Devil's Due acquires "Sheena"

By Karl Schneider     February 06, 2007
Source: Newsarama

According to Newsarama, Devil's Due publishing has acquired the rights to the comic book Sheena: Queen of the Jungle.

“Sheena is arguably the first female super-hero, predating even Wonder Woman," said Devil’s Due President Josh Blaylock.  "Of course, thanks in part to her outfits, which were quite racy for the times, she was very popular with young boys throughout the ‘30s and 40's. Our modern Sheena lives between two worlds, one of high society and big business and one of the jungle where it's every man for himself, the two of which can be more similar than expected. She is the heiress to a billion dollar empire run by her very shrewd, sometimes malicious grandfather. It was his very business practices in South America that drove her father to leave the family trade, at which time a plane containing both he and Sheena crashed on the way home to New York City, where the father died and Sheena was thought dead. When she's found years later the real story begins. The dynamic between her and her grandfather is very tense and cutting, as they are both each other's family, yet secretly their respective nemesis. Sheena's still a blonde bombshell like in the old days, but being that we're setting this in South America, and with her family having ties to the area, this will be a more Latina Sheena than we've seen before.”

Devil’s Due has acquired the comic book license, and will be announcing a few other product categories soon. “We're involved on the development side for Hollywood, but that will be revealed as things progress,” Blaylock said. “At the present we're focused on creating a cool comic book.”

Devil’s Due will launch Sheena with a 99-Cent Sheena Preview Special in March by Robert Rodi with de Souza and Aratow, with pencils by Steven Cummings, and two covers by Tim Seely. The publisher plans to launch their first Sheena limited series in June.

You can read Newsarama's full article here.


KJ's Take:  The article confused me, but it sounds as if they are revitalizing the comic as well as possibly getting involved creatively in other areas of the brand ... including, maybe, a film?  Correct me if I'm wrong.