(September 1953)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- 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)
Tarzan Traps a Rogue (Table of Contents)
Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Jesse Marsh
- Inks:
- Jesse Marsh
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Jungle
- Characters:
- Tarzan; Jane; N'Kosi; Tantor (elephant); Kumathi (elephant); Di Giorgio
- Synopsis:
- Tarzan stops ivory poachers who have tried to kill Tantor.
Boy Trails the M'Bongo Spears (Table of Contents)
Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Jesse Marsh
- Inks:
- Jesse Marsh
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Jungle
- Characters:
- Boy; Dombie; Korak (ape); Jad-Bal-Ja (lion); Shiftas; M'Bongo
- 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.
Indexer Notes
In future issues Boy is renamed as Korak but in this story Korak is clearly the name of the ape that helps Boy.
The Hunter Wasps (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; Muviro; Boy; Argus (Tarzan's giant eagle); Alexander MacWhirtle
- Synopsis:
- Tarzan battles a nest of wasps that have grown big enough to kill lions.
Mabu's Reward (Table of Contents)
Mabu / text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Jungle
[Episode 23] (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:
- Nagopa (witch doctor); Dan-El; Natongo; Colonel Mothibi; Han-Ool; General N'Kuu
- Synopsis:
- Dan-El and Natongo defeat Han-Ool's army without the loss of a single life on either side.
Mushrooms (Table of Contents)
Jungle World / filler / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jesse Marsh
- Inks:
- Jesse Marsh
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Jungle
["Spark Up if you want to be catcher!"] (Table of Contents)
Wheaties; Yogi Berra / advertisement / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Yogi Berra
Indexer Notes
Baseball comic strip in full color from Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions"
Back cover.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Tarzan Traps a Rogue
Tarzan -
2.
Boy Trails the M'Bongo Spears
Boy -
3.
The Hunter Wasps
Tarzan -
4.
Mabu's Reward
Mabu -
5.
[Episode 23]
Brothers of the Spear -
6.
Mushrooms
Jungle World -
7.
["Spark Up if you want to be catcher!"]
Wheaties; Yogi Berra
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Ramon Schenk
- Mike Nielsen
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
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