(October 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 (photo of Lex Barker)
- Reprints
in 
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Free! To new subscribers — this official Dell Comics Club ballpoint pen!
Tarzan Builds a Home
Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages
- Job Number
- 5310
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan [John Clayton]; Jane Porter Clayton; Boy [Jack Clayton]; Illonyi; Garvey; Nobby; Doctor Manlek; Youssef; Ali; Liponans (tribe of white pygmies); Metunyi
- Synopsis
- Young Prince Illonyi is injured by two hunters and taken to the city to be sold as a slave but Tarzan comes to his rescue.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automobiles; bondage; gold; leopards; miniature saddle antelope; Nairobi; Opar; poaching; Rock of Opar; saddle eland; slavery
Boy Meets Bolgani
Boy / comic story / 8 pages
Tarzan and the Thipdar's Prey
Tarzan / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan [John Clayton]; Alexander MacWhirtle
- Synopsis
- Tarzan and Dr. MacWhirtle travel to the Valley of Monsters to retrieve some pteranodon eggs for scientific study.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- apatosaurusids (brontosaurids); chain mail; garths (tyrannosaurids); helicopters; pterodactyls; rocket launchers; thipdars (pteranodons); Valley of Monsters
[no title indexed]
Brothers of the Spear / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After delivering their false King, Han-Ool, to young Dan-El,...
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Dan-El; Natongo; General Ulangi; Colonel Luguba; Tavane; Nagopa; Han-Ool; Mothibi
- Synopsis
- Dan-El and Natongo learn of the death of General Kongoni. Nagopa and Han-Ool escape from the dungeon where Dan-El had them placed.
- Reprints
-
in Brothers of the Spear Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)
-
- Keywords
- dungeons
Indexer Notes
Episode 25
The Thipdars of Pal-Ul-Don
Jungle World / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle
- Synopsis
- A brief natural history of the thipdar.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- thipdars (pterodactyls)(pteronodons)
[no title indexed]
Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey kids! Bike back to school on the best!
[no title indexed]
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 'Spark Up- ...you need stamina to pitch!' said Robin Roberts
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Philadelphia Phillies [Robin Roberts]
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal.
Art identification by Saltarella.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Tarzan -
1.
["Free! To new subscribers — this official Dell Comics Club ballpoint pen!"]
-
2.
Tarzan Builds a Home
Tarzan -
3.
Boy Meets Bolgani
Boy -
4.
Tarzan and the Thipdar's Prey
Tarzan -
5.
Reunion
Mabu -
6.
["After delivering their false King, Han-Ool, to young Dan-El,..."]
Brothers of the Spear -
7.
The Thipdars of Pal-Ul-Don
Jungle World -
8.
["Hey kids! Bike back to school on the best!"]
Schwinn Bicycles -
9.
["'Spark Up- ...you need stamina to pitch!' said Robin Roberts"]
Wheaties
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Steve Dasinger
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
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