(April 1957)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Editing
Chase Craig ?

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Trix / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Tarzan and the Thunder of Hoofs (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
574
First Line of Dialogue or Text
So, Tarzan, my friend, we enter the Valley of the Tall Warriors again!
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan [John Clayton]; Buto; Yarl Hrolf; Induna; M'Bogo (Cape buffalo); Sigurd
Synopsis
Tarzan and Buto visit with the lost Vikings. They help lift a siege of the Viking's castle and then negotiate a peace between the Vikings and their enemies.
Keywords
castles; crossbows; leopards; Vikings; white Cape buffalos; Yarlsgaard (lost city)

Help for Kaino (Table of Contents: 3)

Mabu / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Led by Hamasai, Mabu's father, the hunters started westward across the vast grassy plain.
Genre
jungle

Tarzan and the Secret Playground (Table of Contents: 4)

Tarzan / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tarzan! Look! That's a glider plane - it has no engine!
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan [John Clayton]; Boy [Jack Clayton]; Dombie; Argus
Synopsis
Boy and Dombie take a joyride in a glider and must be rescued by Tarzan from an angry elephant herd.
Keywords
elephants; gliders; rain; 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
Dan-El, I can see the walls of your capital city below us!
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Dan-El; Natongo; Umbopo
Synopsis
Returning to Aba-Zulu to raise an army for the relief of Tungelu, the brothers encounter Umbopo, the new leader of the witch men.
Reprints
Keywords
Cape buffalos

Indexer Notes

Episode 67

The Nandi Bear (Table of Contents: 6)

illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Found only in the lost land of Pal-Ul-Don, this powerful beast is peaceful enough if undisturbed.
Genre
animal; jungle
Synopsis
Portrait of a nandi bear
Keywords
nandi bears; Pal-ul-don

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Jumping-Jacks Shoes / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Dell Publishing Co., Inc. / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Scotch Tape / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. ["It makes you smile!"]
    Trix
  2. 2. Tarzan and the Thunder of Hoofs
    Tarzan
  3. 3. Help for Kaino
    Mabu
  4. 4. Tarzan and the Secret Playground
    Tarzan
  5. 5. ["Dan-El, I can see the walls of your capital city below us!"]
    Brothers of the Spear
  6. 6. The Nandi Bear
  7. 7. ["Can you name these Jumping-Jacks shoes?"]
    Jumping-Jacks Shoes
  8. 8. ["Free to each new subscriber"]
    Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
  9. 9. ["Kids! You'll have a circus with these free Snap-Pets..."]
    Scotch Tape
This issue was modified by
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Alan Hutchinson