Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan (1948 series) (Dell) #48

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Number	48	48
Volume		1
No Volume	No	No
Volume Not Printed	False	False
Display Volume With Number	No	No
Indicia Publisher		Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed	Printed
Brand		Dell Comic
No Brand	No	No
Publication Date	September 1953	September 1953
Year On Sale	None	None
Month On Sale	None	None
Day On Sale	None	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No	No
Key Date	1953-09-10	1953-09-00
Indicia Frequency		monthly
No Indicia Frequency	No	No
Price	0.10 USD	0.10 USD
Page Count	36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 49)	36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 50)
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Editing	Alice Cobb	Alice Cobb
No Editing
Indicia Printer
No Indicia Printer	No	No
Rating
No Rating	False	False
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Sequence Number	1	1
Title	Tarzan Traps a Rogue	Tarzan Traps a Rogue
Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Tarzan	Tarzan
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	Jungle	Jungle
Job Number
Page Count	16	16
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Gaylord Du Bois	Gaylord Du Bois
No Script
Pencils	Jesse Marsh	Jesse Marsh
No Pencils
Inks	Jesse Marsh	Jesse Marsh
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters		Tarzan; Jane; N'Kosi; Tantor (elephant); Kumathi (elephant); Di Giorgio
Universe
Synopsis		Tarzan stops ivory poachers who have tried to kill Tantor.
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Sequence Number	2	2
Title	Boy Trails the M'Bongo Spears	Boy Trails the M'Bongo Spears
Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Boy	Boy
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	Jungle	Jungle
Job Number
Page Count	8	8
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Gaylord Du Bois	Gaylord Du Bois
No Script
Pencils	Jesse Marsh	Jesse Marsh
No Pencils
Inks	Jesse Marsh	Jesse Marsh
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters		Boy; Dombie; Korak (ape); Jad-Bal-Ja (lion); Shiftas; M'Bongo
Universe
Synopsis		When Dombie is taken by the M'Bongo tribe, Boy tracks them and with the aid of his friends Korak the ape and Jad-Bal-Ja the golden lion, frees Dombie from the M'Bongo.
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Notes		In future issues Boy is renamed as Korak but in this story Korak is clearly the name of the ape that helps Boy.
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Sequence Number	3	3
Title	The Hunter Wasps	The Hunter Wasps
Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Tarzan	Tarzan
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	Jungle	Jungle
Job Number
Page Count	15	15
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Gaylord Du Bois	Gaylord Du Bois
No Script
Pencils	Jesse Marsh	Jesse Marsh
No Pencils
Inks	Jesse Marsh	Jesse Marsh
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters	Alexander MacWhirtle	Tarzan; Muviro; Boy; Argus (Tarzan's giant eagle); Alexander MacWhirtle
Universe
Synopsis		Tarzan battles a nest of wasps that have grown big enough to kill lions.
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Sequence Number	5	5
Title	Episode 23	Episode 23
Unofficial Title?	Yes	Yes
First Line
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Brothers of the Spear	Brothers of the Spear
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	Jungle	Jungle
Job Number
Page Count	6	6
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Gaylord Du Bois	Gaylord Du Bois
No Script
Pencils	Russ Manning	Russ Manning
No Pencils
Inks	Russ Manning	Russ Manning
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters		Nagopa (witch doctor); Dan-El; Natongo; Colonel Mothibi; Han-Ool; General N'Kuu
Universe
Synopsis		Dan-El and Natongo defeat Han-Ool's army without the loss of a single life on either side.
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Sequence Number	7
Title	"Spark Up if you want to be catcher!"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
First Line
Type	advertisement
Feature	Wheaties; Yogi Berra
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre
Job Number
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Characters	Yogi Berra
Universe
Synopsis
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Notes	Baseball comic strip in full color from Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions" Back cover.
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Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Mike Nielsen	Editing	2011-10-08 22:19:32	Available	Editing
Mike Nielsen		2011-10-29 20:34:41	Editing	Pending Review
Ramon Schenk		2011-10-29 21:38:54	Pending Review	Under Review
Ramon Schenk		2011-10-29 21:40:11	Under Review	Approved

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