Nyoka the Jungle Girl #2

Nyoka the Jungle Girl #2 from Fawcett's 1945 lineup puts its fearless heroine front and center in a tense jungle tableau — gun drawn, spears flying past her from both sides, her expression every bit as fierce as the dense tropical foliage closing in around her. The cover, rendered by Bert Whitman, captures Nyoka mid-crisis with a confident dynamism that makes it easy to see why she carried her own series. Inside, the promise of a complete four-part serial — "The Voodoo Drums of Death" — with writing by Rod Reed and art by Harry Anderson, makes this a satisfying package of 1945 adventure comics.