(March 1956)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1956-02-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Editing
Alice Nielsen Cobb (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tarzan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Morris Gollub ? (painting); George Wilson ? (painting)
Inks
Morris Gollub ? (painting); George Wilson ? (painting)
Colors
Morris Gollub ? (painting); George Wilson ? (painting)
Letters
?

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Tarzan and antelope drinking from pool (painting). Cover pencil, ink, & color credits from Ken Webber (December 17, 2003). Richard Richmond says this is a Morris Gollub painting.

Old Rubberneck (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
Portrait of a gerenuk antelope.
Keywords
antelopes; gerenuks

Tarzan and the Ivory Poachers (Table of Contents: 2)

Tarzan / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
563
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan [John Clayton]; Ganta; Bandwa; M'Gomi; Lungomo; Thag (mangani); Laungas (African tribe)
Synopsis
Tarzan, with the help of Tantor and Thag, terrorizes a band of ivory poachers.
Keywords
anteaters; ants; elephants; ivory

Not Even the Gods (Table of Contents: 3)

Mabu / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
jungle

Tarzan Tracks a Little Warrior (Table of Contents: 4)

Tarzan / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan [John Clayton]; Jane Porter Clayton; Boy [Jack Clayton]; Argus; Dombie; Ilongu; Thip (thipdar)
Synopsis
Tarzan tracks the lost Dombie and finds that he was taken by a thipdar.
Keywords
thipdars (pteranodons); treehouses

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

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
Our guide breathed his last this morning, Tavane!
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Dan-El; Natongo; Tavane; Mothibi; Ulangi
Synopsis
Dan-El, Natongo, and Tavane repel an attack and arrive at the walls of Aba-Zulu.
Reprints
Keywords
elephants; howdahs

Indexer Notes

Episode 54

The Village Smithy (Table of Contents: 6)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
jungle
Synopsis
Portrait of a blacksmith.
Keywords
bellows; blacksmithing; hammers
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Tarzan
  2. 1. Old Rubberneck
  3. 2. Tarzan and the Ivory Poachers
    Tarzan
  4. 3. Not Even the Gods
    Mabu
  5. 4. Tarzan Tracks a Little Warrior
    Tarzan
  6. 5. ["Our guide breathed his last this morning, Tavane!"]
    Brothers of the Spear
  7. 6. The Village Smithy
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Mike DeLisa
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Richard Richmond
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore