Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan #58

(July 1954)

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

Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tarzan, my friend, I believe there is only one beast in Pal-ul-don against whom your great buffalo would have no chance of victory!

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Tarzan [John Clayton]; Taden; Alice Jenner; Paul Jenner; Gorgo (giant buffalo)

Synopsis

While visiting A-lur, Tarzan learns of the appearance of some giant white apes. He goes to investigate and finds the apes and their captive, a white woman, Alice Jenner. He helps Alice escape and the pursuit of the apes is cut off by Alice's husband Paul, bearing a rifle.

Keywords

A-lur [Alur](Pal-ul-donian city); airplanes; garths (tyrannosaurids); giant white apes; gryfs (ceratopsids); Kor-ul-gryf (Pal-ul-donian valley); Lake of the Thipdars (Pal-ul-donian lake); lava; the dum-dum; volcanos

Indexer Notes

Story title in Gaylord Du Bois's notebook is given as "The White Apes."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wake up, Jad-bal-ja!

Genre

jungle

Characters

Boy [Jack Clayton]; Jab-bal-ja; Isilo

Synopsis

Boy and Jad-bal-ja watch a young Waziri battle an ostrich in order to claim its plumes for his warrior's headdress. The warrior is attacked by more ostriches and Boy and Jad-bal-ja go to his rescue, each killing another ostrich. Boy claims the plumes.

Keywords

headdresses; manhood rituals; ostriches

Indexer Notes

Story title in Gaylord Du Bois's notebook is "The Plumed Warrior."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Tarzan / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Down there -- in the Valley of the Lost Legion -- I have a rendezvous with death!

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Tarzan [John Clayton]; Sergius Rufus; Nicanor; Brutus Sanguinarius

Synopsis

Keeping his promise to return to Castra Sanguinarius, Tarzan witnesses the kidnapping of a Castra Mare tribune's son. Tarzan follows the kidnappers to Castra Sanguinarius and enters the gladiatorial games to rescue the son. With the help of a band of baboons, he succeeds.

Keywords

ancient Roman galleys; ancient Rome; baboons; Castra Sanguinarius (lost city of Pal-ul-don); Castrum Mare (lost city of Pal-ul-don lake); cornus; fishing spears; gladiatorial games; leopards; Roman legionnnaires

Indexer Notes

Story title in Gaylord Du Bois's notebook is given as "A Rendezvous with Death."

The Hyena Attacks (Table of Contents: 4)

Mabu / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Elizabeth Beecher

Letters

typeset

Genre

jungle

Indexer Notes

Page 1496 of Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1954: July-December BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, SERIALS, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS states, "WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY. The hyena attacks. (In Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan, July 1954, p. [40-41]) Appl. Author: Western Print. & Litho. Co., employer for hire of Elizabeth Beecher. © Western Print. & Litho. Co.; 8Jun54; B5-28260." ~Dave Porta

[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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Umph... Ugh... Natongo!

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Dan-El; Natongo

Synopsis

Dan-El and scavenge food, clothing, and weapons from the wreck of the slavers' ship.

Reprints

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

Keywords

biltong; hyenas

Indexer Notes

Page 1495 of Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1954: July-December BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, SERIALS, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS states, "WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY. Brothers of the spear. (In Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan) Appl. Author: Western Print. & Litho. Co., employer for hire of Gaylord Du Bois. © Western Print. & Litho. Co. Jul54. © 8Jun; B5-28259." ~Dave Porta

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