The first six issues of Fox Features' comic series ZOOT COMICS were a mishmash of funny animal antics
with some adventure tales. ZOOT COMICS #7 went in a different direction. The front cover, drawn by
the amazing Jack Kamen, is the first appearance of Rulah, jungle goddess, with interior artwork
potentially by Matt Baker.
Jane Dodge's airplane crashes in the jungle. Her clothes shredded, Jane creates an outfit comprised of
giraffe hide and parachute cords. She then goes in search of people. After some altercations, the
villagers of Towla have Jane fight a leopard to prove her worthiness, then designate her Rulah, their
"jungle goddess." By issue #10, Fox figured out that Rulah was the queen of sales for ZOOT COMICS and
opted to have her be the star of all three stories in each issue going forwards. THE COLLECTED ZOOT
COMICS VOLUME TWO assembles issues #7-12 of this exciting and exotic series.
There is some interesting numbering towards the end of this series. There were two issues of #13 and
two for issue #14. For this reason those issues are referred as issues #13a, 13b, 14a and 14b. This volume
collects issues #7-16, all the comics that featured Rulah.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are seventy
years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but not every
panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when judging the
overall contents.
