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Official Edgar Rice Burroughs Tribute and Weekly Webzine Site Since 1996 ~ Over 10,000 Web Pages in Archive Presents Volume 5671 |
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February 1968 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- Tarzan and the Ant Men" ~ 21 pp. 
Tarzan discovers a land filled with gargantuan warrior women and armies
of tiny Ant Men.
Crashing his plane inside ancient volcanic craters surrounded by a wide belt of thorn bush, Tarzan wakes a prisoner of the subhuman Alalus, where giant women rule. Tarzan next meets the Minunians, miniature men riding on tiny diadets. Visiting their ant-like city, he learns their language in time to warn them of an attack by an army from a rival city. Tarzan uproots a tree and marches with the Ant-Men into battle. 1 pp. text
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April 1968 Cover: Morris Gollub ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- The Shrunken Giant" ~ 21 pp. 
Shrunken to Eighteen inches tall, Tarzan is made a slave of the Ant Men,
The conclusion to Burroughs’ Tarzan and the Ant Men opens with Tarzan swinging a tree in a fight with an army of miniature men. Overwhelmed, Tarzan wakes up as a tiny slave. Like he usually does, he gathers friends and stages an escape. Knowing his miniaturization is temporary, Tarzan hurries to escape through the impenetrable thorn forest. 1 pp. text
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June 1968 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes -- Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle" ~ 21 pp. 
A lightning strike nearly kills a camera hunter, who then loses his way
in Tarzan’s Jungle.
A formula Tarzan story, where a lost civilization is discovered by an equally lost explorer, who quickly finds romance. James Blake stumbles into the Valley of Sepulcher, where knights from the crusades have remained unchanged for centuries. Meanwhile, Sheik Ibn Jad is searching for that same valley, which is rumored to contain treasure. When the Sheik attempts to murder Tarzan, his own brother is slain by mistake. The Sheik never notices. 1 pp. text
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July 1968 Cover: Morris Gollub ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning/Mike Royer "Tarzan of the Apes -- Valley of the Sepulcher" ~ 21 pp. 
Tarzan dons armor and duels with medieval knights in the conclusion to
Burroughs’ Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle.
It’s the Crusades with culture clash, as the valley of medieval knights is attacked by Arabs armed with flintlock rifles. James Blake must rescue his love, Princess Guinalda, from both evil knights and Saracens. The arrival of Tarzan’s Waziri warriors solves almost everything. Sadly, after decades of work, artist Russ Manning did not finish this issue, his last. Fortunately, some of his work on the Tarzan newspaper strip would later reappear in the comics. 1 pp. text
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August 1968 Cover: Morris Gollub ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan of the Apes" ~ 24 pp. 
This timeless tale about an orphan of doomed castaways struck a nerve in
the public’s consciousness
Considering the great jump in circulation during the last year with Russ Manning’s novel adaptations, you can understand why the editors would declare that this reprint of Manning’s adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ original Tarzan novel from #155 was being made by “Popular Demand.” As a young collector, I agreed. It was years before I finally tracked down the original presentation of this story about an orphan raised by beasts. 1 pp. text
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September 1968 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Doug Wildey "Tarzan of the Apes -- Tarzan at the Earth’s Core" ~ 21 pp. 
Tarzan journeys to the Earth’s Core on a mission to rescue David Innes,
the Emperor of Pellucidar.
Edgar Rice Burroughs was a master of creating exotic worlds filled with fantastic creatures. Pellucidar was one of his best, about a prehistoric world contained within Earth’s hollow sphere. After arriving through the North Polar entrance on the 0-220, a dirigible balloon, Tarzan and Jason Gridley are separated from the others. Jason saves Jana, the lovely Red Flower of Zoram, from beasts and men. Tarzan is snatched by a pterodactyl. 1 pp. text
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October 19689 September 1968 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Doug Wildey "Tarzan of the Apes -- Lost In Pellucidar" ~ 21 pp. 
Tarzan is lost in Pellucidar, the prehistoric land at the Earth’s core
where the sun always sits at Noon.
Watch Wildey’s art closely and you’ll recognize photo stills from the Tarzan movies used as reference. Jana of Zoram is separated from Jason Gridley, and becomes a prisoner of the primitive Clovi people. Tarzan befriends the Clovi by killing a cave bear, but when they turn on him he escapes with Jana. Meanwhile, Jason Gridley saves Jana’s brother Thoar from a flying Stegosaurus that uses its spine plates as aerofoils!?! That’s not in the book ... by Burroughs or anyone else. 1 pp. text
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December 1968 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Doug Wildey "Tarzan of the Apes -- The Pirates of Korsar" ~ 21 pp. 
Inside the hollow Earth, Tarzan fights for his life against the man-eating
Horibs; intelligent reptiles in near-human shape.
The conclusion to Tarzan at the Earth’s Core has Tarzan, Gridley, Jana and Thoar all reunited -- as prisoners of the Horibs! But Waziri rifles ruin the Horib’s dinner plans. Back on the 0-220 and along with Pellucidar Emperor David Innes’ fleet of canon-armed Viking ships, they head to the pirate Korsar island. After one look at the flying ship, the Korsars release Innes without a fight. Gridley stays in Pellucidar with Jana, his true love. 1 pp. text
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February 1969 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Doug Wildey "Tarzan of the Apes -- Tarzan the Invincible" ~ 21 pp. 
Tarzan uncovers a communist plot to use the gold of ancient Opar to plunge
Africa into war.
It’s Tarzan versus the communists. When Tarzan races to inform Queen La of the danger, he discovers that she’s been replaced by another High Priestess of the Flaming God. New Queen Oah orders Tarzan imprisoned for sacrifice. But Tarzan quickly escapes with La, who is as beautiful as ever in Wildey’s art. Meanwhile, the communist leader, Peter Zveri, recruits American explorer Wayne Colt to help with the looting of Opar. 1 pp. text
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April 1969 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Doug Wildey "Tarzan of the Apes -- Down Trails of Terror" ~ 21 pp. 
Tarzan the Invincible concludes as Tarzan fights communist plans to forcibly
convert Africa to socialism.
Artist Doug Wildey is known for using photo stills as reference. American Wayne Colt, a “capitalist spy” infiltrating the communist conspirators, is drawn to look exactly like actor Roger Moore, who was the Saint on television at this time. When Peter Zveri’s army marches to start a war in Somalia, Tarzan and the Waziri warriors trap and rout them. Tarzan and the Waziri then go to restore La as Queen of Opar, but discover that Queen Oah has already been overthrown. 1 pp. text
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June 1969 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Doug Wildey "Tarzan of the Apes -- Tarzan Triumphant" ~ 21 pp. 
Dominic Capietro and his bandit Shiftas have come to stop Tarzan’s ‘interference’
with native exploitation.
Burroughs weaves another tale with a large cast of characters. There’s Lady Barbara Collis who bails out of her plane into a population descended from castaways and living in their own “Valley of Midian,” where she befriends young Jezebel. Then there’s the geologist LaFayette Smith and his buddy from the Chicago gang wars, machine-gun toting Danny “Gunner” Patrick, who in some panels looks just like actor Robert Mitchum. 1 pp. text
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July 1969 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Doug Wildey "Tarzan of the Apes -- Attack of the Shiftas" ~ 21 pp. 
It’s death and romance in the jungle as Tarzan Triumphant concludes.
While the bad guys are killing each other, the good guys are finding romance. Geologist Smith bonds with Lady Barbara Collis as they escape the Valley of Midian. “Gunner” Patrick saves Jezebel from the Shiftas. Meanwhile, Tarzan’s Waziri warriors arrive, pretending to serve the never seen Lord Passmore, who really is Tarzan. The Shiftas are caught between the Waziri and “Gunner” Patrick’s machine-gun. 1 pp. text
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August 1969 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Doug Wildey "Tarzan of the Apes -- Tarzan and the City of Gold" ~ 21 pp. 
Tarzan battles both men and lions in the arenas of Cathne, the City of
Gold.
This is the novel that many of those Marsh-era stories were based on. Storm waters wash Tarzan to the doorstep of Cathne, the City of Gold. Impressed by his feats in the arena, Queen Nemone takes a special interest. When Tarzan leaps into the arena to save his Athnean friend Valthor from a lion, the Queen promises Valthor his freedom. She also offers Tarzan freedom, if he will remain in Cathne as her consort. 1 pp. text
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September 1969 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils and Inks: Doug Wildey "Tarzan of the Apes -- The Lions of Cathne" ~ 21 pp. 
In the City of Gold, Tarzan outwits treachery and the whims of an insanely
jealous Queen.
Tarzan’s enemies in Nemone’s court convince the Queen that Tarzan is in love with Nora, the daughter of a friend. When Nora is dragged in a body bag to be thrown into a volcano, they discover that Tarzan switched her with an adversary. When Nemone commands her pet lion to attack, Jad-bal-ja the Golden Lion arrives to do the killing, and the distraught Queen falls on her own spear. Her body abandoned, only Tarzan remains to bury her. 1 pp. text
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October 1969 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils: Paul Norris ~ Inks: Mike Royer "Tarzan of the Apes -- Tarzan’s Quest" ~ 21 pp. 
The mysterious, white-skinned Kavuru have stolen Waziri Chief Muviro’s
daughter.
Tarzan’s own white skin causes him to be mistaken for a Kavuru. When Muviro and the Waziri come looking for him, they are also seized for sacrifice. While they escape, a storm downs Jane’s plane in Kavuru country, where her maid is drawn from the survivor’s camp by a Kavuru warrior’s hypnotic call. After all the great art on the series, Norris’ work was a disappointment for me. Royer, a former Manning assistant, does provide familiar inks. 1 pp. text
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December 1969 Cover: George Wilson ~ Writer: Gaylord DuBois ~ Pencils: Paul Norris ~ Inks: Mike Royer "Tarzan of the Apes -- Captives of the Kavuru" ~ 21 pp. 
Jane is captured by the Kavuru, who maintain their immortality with an
elixir made from the blood of young women.
In the conclusion of Tarzan’s Quest, Jane pulls out the makeup kit and uses her beauty to cause conflicts between the members of the Kavuru, one of whom starts to reconsider his immortal vows. She and other women are kept inside Kavanda-Vanda, a stronghold surrounded by dangerous leopards. Tarzan parachutes inside by crashing a plane whose pilots were killed during a battle between the Waziri and the Kavuru. 1 pp. text
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