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Most
of these early comics consisted of
reprints
of the Tarzan newspaper strips
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See the contents at ERBzine 1602
In the summer of 1929 Grosset & Dunlap published the first TARZAN story-strip in book form. It contained all 300 of the illustrations by Harold Foster which had appeared in the strip plus an additional illustration which Foster prepared especially for the book. It appears on both the cover and the dust jacket. This book was intended to be the first of a series of illustrated Tarzan books. G&D published it in the same format that Cupples & Leon was using to publish their popular series of LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE cartoon strips in book form, but THE ILLUSTRATED TARZAN BOOK NO. 1 had no sequels. The reason for this, according to a letter from G&D in the 1940s, was because TARZAN #1 was not successful. The additional illustration, used on the cover and dust jacket, visualizes the tales from one of the strips, "Terkoz turned to fight for his prize."
See the Tip Top Covers
at ERBzine 0822 and
ERBzine
0823
A United Features 1936
- 1941 series reprinting strips. (68 pp - 10 cents)
Most issues featured
Tarzan (Hal Foster colour Sunday page reprints)
(A "T" indicates a
featured Tarzan cover)
1T, 2T, 3T, 4-8, 9T,
10, 11T, 12, 13T, 14, 15, 16T, 17, 18T, 19, 20,
21T, 22, 23, 24T,
25, 26, 27T, 28, 29, 30T, 31, 32T, 33T, 34T, 35,
36T, 37T, 38, 39T,
40, 41T, 42, 43T, 44, 45T, 46, 47T, 48, 49, 50T
51, 52T, 53-62
.
Sparkler Comics (Daily
strips with colour added)
Nos. 171-187
Sunday pages in colour
~ Army magazine
Nos. (-17?) 18-29,
(after 29???)
Daily strips of Tarzan
of the Apes, Return of Tarzan, Beasts of Tarzan, and
Son of Tarzan with
colour added. 1T, 2, 3T, 4-29.
The TARZAN OF THE APES story-strip illustrated by Foster was reprinted in COMICS ON PARADE, Vol. 1, No. 1, April 1938 through Vol. 1, No. 7, October 1938. The magazine was published by United Features Syndicate, Inc., who had taken over the TARZAN story-strip distribution rights in 1930. The magazine sold for 10 cents per copy and reprinted the strip in color. None of the covers featured TARZAN but he appeared with groups of the other characters featured in the magazine on several covers. One of the better of these, by Paul F. Berdanier, appears above. A collection of COMICS ON PARADE, NO. 1 through 12, containing the Foster story-strip, were bound in illustrated boards and reissued at the New York World's Fair in 1939-40 and sold through the mail in 1940 at $2.00 per volume.
 TARZAN OF THE APES by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Large Feature Comic No. 5. Dell Publishing Co. New York. 1938. Illustrated by Harold Foster and Henry E. Vallely. |
This Dell series ran from issue 1 (June 1938) through 43 (January 1942) Tarzan was featured in many of the issues. Nos. 15-25, 27-36. |
Hi-Spot Comics #2 - November 1940 - featured a 12-page adaptation of the opening chapters of At The Earth's Core: David Innes of Pellucidar Adapted and drawn by John Coleman Burroughs. |
    
35 ~ 36 ~ 37 ~ 40 ~ 42 This Dell series ran from issue 1 (October 1936) thru 64 (May 1942) John Carter's first appearance in comic format was in The Funnies Issue #30, May 1939 -- Issue #56, June, 1941. Most of the art was by John Coleman Burroughs Issues 35, 36, 37, 40 and 42 had John Carter of Mars covers. See all the Funnies Covers at ERBzine 0825 |
Tarzan and the Devil Ogre #134 1947 Dell comic |
Tarzan and the Fires of Tohr #161 1947 Dell Comic |
  
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