Dynamite Entertainment has announced that the iconic heroine Sheena is heading out of the jungle and into the world of boarding school this September as writers Steven. E. De Souza and Wes Clark Jr. and artist Ediano Silva team for the new Sheena, Queen of the Jungle series Final FATAL Exams.
“Believe it or not, this finishing school idea has been in the planning stages for several years now — it’s a logical stage in Sheena’s life: Having returned to civilization after spending her formative years in the jungle, her wealthy family thinks she needs some polishing,” states De Souza.
“The jungle remains a location of mystery and danger to the human imagination,” adds writer Wes Clark Jr. “Add a heroine capable of handling man and beast, and you’ve got a story people will keep coming back to. It’s primal.”
You can take the girl out of the jungle, but you can’t take the jungle out of the girl. That’s the lesson that society will learn when Sheena must enroll in an elite boarding school for girls. Cardwell Inc. is betting that some formal education will teach their long-lost and “raised by wolves” (and other animals!) scion the niceties and social mores of the civilized world. Could this finishing school enrollment also be a bit of a cover up? As they’re taking her out of her beloved Val Verde rainforest adopted home, giving them the chance to continue relentlessly exploiting it for business!
Sheena is used to the savage, claws-out battle for domination in the jungle. But will she be prepared for the equally treacherous and vicious dynamics of her hyper-competitive classmates? She will need to keep her instincts sharp, as it all goes south when she discovers the school’s centennial celebration is the target of a deadly plot! As the clock ticks down and Sheena races to expose the conspirators, her finishing school may just finish her!
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle #1 will go on sale in September 2023.
