(November 1952)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1952-10-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Comic
Editing
Alice Nielsen Cobb (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date as per copyright date.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tarzan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
?

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan (photo of Lex Barker)
Reprints

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Tarzan and the Cat Men of Crater Lake (Table of Contents: 2)

Tarzan / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

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

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan [John Clayton]; Muviro; Loban; Loma; Keelim; Margaret Newman; Gerald Newman; Nemah; Cat Men; Kalthor
Synopsis
Tarzan and Princess Loma of Lutor rescue Loma's brother, Keelim, and two lost Americans from the Cat Men.
Reprints
Keywords
airlocks; banthurs (giant swans); chimneying; Crater Lake; crocodile boats; doppelgängers; earthquakes; fishing spears; human sacrifice; Lutor (Pal-ul-donian kingdom); pythons; rock climbing; scuba diving; Temple of Brule; the Great Swamp; volcanos

Tarzan Revisits Opar (Table of Contents: 3)

Tarzan / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

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

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan [John Clayton]; Jane Porter Clayton; Boy [Jack Clayton]; Jean Carveth; Drake Carveth; Nikon; La; Grayfellow (horse); Selim; Abdul; white pygmies; dwarfs of Opar
Synopsis
Treasure hunter Drake Carveth and his sister, Jean, find their way to Opar. Tarzan and the white pygmies rescue the sister from La's altar, but her brother is killed by a venomous snake.
Reprints
Keywords
gold; human sacrifice; Opar; Rock of Opar; saddle antelopes; snakes; stereotyping of Arabs; sun worship; treasure maps; tree houses; whips

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

Tarzan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jesse Marsh
Inks
?
Colors
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tarzan raises his spear to strike...
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan [John Clayton]
Synopsis
Portrait of Tarzan and a python.
Reprints
Keywords
pythons

Sign from the Gods (Table of Contents: 5)

Mabu / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Elizabeth Beecher
Letters
typeset

Genre
jungle

Indexer Notes

Writer credit as per page 1114 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1952 Books and Pamphlets Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 6 Pt 1B.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Brothers of the Spear / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
These are the dead kings of my people, Natongo!
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Dan-El; Natongo; Nagopa
Synopsis
Dan-El and Natongo run afoul of witch doctor Napoga by killing a sacred bat. They then proceed to a village inhabited by whites.
Reprints
Keywords
bats; funerary customs; snow; tombs; Zulu (African language)

Indexer Notes

Episode 14

Stan "The Man" Musial Sparks Rally! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Tarzan
  2. 1. ["This big full-color pin-up is yours free!"]
  3. 2. Tarzan and the Cat Men of Crater Lake
    Tarzan
  4. 3. Tarzan Revisits Opar
    Tarzan
  5. 4. ["Tarzan raises his spear to strike..."]
    Tarzan
  6. 5. Sign from the Gods
    Mabu
  7. 6. ["These are the dead kings of my people, Natongo!"]
    Brothers of the Spear
  8. 7. Stan "The Man" Musial Sparks Rally!
    Wheaties
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Dave Porta
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk