Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan #47

(August 1953)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Whitman coloring books

Tarzan and the Ancient Terror (Table of Contents: 2)

Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Jesse Marsh

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Jesse Marsh ?; Dan Spiegle ?

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Job Number

538

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Tarzan [John Clayton]; Alexander MacWhirtle; Ruandi; Lula; Kuvuru

Synopsis

Tarzan and Dr. MacWhirtle visit a land inside an extinct volcano. There they assist Ruandi, a young tribesman, in rescuing his beloved, Lula, from the machinations of the witch doctor Kuvuru.

Reprints

• in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #10 (January 2012)

Keywords

Bantu (language); children's balloons; helicopters; human sacrifice; plesiosaurids; volcanos; weddings; witch doctors

Indexer Notes

Dan Spiegle credit from Saltarella.

Tarzan Fights for His Own (Table of Contents: 3)

Tarzan / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

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Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Tarzan [John Clayton]; Jane Porter Clayton; Boy [Jack Clayton]; Muviro; Ibrahim

Synopsis

While Tarzan is away from home, visiting Pal-ul-don, Sheikh Ibrahim kidnaps Jane and Boy. Tarzan rides to their rescue on a gryf.

Reprints

• in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #10 (January 2012)

Keywords

Ain Adrar (Arab town); disguises; elephants; gryfs (ceratopsids); mules; New Cathne (lost city); pythons; rhinoceroses

The River People (Table of Contents: 4)

Mabu / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre

jungle

Boy and the Horned Monster (Table of Contents: 5)

Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

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Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

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Genre

jungle

Characters

Boy [Jack Clayton]; Dombie

Synopsis

While exploring, Boy and Dombie are captured by the men of a small village. They witness the sacrifice of a man to a horned monster. While they are attempting escape, Boy realizes that the monster is the witch doctor in a costume. He and Dombie steal the costume and use it to terrorize the village.

Reprints

• in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #10 (January 2012)

Keywords

human sacrifice; monster costumes; saddle elands; witch doctors

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

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

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Russ Manning

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Russ Manning

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General Ulangi, we will march at once...

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Dan-El; Natongo; Mothibi; Ulangi; Nagopa

Synopsis

The patriot army attacks Amotu and Mothibi manages to capture Nagopa.

Reprints

• in Brothers of the Spear Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)

Keywords

Amotu (lost city)

Indexer Notes

Episode 23

Jungle Canoe Trip (Table of Contents: 7)

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

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Genre

jungle

Synopsis

A racing-type board game.

Reprints

• in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #10 (January 2012)

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5 one year subscriptions... only $4.50

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

Wheaties / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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C'mon, spark up! Said Stan Musial, of the St. Louis Cardinals

Genre

sports