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Queen Gwenna of the Bonangi
Gwenna

Real Name

Gwenna

First Appearance

Jo-Jo, Congo King #7(a) (July 1947)

Original Publisher

Fox Features

Created by

Unknown

Origin[]

Gwenna, Queen of the Bonangi, was a friend of the Jo-Jo the Congo King.

Public Domain Appearances[]

  • Jo-Jo, Congo King #7(a)
  • Jungle Jo [nn] (possibly - in the issue's final story, Jo-Jo's mate went unnamed so no one knows which one of them this one was)

Notes[]

  • Many sites claim that Tonda was a re-colored, re-printed, and re-named version of Gwenna, Geesha, Yolda, Safra, and Tanee however, Tonda debuted the year prior.
    • All looked identical, spent much of their time tied up, had different (though, very similar) origins, and were re-colored, re-printed, and re-named as both Mioa and Lura.
      • ...and continuing on with the nonsense regarding mates for this guy... Lura became Laura.
  • Along with Yolda and Safra, Gwenna and Geesha also enjoy the unusual distinction of having been re-placed/named as a separate character in the exact same issue in which they debuted!
  • Although she slots into the role of the aforementioned largely-identical love interests for the Congo King, Gwenna in her sole appearance under that name is not explicitly a romantic interest to him, simply being referred to as his "friend".
  • While she was coloured as white, Gwenna seems to have been written as a native African in the script, which gives no explanation for a white woman ruling the Bonangi, and has one of the tribal elders refer to her "father" who followed the tribe's customs more than she does.

See Also[]

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