(July 1953)
Dell,
1948 Series
- 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]
Tarzan / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan (photograph of Lex Barker)
- Reprints
in 
Tarzan Defends a City
Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages
- Job Number
- 537
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan [John Clayton]; Goliath (giant lion); Jathon; Elaine; Gallu; Tee-Anna; Terribs (Pal-ul-donian tribe); Muviro; Gallugos (Pal-ul-donian tribe)
- Synopsis
- Returning to Cathne, Tarzan and the Cathnians find the city under siege by Terribs. More help for Cathne arrives in the form of the Gallugos, looking for a new home. The siege is lifted and Tarzan helps the Gallugos select a new site for their city, with the approval of Cathnian king Jathon.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- animal hides; Cathne (lost city); chariots; gorobars (giant lizards); gryfs (cerotopsids); sabre-toothed cats; saddle Cape buffalo
Indexer Notes
In the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the Terribs and their gorobars are denizens of Pellucidar.
Boy Faces the Fangs of the Mamba
Boy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Boy [Jack Clayton]; Dombie; Tarzan [John Clayton]; Ungali; Atumbo; Matusis (African tribe)
- Synopsis
- Ungali, the former witch doctor of the Matusis, frames Boy for the theft of King Atumbo's throne stool. Boy is kidnapped by the Matusis and forced to undergo trial by mamba. Tarzan arrives in time to take Boy's place and using the same trickery as Ungali, passes the trial.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
casting the bones; signal drums; thrones; mambas; witch doctors; paralytic drugs
Tarzan and the Treasure of the Apes
Tarzan / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan [John Clayton]; Koodo (mangani); Kom (mangani); Mundo (mangani); Burke
- Synopsis
- When hunters discover a mangani wearing a ruby necklace, they become obsessed with killing other mangani for jewelry. The apes had found a pirate's treasure chest and were wearing the jewelry from it. They were also fighting each other over the treasure. Tarzan takes the jewelry from the mangani and gives it to the hunters who begin to fight among themselves.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- jewelry; leopards; mangani; sharks; treasure chests
[no title indexed]
Brothers of the Spear / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Baboons! Clumsy ones! To let two who spied on your city escape!
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Dan-El; Natongo; Nagopa; Mothibi; Ulgo; General Ulangi
- Synopsis
- Dan-El and Natongo free Mothibi from Ulgo's guards and then capture the bulk of Ulgo's army.
- Reprints
-
in Brothers of the Spear Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)
-
- Keywords
- bondage; torture
Indexer Notes
Episode 22
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Tarzan -
1.
Tarzan Defends a City
Tarzan -
2.
Boy Faces the Fangs of the Mamba
Boy -
3.
Tarzan and the Treasure of the Apes
Tarzan -
4.
Silent Journey
Mabu -
5.
["Baboons! Clumsy ones! To let two who spied on your city escape!"]
Brothers of the Spear -
6.
["A brand new free offer..."]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Dasinger
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
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