Lorna the Jungle Queen

During the early 1950s, Marvel (then Atlas Comics) briefly ventured into the jungle-adventure genre with Lorna the Jungle Queen, a five-issue series running from 1953 to 1954. Written primarily by Don Rico and illustrated by Werner Roth, the title followed its titular heroine through exotic perils and lost civilizations, offering a female-led counterpart to the era’s Tarzan-inspired comics. Though short-lived, it stands as a modest but distinctive artifact of pre-superhero Atlas, showcasing Roth’s clean, dynamic art and the period’s fascination with jungle queens.