(March 1970)
Western,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, April, June, October and December
- On-sale Date
- 1970-02-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
- 92401-003
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Tarzan; Brothers of the Spear; Korak, Son of Tarzan / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan; Dan-El; Natongo; Korak
Indexer Notes
Panels from Tarzan of the Apes (Gold Key, 1962 series) #160 (September, 1966) [page 1, panel 1] and from Tarzan of the Apes (Gold Key, 1962 series) #153 (October, 1965) [page 3, panel 1]; original publication source for the Korak panel is still unidentified.
Hey Kids!
Walt Disney Comics Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Daisy Duck
- Synopsis
- Ad for the current issue of Walt Disney Comics Digest.
The Jewels of Opar
Tarzan of the Apes / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan; Jane; Albert Werper; La
- Synopsis
- A hunter follows Tarzan to La, where he discovers the vast treasure vaults. When Tarzan and escape capture, they are prusued by the priestess La and her army of beast-men and trained apes.
- Reprints
-
from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #159 (August 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Part 1 of a three part story.
Temple of Zimbabwe
Tarzan / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- This feature was originally printed in black-and-white.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan (Dell, 1948 series) #129 (March-April 1962)
-
Flight from Terror: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Part 2
Tarzan of the Apes / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan; Jane; Albert Werper; La; Achmet Zek
- Synopsis
- Werper escapes from slave trader Achmet Zek. An amnesiac Tarzan rescues Jane from a group of apes only to have her captured by Achmet Zek, who is seeking Werper. Werper leads a group of soldiers of Tarzan's plantation where they dig up gold hidden by Tarzan's native friends.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #160 (September 1966)
-
Timbuktu
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- A short story about the trading center of Timbuktu.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #133 (January 1963) [in color]
-
Indexer Notes
This feature was originally printed in black-and-white.
Fight for the Treasure: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Part 3
Tarzan of the Apes / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan; Jane; Albert Werper; Achmet Zek; La; Mugambi
- Synopsis
- Achmet Zek, a group of Abyssinian soldiers, Werper, and Tarzan's Waziri friends all battle each other on the Greystoke plantation while Tarzan struggles to regain his memory.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #161 (October 1966)
-
An Evening with Timai
Mabu / text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Maby; Kaino; Timai
- Synopsis
- Mabu and his friend listen to an old storyteller.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #153 (October 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Text expanded to three pages from the original one page because of the digest format. Art for this feature is not the same as the artwork that appeared in the original printing.
Tarzan and the City under the Sands
Tarzan of the Apes / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan; Charley Corbett; Gail Corbett
- Synopsis
- Tarzan rescues a man and his wife from desert raiders. As he leads them back to civilization, they encounter a sandstorm. After the storm is over, they find a city uncovered by the storm winds.
Indexer Notes
In Golden Comics Digest #9 (1970), the Gaylord Du Bois -written story "City Under the Sands" illustrated by Dan Spiegle is a case of an original story written just for that venue. Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, page 172 states: "Tarzan and the Buried City. 26 2-panel pages. For Golden Comics Digest #9, February issue. Sent September 10, 1969." ~ David Porta
Grand Canyon of Africa
Tarzan / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- A 5-panel factual knowledge article about Fish River Canyon.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #132 (November 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Du Bois (pronounced Du Boice) writer credit as per page 164 Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, compiled by Randall W. Scott (1984). Written as a 1962 Tarzan cover feature, it was bumped for advertising.
Battle in the Boma
Brothers of the Spear / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Dan-El; Natongo; Tavane; Induna
- Synopsis
- Dan-El and Natongo go lion hunting.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #153 (October 1965)
-
The Guilt of Belazi
Tarzan of the Apes / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan; Belazi; Muviro; Nandie
- Synopsis
- Tarzan hunts a rogue buffalo.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #142 (June 1964)
-
Perilous Passage
Korak, Son of Tarzan / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils
- Mike Arens; Warren Tufts (heads only)
- Inks
- Mike Arens; Warren Tufts (heads only)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Korak; Queen Ilola; M'boku
- Synopsis
- Korak helps a young queen escape from assassins.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs Korak, Son of Tarzan (Western, 1964 series) #14 (September 1966)
-
The Mysterious Well
Mabu / text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Mabu; Kaino; Sayid
- Synopsis
- Sayid shows Mabu and Kaino an unusual well.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #134 (March 1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Feature expanded to three pages from one page because of the digest format. Illustrations in this issue are new and did not appear with the original publication of this story.
Tarzan and the City under the Sands Part 2
Tarzan of the Apes / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan; Charley Corbett; Gail Corbett
- Synopsis
- Tarzan leads a couple through a twisting path under the city as they attempt to elude their pursuers.
Indexer Notes
In Golden Comics Digest #9 (1970), the Gaylord Du Bois -written story "City Under the Sands" illustrated by Dan Spiegle is a case of an original story written just for that venue. Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, page 172 states: "Tarzan and the Buried City. 26 2-panel pages. For Golden Comics Digest #9, February issue. Sent September 10, 1969." ~ David Porta
Tembo! Tembo!
Brothers of the Spear / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Dan-El; Natongo; Tavane; Elena
- Synopsis
- The city of Aba-Zulu is attacked by renegades from the city of Tembo.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #158 (June 1966)
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Nogol the Terrible
Tarzan of the Apes / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan; Chief Buto
- Synopsis
- Tarzan helps rescue the daughter of an old friend.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #145 (September 1964)
-
The Pit!
Korak, Son of Tarzan / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Korak; Copperi
- Synopsis
- Korak helps a princess when she decides to defy tradition by refusing to be buried with her father.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs Korak, Son of Tarzan (Western, 1964 series) #10 (September 1965)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Tarzan; Brothers of the Spear; Korak, Son of Tarzan -
1.
Hey Kids!
Walt Disney Comics Digest -
2.
Contents
Golden Comics Digest -
3.
The Jewels of Opar
Tarzan of the Apes -
4.
Temple of Zimbabwe
Tarzan -
5.
Flight from Terror: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Part 2
Tarzan of the Apes -
6.
Timbuktu
-
7.
Fight for the Treasure: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Part 3
Tarzan of the Apes -
8.
An Evening with Timai
Mabu -
9.
Tarzan and the City under the Sands
Tarzan of the Apes -
10.
Grand Canyon of Africa
Tarzan -
11.
Battle in the Boma
Brothers of the Spear -
12.
The Guilt of Belazi
Tarzan of the Apes -
13.
Perilous Passage
Korak, Son of Tarzan -
14.
The Mysterious Well
Mabu -
15.
Tarzan and the City under the Sands Part 2
Tarzan of the Apes -
16.
Tembo! Tembo!
Brothers of the Spear -
17.
Nogol the Terrible
Tarzan of the Apes -
18.
The Pit!
Korak, Son of Tarzan -
19.
Hi! I'm Cracky
Golden Magazine -
20.
28 of Walt Disney's Most Famous Characters
Golden Press
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Dave Porta
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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