Nyoka the Jungle Girl #20

This Charlton publication puts Nyoka front and center in a tense standoff, rifle raised overhead as she faces a group of armed adversaries closing in from all sides — with a wide-eyed male companion at her back, clearly grateful someone cooler-headed is in charge. The cover teases the featured story "Jungle Ambush," promising Nyoka's escape from overwhelming odds in the kind of fast-moving adventure that made jungle-hero comics such a staple of 1948 newsstands. It's a vivid, energetic snapshot of a heroine who clearly doesn't wait to be rescued.