Lilly Christine had played Sheena or some other jungle queen.At least that way we might have some actual footage of her "voodoo love dance".
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