Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan #52

(January 1954)

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

Milky Way / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Tarzan and the Savage Horde (Table of Contents: 2)

Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

541

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Tarzan [John Clayton]; Ergon; Jathon; Goliath (lion)

Synopsis

Tarzan helps rescue the people of Athne from a tribe of intelligent bolgani that take over the city.

Reprints

• in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #11 (July 2012)

Keywords

Athne (lost city); bolganis (gorillas); elephants

Boy Falls among Enemies (Table of Contents: 3)

Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tarzan [John Clayton]; Boy [Jack Clayton]; Jad-Bal-Ja

Synopsis

Boy is kidnapped by the intelligent gorillas of Athne. Jad-bal-ja rescues him.

Reprints

• in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #11 (July 2012)

Keywords

bolganis (gorillas)

Tarzan and the Serpent of Pal-ul-don (Table of Contents: 4)

Tarzan / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Tarzan [John Clayton]; Boy [Jack Clayton]; Argus; Alexander MacWhirtle; Doctor Mervin; Yolanda Mervin; Loma; Stork Men; Crooked Men

Synopsis

While returning Dr. Mervin and his daughter to Nairobi, MacWhirtle lands his plane in the land of the Crooked Men, who take them prisoner. Tarzan and Argus come to the rescue.

Reprints

• in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #11 (July 2012)

Keywords

airplanes; bolas; crocodile boat; Lutor; Monga (Pal-ul-donian city); snake monsters; thipdars (pteranodons)

Terror Wind (Table of Contents: 5)

Mabu / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

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

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

Young King Dan-El, of the light-skinned Aba-Zulu, has just recued Tavane...

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Dan-El; Natongo; Mothibi; Nagopa; Han-Ool

Synopsis

Dan-El and Natongo pursue Nagopa, who strands them in a hidden land inside a mountain.

Reprints

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

Keywords

carrier pigeons; dogs; rope bridges; snares

Indexer Notes

Episode 28

Parents! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Serpent of Pal-Ul-Don...

Genre

jungle

Reprints

• in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #11 (July 2012)

Keywords

snake monsters

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

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

Spark Up! Fake Out That Pass Defender! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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