Who Is Nyoka? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Nyoka is a In the Public Domain comic book character, the alter ego of Nyoka Gordon, with over 330 comic issue appearances. Nyoka is a lovely white girl who faces countless dangers in the jungle.

Who is Nyoka?

Nyoka's appearances in the Master Comics title must have been well received, for soon Fawcett Publications gave the heroine her own comic book. The art in the Fawcett run is superior art, especially in the early issues. The stories are excellent with much action and many thrills. While the Fawcett issues hail from the Golden Age of Comics and are prior to the Comics Code Authority censorship which began in the mid-1950's, there really are not that many bondage covers here. While there is a fair amount of bondage within the stories and Nyoka faces death door multiple times in many issues, this lovely girl is not the traditional Golden Age helpless female. Nyoka shows an unreal amount of resourcefulness and finds ways to get herself out of some of the worst jams one can imagine. Frances Gifford as Nyoka in Jungle Girl (1941) Apparently the Nyoka comic book was popular, as Republic Pictures made two separate cliffhanger serials based upon the jungle heroine. The first one, Jungle Girl, was produced in 1941 and stars Frances Gifford as Nyoka.

Key facts

Nyoka is of human origin. The character is published by In the Public Domain. With 330 recorded issue appearances, Nyoka ranks among the most featured characters in comics.