Tarzan #12
(May 1978)

Marvel, 1977 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860280505
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Fangs of Death! (Table of Contents)

Tarzan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan
Reprints
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Fangs of Death! (Table of Contents: 1)

Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
David Anthony Kraft; Roy Thomas (additional dialogue)
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Rudy Mesina (credited as Rudy Messina)
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Joe Rosen (pages 1, 2); Tom Orzechowski (pages 3-16)
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
apes [Gunto; Mamko; Manu; Taug; Teeka]; Rabba Kega; Tarzan
Synopsis
Young Tarzan tries to play a practical joke on the other apes in his tribe.
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Indexer Notes

Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Jungle Tales of Tarzan".

The Adventures of Gritboy (Table of Contents: 2)

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
N. Rosati (signed as N. R.)
Inks
N. Rosati (signed as N. R.)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Blake

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for the Grit newspaper from Grit Publishing Company.

Tarzan of the Apes (Table of Contents: 3)

Tarzan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Alfredo Alcala
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Novak
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Letters
typeset

"Thor Meets A Glutton For Gold" (Table of Contents: 5)

Hostess Twinkies; Thor / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Rosen
Editing
?
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Gudrun the Golden; Sif; Thor
Synopsis
Obsessed with gold, Gudrun steals and hoards Asgardian gold. Thor and Sif use the "golden goodness" of Hostess Twinkies to entrap him.
Keywords
gold

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for Hostess Twinkies from Continental Baking Company.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Fangs of Death!
    Tarzan
  2. 1. Fangs of Death!
    Tarzan
  3. 2. The Adventures of Gritboy
  4. 3. Tarzan of the Apes
    Tarzan
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. "Thor Meets A Glutton For Gold"
    Hostess Twinkies; Thor
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