#Jann of the Jungle

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Classic cover by Bill Everett from Jann of the Jungle #16, published by Atlas Comics, April 1957.

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Jann of the Jungle #16 Circle 8 Pedigree (Atlas, 1957)

Bill Everett cover. Al WIlliamson art

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Jann’s Shower

It was a long journey out of the jungle, towards civilisation and the police headquarters to where Jann of the Jungle would deliver Mulligan, the escaped convict she had at last tracked down and captured before he could do any more damage to her domain. Even jungle women need to shower, but before partaking under the natural flow of a tumbling cascade of water into her favourite rock pool, Jann ensured Mulligan was safely bound and gagged. She wanted no interruptions - lascivious or otherwise - from her cocky captive…

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Jann of the Jungle 16 pg8-9 Al Williamson

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Jann of the Jungle #14 (December 1956) cover by Carl Burgos and Stan Goldberg.

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Jann of the Jungle is without doubt my favourite of the postwar “jungle woman” titles of the 1940s and 1950s. For me, Jann is similar to Lorna the Jungle Queen, who has featured several times in this blog, in that she is less savage that Sheena, Rhula or Judy; more conventional than Tiger Girl or Cave Girl, but not a fully paid up member of the establishment like Nyoka. Inevitably a white woman, Jann started out as an American trapeze artist and animal trainer called Jane Hastings. Relocating to the the Congo, in search of a jungle heroine ancestor called “Jann”, Jane literally “goes native” adopting her grandmother’s name and takes to the jungle life, respecting and befriending the local African tribes as well as developing an uncanny rapport with the jungle wildlife. Like Lorna, Jann also becomes a proto-environmentalist, militantly defending the jungle way of life from assorted American and European poachers, diamond smugglers, renegades and occasional communist spies. Unlike Lorna however, Jann’s love interest is the rather hapless photographer and film maker, Pat Mahoney, who more often that not is the guy in distress who has to be rescued by his dominant girlfriend: quite unlike the sexist lunkhead Greg Knight poor Lorna is saddled with.

What I like about Jann is her strength, her feminism and her compassion. She always strikes me as an authentically female character, although written by a man. She never requires validation from, or rescue by, a male character and is a constant source of order in the jungle, whether that is through thwarting evil schemes by men who wish to exploit or distort nature, by utilising her peace-making skills to prevent inter-tribal conflict, or calming the animal kingdom when disturbed by human mischief or natural disasters. Jann, with her flowing black hair and sometimes terrifying primal stare, was often superbly illustrated too. The page featured here is from a story that is an example of many of the jungle woman’s traits mentioned above. I will probably post the whole story in the future and Jann will definitely make many more appearances in this blog.

Jann’s adventures appeared in all ten issues of Jungle Tales from 1954 to 1957, commencing with Jungle Tales #1 (September 1954) and were reprinted in her own title published by Atlas Comics. The stories were written and illustrated usually by Don Rico and Jay Scott Pike. The page featured here is from the story Killers of the Swamps! which appeared in Jann of the Jungle Vol 1, #17 (1957)

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Agents of Atlas

Volume: 1

Issue: 1

The Golden History

Writer: Jeff Parker

Penciler: Leonard Kirk

Inker: Kris Justice

Colourist: Michelle Madsen

Cover: Tomm Coker

Marvel

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John Buscema - Jungle Action #1 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1972). Lorna, Tharn, and Jann

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Gil Kane - Jungle Action #2 Tharn Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1972)

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Name: Mrs. Jann Monroe Color: Lipstick Stain #8e4785 Symbol: conditioner Strife Specibus: spadekind Handle: grievousCollegiate Animal: hog Pronouns: she/her Age: 45 Birthday: 22th day of the year Sexuality: aromantic Interests: flying and parachuting Dream Moon: derse Classpect: Page of Blood Land: Land of Graves and Melt, a bloody place, with prickly Caiman Lizard consorts. It is a place full of shrouded valleys and concrete jungles. Echidna knows loss. Instrument: shakuhachi

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AeschRock: November 16, 2006

This is the playlist for the November 16, 2006 broadcast of AeschRock: Pop Rock Bon Jovi – “Lay Your Hands on Me” Guns N’ Roses – “Welcome to the Jungle” Billy Idol – “White Wedding” John Cougar – “Hurts So Good” Aerosmith – “Deuces Are Wild” Cutting Crew – “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” INXS – “Bitter Tears” David Bowie – “Let’s Dance [Single Version]” Jann Arden – “Insensitive” Meat Loaf – “I’d…

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Jann of the Jungle - art by Jay Scott Pike (1954-1955)

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Jann of the Jungle 17 pg1 by Al Williamson

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Jann of the Jungle by Jay Scott Pike

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Jann of the Jungle #12 (July 1956) cover by Sol Brodsky (?) and Stan Goldberg.

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I have posted Camilla, the Jungle Queen pages frequently, and this will (probably) be my last one. With the possible exception of Jann, this final and most long-lived of Camilla’s several incarnations, is my favourite jungle heroine - with compelling stories by Victor Ibsen and fetching illustrations by Ralph Mayo. This story reveals Camilla’s ingenuity as much as her fighting skills or junglecraft. Kidnapping a crooked trader named Jules Ranier, intent on disrupting a tribal peace conference in order to maintain his sole control over the trade in the war torn area, Camilla seeks to prevent Ranier stirring up trouble at the conference and to have him arrested. Ranier’s African and European allies pursue Camilla and her prisoner in order to free their leader, and despite wiping out her own native guard, are ultimately fooled by a ruse involving a false canoe crewed by dummies. Camilla’s last words to the defeated Ranier before she delivers him to the authorities sums up her non-violent victory: “Hah - licked you, Ranier… soon you can do no harm…soon your evil empire crumbles - ”. The jungle woman receives due praise afterwards from one of the chiefs, looking slightly embarrassed at his admiration.

This story appeared in Jungle Comics #150 (June 1952).

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