I have to think that the title--this is the 1953 1st edition--is a reference to Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, who was a pulp and comic star of the time and the time before. Actually, she was the first female star of a comic book, but...since no one today is going to get the allusion you gotta assume the author failed, right? That's his job--to be eternal and have the words last. Instead you reference something forgotten and exist not to be read, but for a possessiveness of the cover. Which is very nice, isn't it?
Trivia--this author also wrote what would be the basis for Elvis' Stay Away Joe feature which put the singer (in his late 60s persona) as a Native American. Naturally, this went just as swimmingly as you could expect and was in no way mocking of Injuns.
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