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Official Edgar Rice Burroughs Tribute and Weekly Webzine Site Since 1996 ~ Over 10,000 Web Pages in Archive Presents Volume 5670 |
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February 1966 Cover: Morris Gollub ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- The Return of Tarzan" ~ 24 pp. 
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ second Tarzan novel details his discovery of the
lost city of Opar and the treasure vaults filled with stacks of gold ingots.
Many important characters like the Waziri warriors, the evil Russian spy
Nickolas Rokoff, and Queen La, High Priestess of Opar, are introduced.
Jane Porter ends her engagement to Tarzan’s cousin William, and marries
Tarzan next to the graves of his parents.
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April 1966 Cover: Morris Gollub ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- The Beasts of Tarzan" ~ 24 pp. 
Tarzan leads a menagerie of jungle animals against the Russian spy who
kidnapped his wife and child! This adventurous thriller stretches from
London to Africa and back again.
Jane has her best role in any of the novels, as she tries to rescue her son from Tarzan’s archenemy, Nickolas Rokoff. Burroughs weaves nonstop action, with a surprise conclusion. Baby Jack never left London, having been switched with the one who died. Manning’s art is at his peak, with action sequences that both rival, and are reminiscent of Brune Hogarth.. 1 pp.
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June 1966 Cover: Morris Gollub ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- The Son of Tarzan" ~ 24 pp. 
Jack Greystoke, the Son of Tarzan, runs away to the wilds of Africa to
live with the Great Apes, after a London circus ape reveals that his father
is really Tarzan of the Apes. Jack earns the name, Korak, the Killer and
saves a young French girl from a cruel Sheik. Korak grows up wild with
Meriem, and they fall in love. Meanwhile, returning to the jungle are Jane
and Lord Greystoke, dressed like a hunter and now known as Big B'wana.
But to save Korak, he becomes Tarzan the ape-man once more.
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August 1966 Cover: Morris Gollub ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- The Jewels of Opar" ~ 24 pp. 
“Attacked by High Priestess La’s vicious apes, Tarzan fights for his life
and The Jewels of Opar.”
This is the start of possibly the best adaptation of any Burroughs novel. Thinking Tarzan dead after an earthquake, the Waziri head home with gold from the vaults of Opar. Tarzan wakes with amnesia and finds what he considers pretty stones. La, the High Priestess of Opar, is infuriated when Tarzan escapes along with the Belgian rascal Barton Werper. Meanwhile, Sheik Achmet Zek burns Tarzan’s estate and takes Jane prisoner. 1 pp. text
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September 1966 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- Flight From Terror"~ 24 pp. 
It’s nonstop adventure as an amnesiac Tarzan chases Barton Werper and his
pretty stones... the stolen Jewels of Opar.
From this point two plot lines will weave and twist; the passing of the jewels through many hands; and the pursuit of Jane by Sheik Achmet Zek and Werper, as well as Mugambi, the faithful Waziri Chief. Chasing Zek is a detachment of Abyssinian soldiers, who capture both Werper and Mugambi. Zek wants both the jewels and the gold buried on Tarzan’s estate, where a fierce battle begins between the Arabs, the Abyssinians, and Tarzan. 1 pp.
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October 1966 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- Fight for the Treasure" ~ 4 pp. The thrilling conclusion to the three-part adaptation of Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar! 
Tarzan regains his memory just in time, when the Abyssinian camp where
Jane is held prisoner is overrun by hungry lions. After Tarzan’s estate
is rebuilt with the Oparian gold, they discover the bones of Barton Werper
in the jungle, along with a pouch ... filled with the Jewels of Opar! This
was the first Tarzan comic I ever bought. I’d seen them on the stands and
tried Burroughs’ books at the library. The books brought me back the comics.
I was hooked.
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December 1966 Cover: Ron Ely Photo (also both interior covers) ~ Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencil and Inks: Doug Wildey "Tarzan of the Apes -- The Pit" ~ 24 pp. 
Hidden beneath an animal compound is an illegal diamond mine that villains
seal with dynamite .... with Tarzan inside!
After Tarzan informs the authorities that diamonds are being smuggled inside animal cages, he’s caught trying to rescue the slaves. Doug Wildey makes his debut with this first issue set in the television jungle world of the 15th film Tarzan, Ron Ely. Tarzan’s likeness and supporting characters, like Jai, the juvenile sidekick, are straight from the show. At this time there were only 3 TV channels, with Tarzan regularly pulling a 30% share. 1 pp. text
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January 1967 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- Tarzan the Untamed" ~ 24 pp. 
When the guns of World War I come to Africa, Tarzan fights back with his
own unique style of jungle warfare.
Tarzan uses a man-eating lion and the German’s own machine-guns to win a victory for the British. Later, Tarzan reluctantly saves the life of Bertha Kircher, a female German spy. She then returns the favor by helping the great apes rescue Tarzan and British pilot Harold Smith-Oldwick from cannibals. Bertha and Smith develop an obvious attraction. 1 pp. text
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February 1967 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- The Lions of Xuja" ~ 24 pp. 
Tarzan the Untamed concludes as, to save a British pilot and a German spy,
Tarzan enters the lost city of Xuja.
Fraulein Kircher and Lieutenant Smith’s plane crashes into a desolate gorge where they’re captured by the lion-men of Xuja. A British motorized force helps with the rescue and Tarzan learns that Bertha Kircher is really a British counterintelligence agent! Excised from this adaptation is the death of Jane by German hands, which is why Tarzan reverted to his untamed demeanor and went to war. Here it’s portrayed as patriotism. 1 pp.
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March 1967 Cover: Ron Ely photo (also inside front cover) ~ Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Inks: Dan Spiegle "Tarzan of the Apes -- The Thundering Doom" ~ 21 pp. 
It’s taboo for a woman to watch the Moochas’ Fire Dance ... and the sentence
is death
In the second tale of Tarzan’s television jungle world, Jai takes a visiting senator’s daughter to watch the forbidden Fire Dance. When a cloud burst ruins the dance, the Moochas blame the pair. From a search helicopter Tarzan lassos them out of a canoe as they are sent over a river falls. The setting is based on the 210-foot Iguazu Falls, located at the Argentina-Brazilian border, where the opening scenes of the TV series were filmed. 1 pp. text
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April 1967 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- Tarzan the Terrible" ~ 21 pp. 
Searching for Jane, Tarzan enters lost Pal-ul-don, where prehistoric men
and monsters roam.
After a public outcry at Jane’s death in Tarzan the Untamed, Burroughs brought her back by revealing that her burnt body had actually been that of another, wearing her rings. Characters from the Marsh ear, Ta-den the Ho-don and Om-at the Waz-don, are now correctly presented as primitive Pithecanthropus men with tails. There are battles aplenty with both primitive beasts and men, as Tarzan searches for Jane and her German kidnappers. 1 pp. text
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May 1967 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- Incredible Pal-ul-don" ~ 21 pp. 
Tarzan is mistaken for the Ho-don god, Jad-ben-otho, in this conclusion
to Tarzan the Terrible.
Burroughs spins another sprawling tale of lost cities and strange peoples, filled with daring chases and escapes. It’s a hoe-down in the Ho-don city of A-lur, as Tarzan joins King Ja-don to free the City of Light. In a dramatic finish, Jane watches as Tarzan lies on an altar, with the German officer who kidnapped her wielding the sacrificial knife. But gunshots signal the arrival of Korak the Killer and Tarzan’s friends, Ta-den and Om-at. 1 pp. text
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May 1967 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- Incredible Pal-ul-don" ~ 21 pp.
Tarzan is mistaken for the Ho-don god, Jad-ben-otho, in this conclusion
to Tarzan the Terrible.
Burroughs spins another sprawling tale of lost cities and strange peoples, filled with daring chases and escapes. It’s a hoe-down in the Ho-don city of A-lur, as Tarzan joins King Ja-don to free the City of Light. In a dramatic finish, Jane watches as Tarzan lies on an altar, with the German officer who kidnapped her wielding the sacrificial knife. But gunshots signal the arrival of Korak the Killer and Tarzan’s friends, Ta-den and Om-at. 1 pp. text
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June 1968 Cover: Ron Ely photo (also inside front cover) ~ Writer: Uncredited Pencils: Alberto Giolitti (assisted by Giovanni Tucci) ~ Inks: Alberto Giolitti "Tarzan of the Apes -- Contraband Canyon" ~ 21 pp. 
President Ayroro has been kidnapped and brainwashed by Umkulu Bellogg,
an ivory smuggler.
Longtime Turok and Star Trek artist Giolitti begins his short Tarzan run with this third issue based on the TV show. Captured by the ivory smugglers, the use of hypnosis fails on Tarzan. But when President Ayroro is brainwashed, Tarzan feels forced to seize Ayroro and Bellogg, threatening to make them both “disappear permanently” unless the President is freed. When Bellogg falls into a crocodile’s jaws, the spell is lifted. 1 pp. text
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July 1968 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois Pencils: Alberto Giolitti (assisted by Giovanni Tucci) ~ Inks: Alberto Giolitti "Tarzan of the Apes -- Jungle Tales of Tarzan -- The Capture of Tarzan" ~ 8 pp. 
Tarzan saves Tantor the elephant from a stake filled pit, and then falls
into it himself. Angry natives drag Tarzan to their sacrificial stake.
In a move made classic in the movies, Tarzan calls on his elephant friend
to help him escape.
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August 1967 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois Pencils: Alberto Giolitti (assisted by Giovanni Tucci) ~ Inks: Alberto Giolitti "Tarzan of the Apes -- Tarzan and the Native Boy" ~ 9 pp. 
The Jungles Tales of a youthful Tarzan continue. Tarzan decides he wants
a child and kidnaps a native boy. After he realizes his error and returns
the boy, the witch doctor that the boy’s mother bargained with decides
that he still wants the bounty and kidnaps the boy for ransom.
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September 1967 Cover: Ron Ely photo ~Writer: Gaylord DuBois Pencils: Alberto Giolitti (assisted by Giovanni Tucci) ~ Inks: Alberto Giolitti "Tarzan of the Apes -- Turchuk the Mighty" ~ 21 pp. 
To save Jai’s life, Tarzan must fight the 700-pound Gorilla God, Turchuk
the Mighty!
In this fourth and final issue set in Tarzan’s television world, Jai is kidnapped by gorilla worshippers. But when no one will follow Tarzan into the windy canyons known as the land of the Dust Devils, Tarzan finds Jai by making a para-sail and windsurfing through the canyons. After Tarzan defeats Turchuk in hand-to-hand combat, Turchuk then pursues Tarzan and Jai’s para-sail right to the cliff plateau’s edge, and over it. 1 pp. text
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October 1967 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- Tarzan and the Golden Lion" ~ 21 pp. 
In the Palace of Diamonds, Tarzan and Queen La of Opar fight the half-human
gorillas called Bolgani.
Returning from Pal-ul-don, Tarzan and family rescue an orphaned lion cub. When Tarzan later leads another expedition to Opar, he discovers a group of explorers with the same designs and employing a Tarzan look-alike. Drugged and left to be captured by Oparian beastmen, Tarzan is saved by La. They escape together into the mountains where the Bolgani rule. Jad-bal-ja, the Golden Lion, finds his master in time to help defeat the Bolgani. 1 pp. text
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December 1967 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- Jad-bal-ja and the Impostor" ~ 21 pp. 
In the conclusion of Tarzan and the Golden Lion, the impostor Tarzan breaks
Jane’s heart.
With his Bolgani army, Tarzan conquers Opar and reinstates La as queen. He then tracks the people who looted Opar’s treasure vaults. Meanwhile, Jane is looking for Tarzan when his double, Estaban suddenly carries off the woman sitting next to her. She is brokenhearted and finds Estaban at the same time that Tarzan finds her. Jad-bal-ja the Golden Lion finishes this tale of Tarzan’s impostor. 1 pp. text
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