(May 1953)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell Comic
- Editing:
- Alice Cobb
- Format:
- standard US Golden Age size; saddle-stitched; color cover; color newsprint pages
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
Tarzan / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Colors:
- ? (photo)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Jungle
- Characters:
- Lex Barker (as Tarzan; Photo)
The Little Spearman (Table of Contents)
Tarzan / comic story / 24 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Jesse Marsh
- Inks:
- Jesse Marsh
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Jungle
- Characters:
- Tarzan; Argus (Tarzan's giant eagle); Coru; Muviro; Mulungu; Wendach; Agano; Boy; Kalomo
- Synopsis:
- Tarzan and Muviro help a race of small people battle giant vultures that are menacing them.
The Strange Balu (Table of Contents)
Tarzan / comic story / 15 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Jesse Marsh
- Inks:
- Jesse Marsh
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Jungle
- Characters:
- Tarzan; Tarchuk (ape); Kalahari (ape); Chief Mukawa; Al Jemel; Kulah; Barbara Wales; Jane; Billy Wales
- Synopsis:
- When the plane carrying Barbara Wales and her baby crashes in the jungle one of the apes adopts her baby and Tarzan must help return the child to it rightful mother.
Down the River (Table of Contents)
Mabu / text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Jungle
[Episode 20] (Table of Contents)
Brothers of the Spear / comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Russ Manning
- Inks:
- Russ Manning
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Jungle
- Characters:
- Dan-El; Mothibi; Natongo
- Synopsis:
- Dan-El and Natongo spoil a witch doctor's attempt to convince a city to join his army.
Argus and the Vulture of Pal-Ul-Don (Table of Contents)
comic story / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jesse Marsh
- Inks:
- Jesse Marsh
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Jungle
- Reprinted:
- in Golden Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1969 series) #4 (August, 1969)
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Tarzan
Indexer Notes
Subscribe to Tarzan and receive a Lucky Penny Pocket Piece.
Inside back cover.
Phil Rizzuto Sparks Yankees (Table of Contents)
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- sports
- Characters:
- Phil Rizzuto
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring New York Yankees second baseman Phil Rizzuto.
Part of "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Little Spearman
Tarzan -
2.
The Strange Balu
Tarzan -
3.
Down the River
Mabu -
4.
[Episode 20]
Brothers of the Spear -
5.
Argus and the Vulture of Pal-Ul-Don
-
6.
[no title indexed]
-
7.
Phil Rizzuto Sparks Yankees
Wheaties
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- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed
- Ted Watson
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
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