(October 1963)

Western, 1962 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1963-08-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Editing
Chase Craig (editor)

Issue Notes

Cover code: 10012-310. Cover title and indicia becomes "Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes" with this issue. On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tarzan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Wilson (painting)
Inks
George Wilson (painting)
Colors
George Wilson (painting)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tarzan leads the great apes in a charge to freedom against the guns of cruel trappers!
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan
Reprints

Cage of Terror (Table of Contents: 1)

Tarzan / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Jesse Marsh
Inks
Jesse Marsh
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan [John Clayton]; Porchuk (mangani); Urzak (mangani); Gamal; Mansur; Hall
Synopsis
Tarzan frees a group of mangani captured by traders.
Reprints
Keywords
dhows; dum-dum

The Eve of Ramadan (Table of Contents: 2)

Mabu / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
jungle
Characters
Mabu; Kaino; Hamasai
Reprints

The Smoking Island (Table of Contents: 3)

Tarzan / comic story / 10 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]; Dombie; Kapolo
Synopsis
Boy and Dombie are captured by a pygmy tribe but are rescued by a pygmy elephant.
Reprints
Keywords
crocodile worship; earthquakes; karosses; pygmy elephants; volcanos

Indexer Notes

This is the last story where the Boy and Dombie are portrayed as children. In issue 139 Boy decides to be called Korak.
Info by Bob Bailey, 2005-03-19 (Per Sandell ed.)

Harvest of Fear (Table of Contents: 4)

Brothers of the Spear / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Russ Manning
Inks
Russ Manning
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Dan-El; Tavane; Natongo; Zulena; Molithi; Elena; Induna (elephant)
Synopsis
The brothers use the elephants they have gathered and help break the siege of Tembo.
Reprints
Keywords
howdahs; sieges; Tembo (African city)

Indexer Notes

Episode 113

[F to I] (Table of Contents: 5)

Tarzan's Ape-English Dictionary / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jesse Marsh
Inks
Jesse Marsh
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle
Synopsis
Mangani words for English words beginning with F through I.
Reprints

Wild Animals of North America (Table of Contents: 6)

Keys of Knowledge / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Arens
Inks
Mike Arens
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
A brief description of the polar bear.
Keywords
polar bears

Indexer Notes

Inner back cover.

Sequence added and art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Tarzan leads the great apes in a charge to freedom against the guns of cruel trappers!"]
    Tarzan
  2. 1. Cage of Terror
    Tarzan
  3. 2. The Eve of Ramadan
    Mabu
  4. 3. The Smoking Island
    Tarzan
  5. 4. Harvest of Fear
    Brothers of the Spear
  6. 5. [F to I]
    Tarzan's Ape-English Dictionary
  7. 6. Wild Animals of North America
    Keys of Knowledge
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bob Bailey
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore