(January 1955)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
Editing
Alice Nielsen Cobb (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tarzan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Morris Gollub (painting)
Inks
Morris Gollub (painting)
Colors
Morris Gollub (painting)

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Tarzan with spear, riding antelope (painting).

Tarzan and the Man from Nevada (Table of Contents: 1)

Tarzan / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Jesse Marsh
Inks
Jesse Marsh ?; Dan Spiegle ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan [John Clayton]; Chet Harper; Sandra McKinney; Ababi; shiftas (outlaws)
Synopsis
Tarzan and his new friend Chet encounters shiftas who have taken a young white woman as a slave and her airplane as booty. Tarzan and Chet free the young woman, Chet proposes marriage to her and the two of them fly to civilization.
Keywords
airplanes; Cathne; crocodiles; gorillas; lions; the Great Swamp; the Great Thorn Desert

Indexer Notes

Original indexer had Jesse Marsh as inker, Saltarella says "Dan Spiegle AT LEAST inks on this story."

Tarzan and Boy and the Blue Raiders (Table of Contents: 2)

Tarzan / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Jesse Marsh
Inks
Jesse Marsh
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan [John Clayton]; Boy [Jack Clayton]; Strut (ostrich); Dance (ostrich); Tuaregs
Synopsis
When Boy is taken captive by a band of Tuaregs, Tarzan and a group of baboons pursue and rescue Boy.
Keywords
baboons; medicinal herbs; saddle ostriches; slavers

Mabu's Secret Secret (Table of Contents: 3)

Mabu / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
jungle

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Brothers of the Spear / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Russ Manning
Inks
Russ Manning
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
See, Natongo! There is grass and water in this little clearing!
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Dan-El; Natongo; Obelos (African tribe); Nyessa (mule); Hatima (mule)
Synopsis
The brother continue to make efforts to elude the Obelo warriors. They cross a crocodile-infested stream, hoping that their pursuers will not follow.
Reprints
Keywords
crocodiles; saddle mules; signal drums

Indexer Notes

Episode 40

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Tarzan's Friends / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jesse Marsh
Inks
Jesse Marsh
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bara, the giant eland, is gentle, but powerful...
Genre
jungle
Characters
Tarzan
Synopsis
Portrait of an eland
Keywords
elands
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Tarzan
  2. 1. Tarzan and the Man from Nevada
    Tarzan
  3. 2. Tarzan and Boy and the Blue Raiders
    Tarzan
  4. 3. Mabu's Secret Secret
    Mabu
  5. 4. ["See, Natongo! There is grass and water in this little clearing!"]
    Brothers of the Spear
  6. 5. ["Bara, the giant eland, is gentle, but powerful..."]
    Tarzan's Friends
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jochen G.
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore