1 pp.
“Timai’s Story”
Writer: Uncredited
 Timai tells the story of the Lalas, who tried to capture the moon to make jewelry and weapons. The Lalas built a tower and tried using poles. Still unable to reach the moon, they foolishly started repurposing poles from the tower’s support structure.

9 & 1/2 pp.
“Tarzan of the Apes -- Savage Heart”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Tarzan and Korak race to save a native baby who has been adopted by a mother ape. Another retread story, but Korak’s new look is now established along with his leopard loincloth.

5 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- To Dare or Perish”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Dan-el and Natongo’s supply party is pursued up a dangerous mountain pass.
 Bringing up the rear, Dan-el’s elephant Induna barely escapes a rock slide that sweeps away the enemy warriors

1 pp. (inside back cover)
“Keys of Knowledge -- Peoples of Africa No. 18 -- The Ethiopians”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
 In 1963, the Emperor Haile Selassi of Ethiopia traced his ancestry back to King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
 A modernizing boom town, Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa, still has hyenas roaming the streets at night. The state religion is the Coptic Christian Church, dating back to the Fourth Century.

SPECIAL NOTE:
 The circulation report for 1963 shows an average print run of 433,760 with an average distribution total of 333,100.

1 pp.
“The Borani”
Writer: Uncredited
 The hunting party visits a village where the people hear when there is no sound. Mabu meets Poto, son of Chief Kara of the Borani, who heard his father call him, telepathically.

10 pp.
“Tarzan of the Apes -- The Fiery Depths”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Inside a fiery volcano, together with Queen La, Tarzan drinks a potion from the rare Flower of Lasting Youth. La thinks she’s pulled a fast one, but Tarzan reveals that he and Jane have been drinking the youth potion for years!
 The editing, which had improved since the Gold Key changeover ... disappears. Even the white dwarves of Opar are back (not to be confused with the white pygmies of Opar).

5 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- The Strong Man”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Caught stealing grain, the rebel leader Mihuro challenges Dan-el to a fight to the death! Afterwards, Dan-el spouts typically strong syrup;
 “No spear could reach me, my Tavane, through the shield of your love.” 

1 pp.
“Mabu Meets His Match”
Writer: Uncredited
 Mabu’s personality clashes with that of Poto, a Borani youth. Mabu finds it odd that a mild gourd is cleaned with ashes. Poto explains, “They’re clean ashes.”

10 pp.
“Tarzan of the Apes -- The Guilt of Belazi”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Belazi steals diamonds to pay the fifty-cow bride-price of Nandie, Chief Muviro’s granddaughter. Tarzan convinces Belazi to return the diamonds, but Borgland, the man sent to arrest Belazi, shoots him and steals the diamonds.

5 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- The Pool”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 An ambassador drugs and kidnaps Dan-el and Tavane, taking them to the cliff city, Umtagi.
 Dan-el is tossed to the crocodile god for whom Tavane is made queen. She jumps straight onto the croc’s head, helping Dan-el kill the leviathan.

9 pp.
“Tarzan of the Apes -- The Mask of Kings”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 King Korathi’s golden mask, the Mask of Kings, has been stolen by a witch doctor. Tarzan spoils Witch Doctor Ruku’s plans to replace Korathi with Ruku’s half-brother, the brutish Hungu.

1 pp.
“One For Mabu”
Writer: Uncredited
 Mabu and Poto continue their verbal sparring match. The boys tag along with hunters leaving to kill Colobus monkeys for their fur.

5 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- Prey of Eagles”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Tuaregs lure Dan-el and Natongo into a mountain trap; and attack with both trained eagles and spears. Thanks to yet another prophetic dream, Tavane and Zulena show up with the army, just in time. The ladies get a dramatic scene where they’re lowered on ropes to their very happy husbands.

1 pp.
“The Monkey Hunt”
Writer: Uncredited
 Tamai’s spear kills a monkey, but the body gets stuck in a treetop. Mabu figures out a way to get the body down, and gloats that Poto’s attempt didn’t work.

8 pp.
“Tarzan of the Apes -- Atoro’s Raiders”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Tarzan and Ali, son of the Emir Abdullah, are captured by Atoro, King of the Watobo. When he doesn’t slay an opponent in trial by combat, Tarzan wins a friend who helps with their escape.

4 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- The Pit Trap”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 The Brothers and their wives capture hunters who’ve been using illegal pit traps.
 The hunters turn the tables on Dan-el and Natongo, but their wives once again save them. The stories are getting shorter as ad content increases.

SPECIAL NOTE:
 The inside front cover features a milk advertisement, Barbie dolls and toy guns. A weird combination in retrospect.

1 pp.
“The Clash”
Writer: Uncredited
 The competition between Mabu and Poto escalates until they’re ready to fight. The intervening adults hold a skills contest, and the boys tie, learning to accept each other as equals.

9 pp.
“Tarzan of the Apes -- The Golden Axe”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Nyerobo, known as the hunter and the wanderer, intends to challenge for the golden axe of chieftainship.
 Chief Goroko has tried to stop his stepbrother with assassins, and even sabotaging the axes in the challenge. What he didn’t expect was for Nyerobo to have Tarzan and a bull ape for companions.

4 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- Small Stranger”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Out hunting birds, Tavane and Zulena rescue a young girl named Shala from pursuing warriors.
 Crippled by using his body to cushion a falling man, Dan-el wonders if  Shala is a witch when she cures him by snapping his neck back in place.
 Tavane answers, “If she is, she’s a good witch.”

1 pp.
“Mabu’s Treasure”
Writer: Uncredited
 Poto tries teaching Mabu telepathy. but the lesson doesn’t take. So Mabu shows Poto his stash of goodies collected over the long trip. Then Hamasai shows up with even more: the Colobus monkey’s tail..

4 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- The Demand”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 A royal viewing is held for Tavane and Dan-el’s newborn son, who bears the same ‘key’ birthmark as his father. When one of Nagopa’s Witch Men later tries to kidnap the boy, he’s surprised to discover a spring-hare. They saw him coming.

9 pp.
“Tarzan of the Apes -- The Treachery of Yakouba”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 When one of his ape friends needs a bad tooth pulled, Tarzan offers to rent Yahouba’s forceps with a diamond. The Cadi Yahouba gets greedy, knocks Tarzan unconscious and steals all the diamonds, leading to a camel run-down on the Sahara.

1 pp.
“The Silver Trees”
Writer: Uncredited
 It’s a hot night, and the boys are out star gazing and exchanging legends. Legend has it the the white trees of South Africa were once green, until the winds caused them to anger the Gods.

9 pp.
“Tarzan of the Apes -- Ghost Ivory”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Ivory hunters travel to the cannibal caves of Mount Elgon, search for Tippo Tib’s legendary treasure. Tarzan fools the hunters into thinking they’re being attacked by a herd of ghost elephants. But the one who tramples them is real.

4 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- Shadow of Danger”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Dan-el and Tavane are ambushed and captured by more renegade Witch Men.
 Now Prince Inkos Mutandwa’s new nurse, Shala’s psychic vision of danger sends Natongo and Zulena to the rescue.

1 pp.
“On the Trail Again”
Writer: Uncredited
 After Hamasai’s hunting party leaves the Borani Camp, the party stops to watch a hippo fight a female crocodile. It’s hippo meat and crocodile eggs for dinner!

1 pp.
“Africa’s Explorers... David Livingston”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
 Combination text and art story of the famed African explorer, whose heart was buried beneath a huge tree and his body in London’s Westminster Abbey.

4 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- The Flash of Steel”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Sylvia Marne and her dog, Bozoo, were the only survivors of an attack by Wachinga warriors, who continue to pursue her. Dan-el and Natongo save the young girl and her dog.

1 pp.
“Africa’s Storehouse of Wealth”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
 Copper, asbestos, chrome, mica, lead, coal, tin, and uranium are but a few of Africa’s treasures. While the best known treasure is diamonds, the land and wildlife are an even greater resource.

1 pp.
“Tarzan -- Cubs in Trouble”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Jad-bal-ja’s mate, Sabor, misjudges her cubs’ ability to swim in swift river currents. When one cub weakens and climbs on the back of another, the river swallows them both.
 Tarzan dives to the rescue.

1 pp. (Back cover--These are becoming unrelated ads, so I’ll drop them after this issue.)
“Keys of Knowledge -- Physical Fitness Recommended by the President’s Council on Youth Fitness -- No. 12 -- More Back Stretchers”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
 Advice of bending and back stretching that was considered good back in the Sixties. Since this piece was published, we’ve learned that “bouncing” to stretch ligaments is detrimental. Never trust old health advice. We’ve also since learned that if you eat by the food pyramid they taught back then, your heart will explode by the time you’re Forty. Maybe even Thirty. Or less.

SPECIAL NOTE:
 The 1964 circulation report shows an average print run of 491,011 copies, with an average circulation of 353,817. That’s a lot of waste.

1 pp.
“Law of the Wild”
Writer: Uncredited
 Mabu watches a young wildebeest defeat and exile an old leader of the herd. When Mabu comments that he’s glad his people doesn’t exile elders, his father, Hamasai, agrees. s.

1 pp.
“Witch Doctor”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
 A witch doctor lives in a world of good and bad spirits, and many taboos.
 When a Pygmy Witch Doctor chants and draws a magical antelope in the sand, a hunter shoots an arrow into it as the rays of light strike, and they almost always return home with an antelope.

4 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- The Courage of Shala”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Hoping it will kill Dan-el, a visiting ambassador enrages a mad elephant. Instead, the ambassador is trampled, and Shala risks her life to save a child from the elephant’s rampage.
 “Your courage, Little Shala, passes that of warrior!”

1 pp.
“Making Maps”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
 Instructions in mapping jungle trails.
 “There are no set rules for a rough sketch map. Why not make a sketch map on your next adventure?” 

1 pp.
“The Poison Thorn”
Writer: Uncredited
 The hunting party dodges a dozen dust devils. Hamasai must remove a poison thorn that Doma caught in his thigh.

4 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- Brave Hearts”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Two leopards that Chief Umbali brought as gifts break loose and attack Inkosi  Mutandwa. Shala, along with Sylvia and her dog, Bozoo, risk their lives to save the baby prince until Dan-el and Natongo can arrive.

1 pp.
“Strange Partnerships”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
 The relationships between birds and other animals. One example is the rhino and the cattle egret which feeds in the beast’s tracks, and the tickbird that lives on the rhino’s back and alerts the shortsighted beast to danger with excited chirps.

1 pp.
“A Morning Feast”
Writer: Uncredited
 The boys join hunters gathering grasshoppers for breakfast. Grasshoppers, mealie cakes, and a handful of berries;
 “What a feast!”

9 pp.
“Tarzan of the Apes -- They Attack by Night”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 The Witch Doctor Mungo is sending his trained hyenas to attack Muviro and the Waziri. While Tarzan is smoking Mungo out of his hyena burrow, a cloudburst brings floodwaters that drown the witch doctor and his pets.

4 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Near the desert, Dan-el and Natongo encounter the dying Sheik Ibrahim, who gifts them his camels and hunting falcon.
 The falcon and camels come in handy when outlaws attack the Brothers.
 The problem here is that Sheik Ibrahim is the name of Tarzan’s mortal enemy. DuBois is repeating names again. 

1 pp.
“The ‘Ndorobo Cave”
Writer: Uncredited
 The group takes a break from the heat of the trail to rest in an unused cave of the Ndorobo, a wandering tribe known for moving noiselessly through the jungle.

4 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- Secret Weapon”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Faced with an enemy armored in knotted-wood armor that is impenetrable to their spears, the Brothers turn to seek little Shayla for a solution, and she’s already standing there with the answer.
 Armed with javelins and clubs, the Brothers’s army routes the invaders.

9  pp.
“Tarzan of the Apes -- Haunted Canyon”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
 Professor MacWhirtle is trapped in a canyon that is haunted by an invisible killer who makes men vanish.
 Using mud to hide their body heat, Tarzan helps Doctor Mac escape and later kill a chameleon “as big as an elephant, a relic from prehistoric times.”

SPECIAL NOTE:
 Tarzan goes to an eight-month schedule. November is listed as a skip month, but in ‘65 there will be a landmark November.

1 pp.
“An Evening with Timai”
Writer: Uncredited
 Resting around the campfire, Tamia tells of the origin of the boabab tree, which the gods uprooted and planted upside down.

4 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- Battle in the Boma”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 When “a family of witches in the form of lions” start killing cows and men, Dan-el and Natongo decide to handle the matter personally.
 “... Just for the fun of it.”
 There are no witches, but things begin to go badly when the Brothers are overrun by the hungry lions. Fortunately, Tavane defied Dan-el’s instructions to remain home and rides to his rescue, and ends up needing rescued herself.

9 pp.
“Tarzan of the Apes -- Message From the Snows”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 A mirror on a mountainside flashes a morse code plea for help.
 Two European biologists have run afoul of prehistoric cannibals, the red furred Australopithecine Snowmen. When Tarzan helps the Europeans escape, they must outrun the snowballs of the snowmen.
 “They’re prehistoric -- but they’re not stupid!”

4 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- The Giant”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Fighting an army whose giant archer shoots colossal arrows that crash through the shields and armor of his warriors, Dan-el constructs a double-sided shield with slate rock in the middle. Then he walks up to the giant, with a rain of arrows shattering off his shield, and defeats him in combat. His army attacks and the invaders flee.

8 & 1/2 pp.
“Tarzan of the Apes -- The Fury of Gayat”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Tarzan helps the Great Ape Gayat, rescue his child from the men who speared his mate.

1 pp. (inside back cover)
“Bawo of the Bambute”
Writer: Uncredited
 Mabu learns how to shake your Bambute. A pygmy name Bawo invites Hamasai’s group to a dance that honors friendly spirits, and wards off the evil dead.

1 pp.
“A Strange Custom”
Writer: Uncredited
 The hunting party arrives at the Bambute village, where everyone is naked except for Chief Basu. The Chief makes an offering to the spirits by placing fresh food in an empty hut.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- The Vanished”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Dan-el and Tavane’s son, the infant Prince Tanadwa has disappeared.
 Using her gift of prophecy, little Shayla discovers and deals with the kidnapper when he emerges from hiding.