Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan #1

([November 1980])

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Wrath of the Sky-God (Table of Contents: 2)

Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

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Vilanova (signed as FJ Gonzalez)

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Vilanova (signed as FJ Gonzalez)

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From space it came... a Top Secret American satellite

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Tarzan; District Commissioner; Kord; Witch-Doctor Ojon

Synopsis

Tarzan teams up with agent Kord after a top secret US satellite, with a 36-hour time-delayed security bomb, crashes into the primitive Odanan jungle. The Odana believe the bomb is a god and their Shaman uses it to pursue war. The tribe capture Tarzan and Kord are intend to sacrifice them to the god when the loud 10-minute alarm sounds. The Odana run in fear. Tarzan uses the time for Kord to defuse the bomb, but he is a coward and tries to run from the explosion. The tribe throws Tarzan over a cliff to kill him, but he avoids the explosion and is the only survivor when the bomb.

Indexer Notes

The signature on this story is dated '78'.

The Invisible Slayer (Table of Contents: 3)

Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

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Channing and his party had travelled for more than six weeks.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tarzan; Channing; Okanda; Nakuma; Oli

Synopsis

When Channing's secret expedition is slaughtered and every trace disappears, the sole surviving Kalazi porter seeks Tarzan's help. He dies delivering a cryptic message and Tarzan diverts his current travel with a wildlife photographer Oli to learn more from the Kalazi. Tarzan and Oli are ambushed by a fearful tribe, but survive and secure the Kalazi's unwilling help. They uncover an elaborate plot by unscrupulous men who learned Channing had found valuable platinum in a worked-out gold mine.

The Magic Palace (Table of Contents: 4)

Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

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José María Gironella [as Giro] (signed)

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José María Gironella [as Giro] (signed)

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In the depths of the primitive jungle where the Zatuti Tribe still lived according to the ancient ways of its forefathers, Charo the witch-doctor was performing a secret rite to ensure good harvest…

Genre

adventure; jungle

Synopsis

Tarzan and Korak find Sharman Charo whose tribe tried to kill him for conjuring a flying palace. Tarzan seeks the truth and finds the flying palace. He sends the eagle Neeta to follow and Korak to get Colonel Gambi. The Colonel has heard rumours of a holy man predicting a mighty chief from the sky. Neeta leads Tarzan to the palace where he discovers Houdarni, a stage magician using a hovercraft movie prop who wants to provoke revolution and set up a puppet republic. Tarzan crashes the hovercraft, as Korak and Gambi arrive to clean up the gang.

Reprints

• from Tarzan (Juniorpress, 1979 series) #5 (1979)
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Goro's Gorillas (Table of Contents: 5)

Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

José María Gironella [as Giro] (signed)

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José María Gironella [as Giro] (signed)

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Trouble can start from the smallest of innocent trifles.

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Tarzan; Mr Dakar; Goro (a great ape); Pete Wilson; Kate Wilson

Synopsis

A nuclear-powered tracking station is damaged by a great ape who begins to mutate and gain intelligence. Travelling with journalists Pete and Kate Wilson, Tarzan sees dying plants and discovers the radiation leak. and Kate encounter Goro who is learning to speak. Tarzan attempts to calm Goro, but he steals their car and drives to Umbaba. His group of apes steal food and guns, and control the camp. At night, Tarzan enters the camp with the only weapon he has—-the flash of a camera. He finds Goro dying of radiation poisoning. Pete and Kate get a scoop with the photographs.

The Dive of Death (Table of Contents: 6)

Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

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José Ortiz (signed)

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José Ortiz (signed)

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The villagers of the little fishing hamlet of Kaki, on the West Coast of Africa, lived a simple life…

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Tarzan; Bosani; Komo; Manuka; boss; treasure hunters

Synopsis

The Kaki encounter dolphins for the first time. Fearing they will eat all the fish in the lagoon and must be killed. Tarzan convinces the tribe that dolphins are friendly, but warns them that treasure hunters plans to blow up the vault in a sunken ship, which will destroy all fish in the lagoon. Tarzan's warning is overheard and the gang's boss sends men to kill Tarzan. He is saved by the dolphins, who again help Tarzan reach the sunken galleon and prevent the explosion.

The Devil Apes (Table of Contents: 7)

Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

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For years, the Watumbi had lived peacefully by fishing and hunting…

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tarzan; Oko; Chief Matok; N'Goto; ape-man; Xacka

Synopsis

Chief Matok of the Watumbi is worried when N'Goto's hunting party fails to return. It is found slaughtered and the dying N'Goto warns of a devil ape. Tarzan is drawn by the death drums. He uncovers baboons living in jungle ruins led by a powerful ape-man wearing a necklace of teeth, but barely escapes alive. The Watumbi decide the 'devil-ape' is a curse and blame Xacka as his son had worn a tooth necklace when stolen by baboons years before. Tarzan uses the necklace to drug the ape-man, but the ruins collapse around them and only Tarzan and Xacka escape alive.

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