(April 1969)

Western, 1962 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except January, March, May and November
On-sale Date
1969-02-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
10012-904
Editing
Chase Craig (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[Tarzan the Invincible, Part 2:] Down Trails of Terror (Table of Contents)

Tarzan / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan
Reprints

[Tarzan the Invincible, Part 2:] Down Trails of Terror (Table of Contents: 1)

Tarzan / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Edgar Rice Burroughs (original novel); Gaylord Du Bois (adaptation)
Pencils
Doug Wildey
Inks
Doug Wildey
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
183-692
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Tarzan [John Clayton]; N'Kima; Tantor; Jad-Bal-Ja; Chief Muviro; La; Wayne Colt; Zora Drinov; Peter Zveri; Michael Dorsky; Miguel Romero; Toyat (ape); Nao; Oah
Synopsis
Tarzan stops the Russians from plundering Opar, and restores La as the Queen in Opar.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel Tarzan the Invincible.

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

Gold Key Comics Club News / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Animals (Table of Contents: 3)

Gold Key Club Comics Reader's Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Reader submitted animal drawings.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Joke's On You / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
various
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset; ?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Reader submitted jokes. Once four-panel humorous cartoon.

Mabu Learns About Kikuyus (Table of Contents: 5)

Mabu / text story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
jungle
Characters
Mabu; Kaino; Hamasai; Kobero; Kama; Jogona
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Alberto Becattini.

Long Live the King! (Table of Contents: 6)

Leopard Girl / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Nat Edson
Inks
Nat Edson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Leopard Girl [Meru]; Munya; Toto; Chui; Prince Isolo; Igwenyama; Prince Simanga; Kasla
Synopsis
Leopard Girl stops the coronation of Prince Isolo and returns Prince Simanga to his rightfull throne.
Reprints

[Mailman] (Table of Contents: 7)

Mini-Comics / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A postman looks for a dog in every place but the mailbox itself.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Tarzan the Invincible, Part 2:] Down Trails of Terror
    Tarzan
  2. 1. [Tarzan the Invincible, Part 2:] Down Trails of Terror
    Tarzan
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Gold Key Comics Club News
  4. 3. Animals
    Gold Key Club Comics Reader's Page
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Joke's On You
  6. 5. Mabu Learns About Kikuyus
    Mabu
  7. 6. Long Live the King!
    Leopard Girl
  8. 7. [Mailman]
    Mini-Comics
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore