(September 1953)
Dell,
1948 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb (editor)
[no title indexed]
Tarzan / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan (photo of Lex Barker)
- Reprints
-
in Tarzán (Editorial Novaro, 1951 series) #27 -
in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #10 (January 2012), #10 (January 2012) [cover]
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jesse Marsh
- Inks
- Jesse Marsh
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For new subscribers to Tarzan comics -- a free lucky rabbit's foot!
Tarzan Traps a Rogue
Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages
- Job Number
- 539
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan [John Clayton]; Jane Porter Clayton; Tantor (elephant); Kumathi (elephant); Di Giorgio; Urubambwes (African tribe)
- Synopsis
- Tarzan stops ivory poachers who have tried to kill Tantor.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- helicopters; ivory; poaching; pygmies; treehouses
Boy Trails the M'Bongo Spears
Boy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Boy [Jack Clayton]; Dombie; Jad-Bal-Ja; Korak (mangani); M'Bongos (African tribe)
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fishing; shiftas; slavery
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.
Tarzan and the Hunter Wasps
Tarzan / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan [John Clayton]; Boy [Jack Clayton]; Muviro; Argus; Alexander MacWhirtle
- Synopsis
- Tarzan battles a nest of wasps that have grown big enough to kill lions.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- airplanes; giant wasps
[no title indexed]
Brothers of the Spear / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rivet those handcuffs well, man!
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Dan-El; Natongo; Mothibi; N'Kuu; Nagopa; Han-Ool
- Synopsis
- Dan-El and Natongo defeat Han-Ool's army without the loss of a single life on either side, and Han-Ool is taken prisoner.
- Reprints
- in Brothers of the Spear Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)
-
- Keywords
- carrier pigeons
Indexer Notes
Episode 24
[no title indexed]
Jungle World / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mushrooms twenty feet high?
- Genre
- jungle
- Reprints
- Keywords
- mushrooms; Pal-ul-don
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Tarzan -
1.
["For new subscribers to Tarzan comics -- a free lucky rabbit's foot!"]
-
2.
Tarzan Traps a Rogue
Tarzan -
3.
Boy Trails the M'Bongo Spears
Boy -
4.
Tarzan and the Hunter Wasps
Tarzan -
5.
Mabu's Reward
Mabu -
6.
["Rivet those handcuffs well, man!"]
Brothers of the Spear -
7.
["Mushrooms twenty feet high?"]
Jungle World -
8.
["Spark Up if you want to be catcher!"]
Wheaties; Yogi Berra
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Steve Dasinger
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
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