Like her literary cousins Tarzan and Mowgli, Rima sprang from an Edwardian adventure novel; in her case, Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest, by W. H. Hudson, published in 1904.

[3] It is a romantic adventure set in the South American jungle in which a political fugitive named Abel meets Rima, a girl living in the forest.

[5] Its theme is the loss of wilderness and the return-to-nature dream, and how unpleasant it would be for a savage to meet modern man (the reverse case is not considered).

[6] Actor and director Mel Ferrer adapted Green Mansions into a 1959 film for MGM Studios, with Audrey Hepburn as Rima.

A variation of the character debuted in a six-issue DC Comics limited series First Wave (May 2010-March 2011), written by Eisner Award–winning writer Brian Azzarello.

Rima's only defense was a reputation for magic earned through the display of strange talents such as talking to birds, befriending animals, and plucking poison darts from the air.

Batman, Robin, and Rima the Jungle Girl contend with a spreading forest fire, and have to search for a pair of escaped prisoners who have stolen a forestry truck filled with dynamite.

Her next appearance is in "River of Doom" (November 4, 1977): Wonder Woman and Rima the Jungle Girl search for archaeologists who have accidentally stumbled onto a burial ground of angry natives.

Ocina plans to conquer the world with her female warriors, but Wonder Woman and Rima gather the Amazons of Paradise Island to stop her.