
Cave Girl is a fictional jungle girl heroine who appeared in comic books published by Magazine Enterprises from 1952 to 1955, created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Bob Powell. The character's adventures are an example of artist Powell's good girl art. Publication history. Cave Girl debuted in her own feature in Thun'da #2 (1952, no cover date), in the seven-page story "The Ape God of Kor" by writer Gardner Fox and artist Bob Powell and guest-starring the jungle man Thun'da. After again appearing in her own feature the following issue, she spun off into her own quarterly comic, Cave Girl #11-14 (1953-54), which like Thun'da was part of the publisher's rotating anthology A-1; her four issues are also known, respectively, as A-1 #82, #96, #116, and #125. Thun'da starred in a backup feature. Cave Girl continued to star in a backup feature in Thun'da through issue #6. She also headlined the single-issue Magazine Enterprises comic Africa (1955) (A-1 Comics #137). All stories were by Fox and Powell In 1988, AC Comics published a single issue reprinting three Cave Girl stories in black-and-white with graytones, accompanied by a 10-page historical article about the character and Powell.
Page Count:
112
Publication Date:
2016-03-04
ISBN-10:
1530393914
ISBN-13:
9781530393916
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