Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan #97

(October 1957)

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

Blue Bell, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Tarzan and the Last Tyrant (Table of Contents: 2)

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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Job Number

5710

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Strange! This part of the great swamp used to be full of great reptiles…

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tarzan [John Clayton]; N'Kima; Jathon; Elaine; Simba (lion); Zola (lion); cave men

Synopsis

Tarzan and King Jathon secure a pair of gryfs to battle an enormous garth that is threatening the city of Cathne.

Keywords

Cathne (Pal-ul-donian kingdom); caves; chariots; draft lions; garths (tyrannosaurids); gryfs (tricerotopsids); Pal-ul-don; snow; the Great Swamp; Tor-ul-ga (Pal-ul-donian valley)

The Ghost Horn (Table of Contents: 3)

Mabu / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

Typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"Look at that ostrich run!" cried Kaino.

Genre

jungle

Tarzan and the Young Feather Merchant (Table of Contents: 4)

Tarzan / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tarzan! Oh, Tarzan!

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tarzan [John Clayton]; Jane Porter Clayton; Boy [Jack Clayton]; Dombie; Mumbowa; Miboko; Masais (African tribe); Nuramis (African tribe); rope bridges; drums; harps

Synopsis

Tarzan rescues Boy and Dombie, and their new friend Mikboko, from the Nuramis who plan to execute the children for touching their sacred bird.

Keywords

fish spears; flutes; frog gigging; treehouses; trogons

[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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look -- a big fish!

Genre

jungle

Characters

Dan-El; Tavane; Natongo; Zulena; Nyessa [Alissa] (mule); Hatima (mule)

Synopsis

Continuing their journey back to Aba-Zulu, the brothers rescue a group of hunters from a man-eating lion.

Reprints

• in Brothers of the Spear Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (February 2013)

Keywords

fishing; kisangala (fish); lions; saddle mules

Indexer Notes

Episode 73

Sound Detectors? (Table of Contents: 6)

illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Jesse Marsh

Inks

Jesse Marsh

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yes…but more than that!

Synopsis

Portrait of a fennec.

Keywords

fennecs

Free Comic Book Free (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Vaisey-Bristol Shoe Co.; Jumping-Jacks Shoes / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

A New Idea! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Dell Publishing Co., Inc. / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pardner…Here's a Real Bike! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Arnold, Schwinn & Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)