(1971)
Williams Publishing,
1971 Series
Published in English
(United Kingdom)
- Price
- ?
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Williams Publishing Ltd.
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- Colour
- Dimensions
- 10.25" x 7.5"
- Binding
- Softcover
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
The Beasts of Tarzan
Tarzan / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (original novel); Gaylord Du Bois (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Russ Manning (signed)
- Inks
- Russ Manning (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 662
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan [John Clayton]; Jane Porter Clayton; Jack Clayton; Nikolas Rokoff (dies); Akut; Sven Anderssen (dies); Mugambi; Paulvitch; Monk; Esmeralda
- Synopsis
- Tarzan and Jane are searching for their newborn son Jack, who has been kidnapped. Both are captured by the villainous Nikolas Rokoff. Tarzan is standed on a deserted island, but with the help of animals and a newfound friend, Mugambi, he escapes and finds Rokoff's boat. He discovers Jane, trying to keep Rokoff's men at bay with a rifle. With a little help from his wild friends, Rokoff's criminal career ends. Tarzan returns to his London home to find baby Jack unharmed; he has been in an English orphanage all along.
- Reprints
-
from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #157 (April 1966)
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Indexer Notes
Adapted from the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
The Little Big One
Tarzan / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- animal; jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan [John Clayton]; Lombi
- Synopsis
- Tarzan tells his young friend about the elephant.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #159 (August 1966)
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Leap for Life
Tarzan / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- animal; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan [John Clayton]; Lombi
- Synopsis
- Tarzan tells Lombi of various high-jumping animals.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #160 (September 1966)
-
Jungle Revolt
Tarzan / comic story / 14 pages
- Job Number
- 617
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan [John Clayton]; Chief Buto; Witch Doctor Kisambu; Numumba; N'Kengo [a chimp]
- Synopsis
- Tarzan and his friend, Chief Buto, discover that young men from Buto's tribe are poaching elephants. One of the young men, Numumba, has the backing of the local witch doctor, Kisambu. The witch doctor trains a chimp into throwing a spear, attacking Numumba. He then blames the attack on Tarzan and Buto. Tarzan finds the chimp, N'Kengo, presents him to the tribe and reveals the plot. The chimp and the witch doctor kill each other.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan (Dell, 1948 series) #125 (July-August 1961)
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The Lion's Hut
Tarzan / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan [John Clayton]; Jane Porter Clayton; Boy [Jack Clayton]; Dombie; Jad-Bal-Ja; Loalla; Chief Kisumu; Witch Doctor Kururi
- Synopsis
- Chief Muviro's grandson, Dombie, has run away from home. Boy, the son of Tarzan, traces the boy to a village led by Chief Kisumu, who in turn is controlled by witch doctor Kururi. They both deny any involvement, but they are secretly holding Dombie, planning to sell him to Muviro's enemies. Kururi tries to scare Boy off with tales of the ghost of Makuru, who haunts the village at night in the form of a lion. But Boy does not scare so easily. The witch doctor attracts a lion with some goat's blood, but Tarzan's tame lion Jad-Bal-Ja chases the wild lion off. Tarzan and his son free Dombie.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan (Dell, 1948 series) #123 (March-April 1961)
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The Beasts of Tarzan
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The Little Big One
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Leap for Life
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Jungle Revolt
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The Lion's Hut
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["Now Tarzan Has a Grown-Up Son!"]
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