(March 1973)
Western,
1972 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Gold Key code 90277-303. Publication date from code on first page. Indicia: BROTHERS OF THE SPEAR, No. 4, Published quarterly by Western Publishing Company, Inc., North Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12602. All rights reserved throughout the world. Printed in U.S.A. Copyright (c) 1972, by Western Publishing Company, Inc. GOLD KEY & DESIGN is a registered trademark of Western Publishing Company, Inc.
Evil Comes with Tall Strangers
Brothers of the Spear / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- George Wilson (painting)
- Inks
- George Wilson (painting)
- Colors
- George Wilson (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Dan-El; Natongo; a Mindmaster
- Synopsis
- Natongo, under the influence of a Mindmaster, battles Dan-El.
Evil Comes with Tall Strangers
Brothers of the Spear / comic story / 25 pages
- Script
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils
- Jesse Santos (signed)
- Inks
- Jesse Santos (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- BROS. OF THE SPEAR #4-721
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Dan-El; Natongo; Tavane; Zulena; Mindmasters; Captain Inoku; Azoroth [a Mindmaster]; M'Bezi; Kongoni; Gathongo the Wise
- Synopsis
- Dan-El shows Natongo follow a herd of buffalo through a cleft in a mountain. Ten tall Mindmasters take over Natongo's mind, turning him against Dan-El and usurping his kingdom. Dan-El sneaks into the kingdom of Natongo and captures Azoroth, a Mindmaster. Dan-El and his guards carry Azoroth, the captured Mindmaster, to Gathongo the Wise for advice. Dan-El sneaks into Natongo's kingdom with a truth drug from Gathongo. After Zulena puts it in their breakfast, Dan-El commands them to remove all of their spells. After a trial, Dan-El, Natongo and their men entomb the Mindmasters in a tunnel.
- Keywords
- Cape buffalo; catapults; hypnosis; lightning; rain; storms; thunder; truth drugs
Indexer Notes
This is an expanded version of the "Brothers of the Spear" story-line in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan (Dell, 1948 series) #129-131 and Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #132.
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This issue was modified by, among others
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