([November] 1978)

Marvel, 1977 Series
Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1978-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [starburst]
Barcode
0714860296365
Editing
Bob Hall (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Drums of the Death-Dancers (Table of Contents)

Tarzan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema (signed)
Inks
Bob Hall (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Jad-Bal-Ja (the golden lion); Tarzan

The Day of the Death-Dancers! (Table of Contents: 1)

Tarzan / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Fran Matera
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (pg 1, uncredited); Jean Simek (pg 2-7)

Job Number
LG116
Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Jad-Bal-Ja (the golden lion); Jane (Tarzan’s wife); the King and Queen of the Kingdom of the Cliffs, their daughter Princess Rashida and advisor; Korak (Tarzan’s son); Sabor (Jad-Bal-Ja’s mother); Tarzan; Urzula (the usurper King, brother to the real King)
Synopsis
Tarzan helps a princess whose parents, the King and Queen of the Kingdom of the Cliffs, were slain by her traitorous uncle Urzula.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 4. The story is long, in all, 33 pages.

Captain Marvel Meets the Dreadnought (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Marvel; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Bob McLeod
Colors
?
Letters
Denise Wohl ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They did it again, Captain Marvel!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel
Synopsis
Captain Marvel saves a supply ship carrying Hostess Fruit Pies from a dreadnought raider ship.

Indexer Notes

Hostess Fruit Pies ad. No credits.

The Kingdom of the Cliffs! (Table of Contents: 3)

Tarzan / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Fran Matera
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Jean Simek

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Jad-Bal-Ja; Princess Rashida; the Serpent-Priest; Tarzan; Urzula
Synopsis
Tarzan and his allies face the usurper king who captures them and plans to eliminate them.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 4.

Sacrifice! (Table of Contents: 4)

Tarzan / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Fran Matera
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Jean Simek

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Jad-Bal-Ja; Princess Rashida; the Serpent-Priest; Tarzan; Urzula
Synopsis
A captured Tarzan, about to be sacrificed to a serpent god, frees himself but unwittingly sets free the selfsame serpent god.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 4.

...And Then Comes the Serpent! (Table of Contents: 5)

Tarzan / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Fran Matera
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Jean Simek

Genre
jungle; adventure
Characters
Jad-Bal-Ja; Princess Rashida (becomes Queen Rashida at the end of the story); the Serpent-God; the Serpent-Priest; Tarzan; Urzula
Synopsis
The giant serpent is mortally wounded by Tarzan and after having regained her kingdom Princess Rashida is immensely grateful to Tarzan.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 4 of 4.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Drums of the Death-Dancers
    Tarzan
  2. 1. The Day of the Death-Dancers!
    Tarzan
  3. 2. Captain Marvel Meets the Dreadnought
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Fruit Pies
  4. 3. The Kingdom of the Cliffs!
    Tarzan
  5. 4. Sacrifice!
    Tarzan
  6. 5. ...And Then Comes the Serpent!
    Tarzan
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  • Max Capp
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Mike Verhart