Tarzan #2 [30¢]
(July 1977)

Marvel, 1977 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-04-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860280507
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Archie Goodwin (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date in house ad in Ms. Marvel #7.
This issue has variants:

Ape Battles Ape-Man -- To The Death! (Table of Contents)

Tarzan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Jane Clayton; Tarzan; Terkoz
Reprints
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The Road to Opar! (Table of Contents: 1)

Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Joe Rosen
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Achmet Zek (flashback); Albert Werper [poses as Jules Frecoult]; Esmeralda; Jane Clayton; Kala (flashback); Kerchak (flashback); Muviro; Nkima; Prof. Archimedes Porter (flashback); Tarzan; Tarzan's parents (flashback); Terkoz (flashback); William Clayton (flashback)
Synopsis
The origin of Tarzan is told. Tarzan brings Werper to his house and reveals to Jane that their wealth is lost and he must return to Opar for more gold.
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Indexer Notes

Part 2 of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" adaptation.

Tarzan's Jungle Drums (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
John Buscema (illustrations)
Inks
John Buscema (illustrations)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Tarzan (illustration)

Indexer Notes

Roy Thomas answers hypothetical questions of readers.

Language of the Great Apes 1 (Table of Contents: 3)

Language of the Great Apes / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Romita (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe ?; Joe Rosen
Genre
jungle

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Letters
typeset

Spider-Man and Madam Web! (Table of Contents: 5)

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito ?
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Editing
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Madam Web; Spider-Man

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Ape Battles Ape-Man -- To The Death!
    Tarzan
  2. 1. The Road to Opar!
    Tarzan
  3. 2. Tarzan's Jungle Drums
  4. 3. Language of the Great Apes 1
    Language of the Great Apes
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. Spider-Man and Madam Web!
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
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  • Thomas Johnson
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