Since it was based on a movie serial character...
...the Nyoka comic book followed the multi-chapter cliffhanger format, which is rather convenient for our purposes!
Actually, the next chapter will appear on our "brother" RetroBlog Secret Sanctum of Captain Video over the weekend, with the final chapter returning here next week!
You'll note that the African natives, unlike most jungle comics of the era, aren't portrayed in overly-racist stereotypes.
Also: unlike most of the jungle heroines of the era, Nyoka isn't garbed in a tight animal skin, but safari jacket and shorts!
Despite that, her book lasted longer than most, first at Fawcett from 1945 until 1953, then at Charlton until 1957!
Their dialogue and imagery is no worse than most examples of American Indians from Westerns in the same era!
Sadly, none of the creatives from this never reprinted story from Fawcett's Nyoka the Jungle Girl #54 (1951) can be definitively-identified!
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The two movie serials the character appeared in!
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