SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE #5

“Fatal Exams”

Writers: Steven E. de Souza & Wes Clark

Artist: Ediano Silva

Sheena and her friend continue to investigate why the mercenaries are digging around the jungle. Researching for the school anniversary they find out that the governor a cruel man was killed by being bitten by something. This leads to them discovering that the governor was hiding the treasure under the school. Also, that the mercenaries are using subliminal broadcasts of this goddess to brainwash the girls at the school to dig up the treasure. Naturally Sheena defeats them and kills the leader.

The ending was very satisfying. Everything was explained and tied out neatly. The only complaint about this issue is it was a bit too heavy with exposition. The writers really needed to cram in the resolution to this story in the last issue. I am glad Dynamite brought back de Souza to write Sheena. He created this original version for comics, and I love the setting of Val Verde. I hope he continues with more down the line.

SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE #4

“Fatal Exams”

Writers: Steven E. de Souza & Wes Clark Jr.

Artist: Ediano Silva

Sheena and her friends find the hideout of the group carrying out illegal drilling. It is an abandoned radio station. They successfully attack and take out the mercenaries and fight off a horde of hippos. Sheena still has school and must come up with a presentation for the 400th anniversary of the school’s founding. She also finds out there is a link between the mercenaries and the current goddess online that is brainwashing the girls at school.

Another fun issue filled with action. The hunky horse-riding instructor is leading the mercenaries. The online goddess is linked to a woman from a hundred years ago. I am enjoying this series. The writers give us an interesting story and the artwork is beautiful.

SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE #3

“Fatal Exams”

Writers: Wes Clark Jr. & Steven E. de Souza

Artist: Ediano Silva

Sheena attacks a group of mercenaries at the river. She defeats them but still doesn’t get any answers to what they are looking for. Sheena and her roommate are attacked in the school library by a mysterious figure that stole an old journal. Sheena’s friends are attacked and almost killed. Her friend posing as a janitor is arrested as an accomplice in the theft of the journal.

This issue had a lot going on. There was a lot of exposition between different groups in this story. The weird cult is growing among the students. Sheena has made friends with her roommate the daughter of the head of the secret police. A mysterious rich guy has taken a job at the school. I enjoyed this issue. It had many different things going on. It interests me to see where all this is going.

SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE #2

“Fatal Exams”

Writers: Wes Clark JR. & Steven E. de Souza

Artist: Ediano Silva

Sheena continues at night to hunt the illegal drilling teams in the Zona Prohibita. She gets ambushed and barely escapes with a shoulder wound. Some student activists investigate the illegal activity, and a professor is killed in a car accident. The others are arrested by the secret policy. Sheena tries to cover up her wound, but her roommate reports her to her secret police father.

This was an interesting issue. A lot of action as Sheena has to battle mercenaries in the jungle with the help of her animal friends. The illegal drillers are getting more aggressive in silencing any opposition. The strange cult taking over the other girls at the school continues to grow. Sheena’s secret identity is also getting threatened by her roommate. De Souza writes a very good story.

SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE #1

“Fatal Exams”

Writers: Wes Clark & Steven E. de Souza

Artist: Ediano Silva

Rachel Cardwell or Sheena has been sent to a private boarding school. Her family wants to give her some civilized education. Sheena though doesn’t mind for the school is right next to the Zona Prohibita. She can investigate illegal mining operations going on. Meanwhile her fellow classmates are coming under the control of some online cultist. They get pendants that turn them into some type of zombies.

De Souza the original creator of this version of Sheena returns. He gives us a fun idea of putting Sheena into this elite girl’s school. She is looked on as an outsider and ostracized by the other girls. She also gets as a roommate the daughter of the head of the secret police. She plays dumb to not attract attention to her extracurricular activities. A fun mix of the supernatural with more down to Earth evil guys. Plus some stunningly beautiful artwork.

SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE #10

“Untitled”

Writer: Steven E. De Souza

Artist: Ediano Silva

Visser has staked out Ransome and Bob for the tides to drown when they finally get the laptop working. They watch the scene from Jaws and get the idea to sink the Indianapolis before it delivers it’s nuclear bomb. Thus, they will change history and restore the Reich. Sheena is staked out to get eaten by a T-Rex. Luckily, she has an arrowhead stashed in her belt. She cuts herself free and with the help of her panther friend subdues the T-Rex. She takes it to the U-boat and destroys it and frees her friends. Visser has taken off in the ME-262 to destroy the Indianapolis. Only the fuel injector they used was defective. Taking off in their old airplane they catch up to Visser and Sheena shoots it down with a flaming arrow. They find the portal back to their own time.

The series comes to an exciting conclusion. Yes, there was some very improbably stuff happening. It also seemed a bit rushed like the writer realized he had to wrap everything up. Still, I enjoyed this series. I have to admit a weakness for hot chicks in leopard furkinis. The stories had some interesting plots, and the artwork was beautiful. I hope to see more of Sheena in the future.

SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE #9

“Untitled”

Writer: Steven E. De Souza

Artist: Ediano Silva

Visser tells his captives the real mission that they were on. Hitler decided to give the Japanese a copy of the ME-262 and V-3 rocket. He hoped this would turn the tide in the Pacific and force the allies to withdraw troops from Europe. Unfortunately, they were attacked and damaged by an allied destroyer and forced to land on the island. A crewman trying to rape one of the natives gets them captured. The native women come in time to drive off the Nazis, but they take Ransom and Bob with them. Sheena wants to get the natives organized but a faction turns on her. Some of the men want to overthrow the female dominance of the tribe. Ransome and Bob try to convince the Nazi captain that they are from the future with little success. Sheena is tied up and is about to be sacrificed to a giant dinosaur.

We get the find out some about the mysterious Nazis. I suppose the idea is plausible. Hitler had a lot of dumb ideas, and this was something that clearly wasn’t going to work. Although the fanatical Nazis are fully committed to the plan. Some fun time with our modern heroes trying to convince the Nazis of the future but nothing works properly to convince them. I also am a bit disappointed in the whole evil patriarchy shtick. That is getting tiring. Otherwise, the story is solid and leaves us with a cliffhanger for the final issue.

SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE #8

“Untitled”

Writer: Steven E. De Souza

Artists: Jethro Morales and Ediano Silva

Sheena has to save the village from both a stampeding horde of dinosaurs and lava. She does this by pushing a large boulder into the river. This diverts the river to the lava and turns the dinosaurs on another path. Only she is captured by the villagers. She finds out they are descendants of her people. That Visser and his men are not good guys. She sends Pete the parrot to warn her friends, but Visser intercepts him. Visser gets Ransom and Bob to help him rescue his men. They go to the village and free the men. Only it is too late when they find out that Visser and his men are Nazis from a U-boat.

The story is getting really interesting. Sheena finds a lost tribe of her own people. Saves them from both lava and dinosaurs. The guy they thought was an escaped Dutchman from Indonesia is really a Nazis and they have inadvertently set them free. A fun story filled with dinosaurs, Nazis and a lost tribe in a lost land. This with some really beautiful artwork, make this a treat to read.

SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE #7

“Untitled”

Writer: Steven E. De Souza

Artist: Jethro Morales

Sheena, Kellerman and Ransome have gone through the portal at the city and find themselves on an island. The island has an active volcano, and they are attacked by an old man. Sheena captures him and finds out they are in the Pacific and the guy escaped from a group of savages on the other side of the island. Sheena takes off with her animal friends to investigate. While away the other two find out the old man escaped from the Japanese in Indonesia. They have traveled back in time to 1945. Just then the volcano starts to erupt. Sheena comes to the village but at the end faces a stampeding horde of dinosaurs.

I do love De Souza. This story is really an interesting one. Filled with mystery on some unknown island in the Pacific during WWII. It has some mysterious group and dinosaurs. An enjoyable story that has really picked up since De Souza came on board.

SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE #6

“Untitled”

Writer: Steven E. de Souza

Artists: Wil Rio and Jethro Morales

Cardwell Industries needs a Cardwell family member on the board. The only one available is Sheena so she comes in pretending to be drunk. The board has a new technology that can map below the surface. They plan to use it to exploit the Zona Prohibida in spite of UN prohibitions. Sheena decides to stop this by stealing the technology and finding the lost city of Piatiti. She hopes that this heritage site will force the UN to stop Cardwell Industries.

She hires a plane and does find the city. Ransome snuck aboard to see what Sheena was up to. The city has murals of prehistoric extinct animals which suggests that the city predates human history. Ransome manages to set off the lock to the city and open a portal.

De Sousa the original creator of this rebooted Sheena was brought back for the series. I loved his stuff in the original run from previous companies. He is the writer of such hit classics as Die Hard, Commando and The Running Man to name a few. He also has restored his version of Sheena as pretending to be a ditzy party girl heiress to cover the fact she is Sheena. I enjoyed this version of Sheena and already I am intrigued about the story. A lost city that has a portal to another world. The series is really picking up.