(August 1968)
Western,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except January, March, May and November
- On-sale Date
- 1968-06-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
- 10012-808
- Editing
- Chase Craig
Tarzan of the Apes!
Tarzan / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- George Wilson (painting)
- Inks
- George Wilson (painting)
- Colors
- George Wilson (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan
- Reprints
-
from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #155 (December 1965) -
in Tarzan Super (Sage - Sagédition, 1973 series) #1 (3ème trimestre 1973)
-
- Keywords
- Ape; gorilla
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Intelsat III Satellite
- Characters
- Cheerios Kid (advertising character)
- Keywords
- Cereal; satellite; space suit
Indexer Notes
Ad for Cheerios cereal from General Mills
Tarzan of the Apes
Tarzan of the Apes / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (original novel); Gaylord Du Bois (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Russ Manning (signed); Mike Royer (art assistance)
- Inks
- Russ Manning (signed); Mike Royer (art assistance)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 178-686
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- John Clayton (dies); Alice Clayton (dies); Tarzan [John Clayton]; Kala (dies); Kulonga (dies); Kerchak (dies); Snipes; William Clayton; Philander; Jane Porter; Archimedes Porter; Esmeralda; Terkoz (dies)
- Synopsis
- Kala the she-ape adopts a human infant whose parents have just died, and he grows to become Tarzan -- a thinking man, with the physical skills of an ape. When mutineers maroon Jane Porter and her party he falls in love with Jane from afar, and places them under his protection against man, beast, and the elements. Unable to speak her tongue he watches helplessly when she sails away, but vows to find her and make her his mate.
- Reprints
- from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #155 (December 1965)
-
- Keywords
- Africa; ape; gorilla; marooned; mutineer; pirate
Indexer Notes
Based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel "Tarzan of the Apes."
Readers Page [Airplanes]
Gold Key Comics Club / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- aviation
- Keywords
- B-24 Liberator; biplane; fan art; jet; P-51 Mustang
Indexer Notes
Fan art by David Wright, Jeffrey Arthur, Miles A. Lumbard, Stephen Guthrie, and David Long.
Gold Key Comics Club News
Gold Key Comics Club / text article / 1 page
- Characters
- King Kong
Indexer Notes
Promos, activities; fan art by Greg Lipscomb.
The Warning
Mabu / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Mabu; Kaino; Hamasai; Samai
- Synopsis
- Following a fest, Mabu sees in the campfire visions of those he has known in the past, and hears a warning to leave the forest for the plains. He tells his father, who orders camp to be struck at once.
- Keywords
- Africa; hunter; vision
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Alberto Becattini.
Living Weapons
Leopard Girl / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Leopard Girl [Meru]; Munya; Toto; Chui; Kasla; Lygon
- Synopsis
- Lygon makes an attempt on the life of Kasla, but Meru's friends stop him. Meru uses drugs and hypnosis to get him to change his ways.
- Keywords
- Hypnosis
Indexer Notes
Lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- King Kong
- Characters
- King Kong
- Keywords
- Ape; biplane; Empire State Building
Indexer Notes
Promo for the King Kong title from Gold Key.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys, girls, men, women
- Keywords
- Christmas card
Indexer Notes
Ad, with response coupon, for selling greeting cards from Wallace Brown, Inc.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you need extra money?
- Keywords
- Christmas card
Indexer Notes
Ad, with response coupon, for selling Christmas cards from Cheerful Card Company.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Tarzan of the Apes!
Tarzan -
1.
["Intelsat III Satellite"]
-
2.
Tarzan of the Apes
Tarzan of the Apes -
3.
Readers Page [Airplanes]
Gold Key Comics Club -
4.
Gold Key Comics Club News
Gold Key Comics Club -
5.
The Warning
Mabu -
6.
Living Weapons
Leopard Girl -
7.
["King Kong"]
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8.
["Boys, girls, men, women"]
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9.
["Do you need extra money?"]
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- Steve Dasinger
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Kirk House
- James Ludwig
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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