(January 1953)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
Editing
Alice Nielsen Cobb (editor)

[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) /

Whitman Publishing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Tarzan Faces Death on the Desert (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]; Alexander MacWhirtle; Tom Culver; Ergon; Ellen Maypool; Horace Maypool
Synopsis
Tom Culver, seeking the lost Maypools, meets Dr. MacWhirtle in Nairobi. MacWhirtle agrees to introduce Culver to Tarzan. When they find Tarzan he tells them that the Maypools are in New Athne. MacWhirtle flies Tom there and Tom is captured by the Athneans. Tarzan goes to their rescue.
Reprints
Keywords
British East Africa; crocodiles; elephants; float planes; helicopters; Kenya; machine guns; Nairobi; New Athne; Ordeal of the Elephants; safari cars; signal rockets; the Great Swamp; the Thorn Desert

Tarzan on the Trail of the Leopard Men (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]; Buto; Nee-Issa; leopard cultists
Synopsis
Tarzan helps his friend Buto rescue Buto's younger sister, Nee-Issa, from a leopard cult. With Tantor's help, the leopard cult village is destroyed.
Reprints
Keywords
baboons; crocodiles; elephants; leopard cults; leopards; lightning; storms; thunder

The Day of Departure (Table of Contents: 4)

Mabu / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
jungle

[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
Speak, Nagopa, chief of the witch doctors!
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Dan-El; Natongo; Kongoni; Choka; Haroungo; Koluki; Nagopa; Han-Ool
Synopsis
Kongoni arranges for the Aba-Zulu headmen to pledge their loyalty to Dan-El.
Reprints
Keywords
caves; coronation ceremonies; divination; the Altar to the True God; witch smelling

Indexer Notes

Episode 16

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

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

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

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns; Red Ryder / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Touchdown! Doak Walker Sparks for Lions! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Tarzan
  2. 1. ["Eleven fun-packed ways to enjoy Walt Disney's Peter Pan"]
    Whitman Publishing Company
  3. 2. Tarzan Faces Death on the Desert
    Tarzan
  4. 3. Tarzan on the Trail of the Leopard Men
    Tarzan
  5. 4. The Day of Departure
    Mabu
  6. 5. ["Speak, Nagopa, chief of the witch doctors!"]
    Brothers of the Spear
  7. 6. ["The Christmas gift with excitement, thrills, action!"]
  8. 7. ["Rope this famous 1000 shot Red Ryder cowboy carbine..."]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns; Red Ryder
  9. 8. Touchdown! Doak Walker Sparks for Lions!
    Wheaties
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore