Nyoka the Jungle Girl #55

Fawcett's Nyoka the Jungle Girl #55 from 1951 puts its resourceful heroine front and center on a striking photo cover — she stands alert in her safari shirt, red shorts, and boots, pistol in hand, with a lush jungle waterfall and rocky terrain behind her. The issue promises "a complete jungle novelette of cunning and adventure" in the form of "Message from Nowhere," written by Rod Reed with art and inks by Bert Whitman. If you're drawn to jungle adventure stories with a capable, self-possessed lead, this ten-cent Fawcett publication delivers exactly the atmosphere its cover suggests.