Nyoka the Jungle Girl is a fictional character create for the screen in the 1941 serial Jungle Girl, starring Frances Gifford as Nyoka Meredith. The character of Nyoka is often described as having been created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. But although the serial was officially based on Burroughs' story "Jungle Girl" -- which first appeared in the pulp magazine Blue Book and later was published as a novel -- there is no character named Nyoka and no Nyoka-like character in the story. After the initial film, Nyoka appeared in comic books published by Fawcett, Charlton, and AC Comics.