Tuesday, April 20, 2021

I'm not sure how Sheena's outfit works, but I think she just flashed the crowd.

I guess Tarzan does that a lot, too, though. Loincloths don't seem that secure...From 2016, Lords of the Jungle #3, written by Corinna Bechko, art by Roberto Castro.
This was from Dynamite's Sheena/Tarzan crossover, but I forget if they were usually contemporaries? Dynamite's Sheena reboot was set in the present, so she gets launched from the Amazon back in time to Africa, 1936. Although she quickly befriends Cheetah, Tarzan and Jane aren't home, and she still hadn't met them before this issue! While Jane's kidnappers try to force her to sign over Tarzan's assets, Sheena and Cheetah were able to gain passage to England with a circus, since Sheena was able to keep a captured elephant calm. While their act is spectacular, Sheena has to wonder if this is what any of them should be doing. Cheetah then runs off, but only to greet his bestie, Tarzan! Who's mildly perturbed at the jungle girl's circus posters with his chimp...
After explanations are made, Tarzan explains how he survived getting shot and falling off a bridge the previous issue (because he's Tarzan, duh) then they are accosted by the circus owner, who might have a name but just looks like Oliver Queen on safari. He's mad that Sheena is seeing Tarzan, but perhaps not as a couple, but as a rival circus trying to poach his act! (Well, maybe a bit of the first one, too.) Sheena throws him into a bar table, which may be a kindness, since Tarzan would've probably broken his jaw.
Storming off, Tarzan tracks a "go-between" that facilitated Jane's kidnapping, and forces him to take him to her. Their reunion is short, as they are surrounded by thugs employed by Tarzan's cousin, who has assistance from a leopard-tatted woman with what appears to be a ray gun? To be continued... 

I bought this whole series for cheaper than a single issue's cover price, but it's a fun little adventure. Feel like it would have to be drafty for Sheena in England, though.

1 comment:

Mr. Morbid's House Of Fun said...

Oh she most DEFINITELY flashed the shit out of those lucky bastards.
Back in the day I would've bought this solely on the art and how hot the artist rendered Sheena. Don't judge me bro, haha.