Savage Beauty

Featuring Lacy and Liv Rae, Savage Beauty focuses on these stepsisters contending with issues including human trafficking, child soldiers, gun runners, pirates, and corrupt politicians under the guise of the goddess Anaya.

The series writer Mike Bullock and artists Dan Parent and Tania Del Rio further helped raise awareness at the convention by selling posters and autographing Savage Beauty merchandise.

Additionally, the first issue featured a special “Camilla” story, a golden age cover gallery, the “lost” concept art from the 1960s Sheena movie project that was to have starred Raquel Welch and an essay by Michael May of Robot 6.

The first issue also donated a free, full-page ad to Invisible Children’s TRI campaign, which focuses on efforts to rescue child soldiers from Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army operating in Uganda, the Sudan and DR Congo at the time of publication.

Inspired by the headlines and news stories from eastern Africa, retropreneur Ed Catto, and his Captain Action partner, Joe Ahearn recruited longtime writer of The Phantom, Mike Bullock.

Together, the three created Savage Beauty as a way of exploring the fascinating stories from the headlines of African nations while also providing a platform for charitable causes to spread their messages.

Recent UCLA graduates, the sisters are ostensibly on assignment for African Adventures magazine, traveling the continent for feature stories.

Assuming the identity of the mythological goddess Anaya, the sisters use the legend, their wits, and Mr. Eden’s vast resources to gain an advantage over wrongdoers.

Legend has it that she manifests herself in gold or ebony, doling out blessings on the innocent and pure of heart while wreaking vengeance on the wicked.

[5] Ray Tate of Comics Bulletin gave the first issue a 4 out of 5[6] and Jason Wilkons of Broken Frontier recommended Savage Beauty " to anyone who has a hankering for fast-paced, sultry jungle adventure.