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Tarzan and the Giant Eagle,
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Argus -- A #1.3 - Giant eagle Tarzan created using Doctor
Mervin’s growth pellets. He and the Waziri call it the King of Birds.
Tarzan uses the creature to fly to Alur where he discovers that the Torodons
have taken over the city. He flies to Jorah’s people for help in
the retaking of the city. Argus is a formidable force during the
battle. Flying on Argus, Tarzan catches Jala, King Jadon’s sister,
before she falls to her death.
#41.1 Tarzan calls him the ‘Sky Ranger.’ Argus is as fast as
an airplane. Boy, planning to take a ride, frees the eagle from its
chain. The bird flies to Tarzan at the Tower of Ta-dan, which is
under siege by Torodons. Tarzan flies to Nairobi to get Doctor MacWhirtle
and his airplane. Tarzan attacks the Torodons with the eagle as Dr.
Mac attacks with rockets.
#42.1 With Tarzan on his back, Argus steals a basket of fish from the
Stork Men. When Terribs attack, Tarzan fires arrows from Argus’ back
thus driving off the attackers. Tarzan uses Argus to fly to Nairobi
and back to the Stork People so he can get two otters and growth pills.
During a Terribs night attack on the Stork Men Village, Argus flies Tarzan
so that he might shoot arrows at the Gorobars.
#44.1 Tarzan uses Argus to save Coru, the Prince of the Shepherd Clan
of Saparta, from a vulture. He flies to the Great Swamp. Tarzan
has Kalomo, a Waziri, fly Argus home. Boy flies the giant eagle to
Pal-ul-don and saves Tarzan and others from Wandach, the gund of the spearmakers
clan of Saparta. In all previous issues Argus was colored brown.
In this issue he is solid gold in color.
#48.3 A solid gold colored Argus is picked up by Tarzan at the Waziri
Village. Tarzan flies Argus in search of the Giant Wasps. They
follow a wasp to the Island of Dwarfs. Tarzan smears the giant eagle
and himself with the pulp of a wild flower to repel the wasps. They
fly into the mountain nest of the wasps. After an encounter with
the wasps, Tarzan flies Argus to Nairobi to get Dr. MacWhirtle and some
DDT bombs.
#50.1 Tarzan flies Argus from the Stork Men village to get fuel for
Dr. Mervin’s airplane. They are attacked by Kingbirds. Argus
does a loop to avoid the birds and Tarzan falls from his back. Argus
out flies the kingbirds and heads for the Waziri village. A worried
Boy flies Argus to the Stork Men Village to find Tarzan safe.
#51.1 Tarzan and Boy fly Argus to Dr. MacWhirtle’s estate to seek his
help in taking the ill Dr. Mervin out of the Stork Men Village. Tarzan
leaps off Argus’ back, and Boy flies Argus back to the village.
#52.3 Tarzan is not comfortable about Dr. Mac flying Dr. Mervin and
Yolanda to Nairobi with his thipdar cargo. He follows them on Argus.
He finds the plane deserted and searches for his missing friends.
He finds them working in the Men of Monga’s fields. He swoops down
and pick up Yolanda and carries her to the plane. They return and
swoop in for Dr. Mervin. Dr. Mac hangs onto Arg
us’ leg. They also are carried to the plane. As they take
off, Tarzan kills the Serpent of Pal-ul-don from Argus back. The
Men of Monga refer to Argus as, Ska. #53.3 Tarzan catches fish in
a net and feeds the giant golden eagle. Afterwards, they fly towards
Lutor for a visit. Tarzan spots a cabin plane at Lutor and is curious.
A gangster wildly fires a Tommy gun at them. Tarzan and Argus circle
the city. They are met with more machine gun fire from windows.
After the gangsters are banished on an island in Pal-ul-don, Tarzan plans
to ditch the gangster’s plane. He has Boy fly Argus to pick him up.
Tarzan leaps from the diving plane with a parachute. As Boy and Argus
fly near, Tarzan releases the parachute and lands on Argus’ back.
They fly Argus towards home.
#56.2 (Boy story) Boy flies Argus over Athne to discover the Talking
Bolgani are using human slaves again. He uses Argus to rescue Beth
Carey from the gorillas. They return to save her brother, Arthur.
Argus chases off the gorillas. Flying back to Beth, they find a leopard
threatening her. Argus picks up the leopard and drops it off a cliff.
A#3.5 When Tarzan finds dinosaurs in the Great Swamp, he flies Argus
to the Valley of Monster to discover that a volcano has erupted, thus driving
them out of the valley. Tarzan follows the dinosaurs towards Cathne.
He flies Argus to find Jo-rah and his people to enlist their aid in fighting
the dinosaurs and the Torodons, which are threatening Cathne. After
things are under control, Tarzan takes off on Argus to see if there are
more dinosaurs to be dealt with.
#61.2 Tarzan tells Boy to fly Argus to the telegraph station with his
note for Dr. Louis d’Arnot to bring medicine for Dombie’s infection.
Boy places a harness on the golden eagle before taking off. Upon
returning, Boy lands near the kraal of the Waziri and sends Argus back
to the village.
#63.1 Tarzan uses Argus to search for the missing Boy and Aiglon, the
giant eagle. They find them with Chet Harper, an American Prospector,
trapped in a box canyon. Aiglon has been hurt and refuses to fly.
Tarzan uses Argus to transport Harper and the gold to the rim of the canyon.
When he takes Boy, Aiglon follows Argus to the top of the canyon.
Tarzan has Boy use Argus to lead Aiglon back home.
#65.2 Tarzan and Argus accompany Boy and Aiglon on a training flight.
They find the unconscious body of the missionary James Nicholson.
Tarzan leaves Boy and Argus for protection as he flies Aiglon for help.
A#4.1 - The giant eagle has black on the upper front half of its wings
and heavy black outlines on the other three rows of feathers as well as
the three rows on its tail. Tarzan flying on Argus spies Queen Elaine
in a lion-drawn chariot that is about to be attacked by the Talking Gorillas.
He directs Argus to attack the Bolgani. Argus is struck in the head
by a club and lands. Tarzan leads the gorillas away from Argus.
The eagle recovers, forgets about Tarzan, and flies off. Eventually
the eagle remembers Tarzan and returns to pick up the bound ape-ape and
carries him to the Rock of Opar.
#77.1 Argus continues to have its new coloration and adds two tufts
to the top of its head similar to the eagles from
Dell #75.1 “The Eagles of Engani.” Tarzan rides Argus over a
desert in search of a missing ostrich. They rise above a sandstorm
only to be buffeted by high winds. They discover the City in the
Sands. Argus finds water underground near a pipe. Tarzan digs
a hole so the water can collect and the giant eagle can drink. They
fly off to find a caravan of displaced Bedouins in the desert. Tarzan
tells them that he will lead them to water in exchange for food for Argus.
After Argus has eaten, the Jungle Lord has the Bedouins follow Argus’ flight
back to the city. Once the Bedouins are established in the city,
Tarzan flies off on Argus to continue to search for the ostrich.
#78.2 Boy takes Argus to look for the missing Dombie. He swoops
down on Tarzan who is also searching for the missing boy. Tarzan
takes Argus to Pal-ul-don. He has Argus attack and kill a thipdar
that is attacking Dombie. Argus lands near the thipdar nest thus
scaring two of the young thipdars over the edge and a third down into a
crack. Tarzan ties up the fourth thipdar. Argus flies them
all back to the Waziri Village.
#81.2 – Boy flies Argus and Aguila, giant eagles, in search of Tarzan
and Dombie. He finds them in a tree. Boy and Dombie fly one
eagle and Tarzan flies the other back home.
#82.1 Tarzan feeds Argus and Aguila fish as Prince Alad comes to tell
him about the gangsters at Opar. Tarzan flies the Prince to the mountain
of Opar on Argus.
#83.1 - From the back of Argus Tarzan discovers a tiny Arab fishing
village. He directs Argus to pick up a leopard that is stalking Sara,
the Sheik’s daughter. Upon learning that pirates are keeping the
Arabs from fishing, Tarzan takes one of the fishing boats out to sea.
The Sheik believes that Argus is Roc, the legendary large powerful bird
from the tales of Sinbad. Tarzan has Argus spot shoals of fish for
him. From the first net full he feeds the giant eagle. Attacked
by the pirates, Tarzan clings to the rudder of their dhow. Argus
follows its master from the air. On the island with the survivors
of the wrecked sailing ship, Tarzan calls Argus to his side. He flies
the giant eagle back to the fishing village for help. After the pirates
have been defeated, Tarzan flies off on Argus.
#83.2 - Tarzan, Jane and Boy net and feed fish to Argus as Indorro,
a runner from Buto’s Kraal, arrives with the news that a beast is terrorizing
their village. Tarzan flies Argus to the village to investigate.
#84.1 Tarzan flies Argus to Cathne to visit King Jathon. Upon
learning that Prince Thyron has been captured. Tarzan and the Cathneans
march on Mitzer, city of Thoth. Argus follows the army in the air.
The giant eagle flies Tarzan over the city that is surrounded by mountains.
A light beam from the statue of Thoth almost fries them. Tarzan has
Argus swoop down and pick up the Prince before the light beam disintegrates
him. They carried Thyron back to the Cathnean camp. During
the battle between the two armies, Tarzan flies Argus near the statue.
He casts a spear, which shatters the crystal eye.
#88.2 - Tarzan flies Argus to Lutor in search of the missing
Boy. Boy left the day before he arrived. Tarzan searches the
Great Swamp from the back of Argus. They find Aguila in the air and
retrieve a message from Boy that says he is a captive of the Terribs.
Tarzan realizes that Argus is tried so they land at the Stork Men Village.
#90 (inside cover - splash page) - Tarzan flying Argus. Black
and white.
#91.2 Tarzan takes Argus to search for Boy and Dombie and their glider.
They see elephants smashing the glider in the elephant’s Secret Playground.
Tarzan spies the boys under a tree. He has Argus divert the elephants.
Tarzan drops to the ground and runs to an anthill. As the elephants
approach, Tarzan grabs onto Argus’ feet. They pick up the boys and
fly home.
#92.1 Boy flies Argus and Aguila to Inkota City where Tarzan and Karen
Lane are captives. They mount the giant eagles and make their escape
with Karen and Boy on Argus and Tarzan on Aguila.
#96.2 Tarzan flies Argus while Jane flies an unnamed giant eagle to
search for Boy, Dombie, and Mimi who were carried off by a huge kite.
They find them and bring them home. Argus is colored gold and later
is colored brown. Jane’s giant eagle is brown.
#107.1 Tarzan flies Argus to the Valley of Monster to search for the
missing Bruce Harlowe. The fumes from the volcanic fumaroles force
them to land on a mountaintop. The Jungle Lord realizes that the
vapors are too much for the giant eagle and sends it home.
#109.2 Tarzan searches for Boy and Dombie on Argus. They fly
close to the exploding volcano on Fire Mountain. A piece of hot rock
injures Argus. They are force to land in pride of lions. They
drive the lions away. Tarzan does not think Argus’ wounds are serious.
Tarzan goes to rescue the boys.
No. 25.1 - Tarzan and his family fish for food for Argus. Tarzan
receives word that Muviro is ill. He flies Argus to the Waziri kraal
to learn that it was a trick. The Wabuna claim to have captured Jane
and Boy and want Argus and Aguila in exchange for their release.
Tarzan flies the two eagles to the Hill of Caves. The Wabuna don’t
have his family and attack. Tarzan is severely wounded. The
two eagles chase off the Wabuna. Argus carries Tarzan to the jungle
floor where he collapses. Argus and Aguila find Jane and Boy stranded
on an island in the Red Gorge. They carry them away to search for
Tarzan. They find Tarzan safe with the Wise One.
#114.2 - Tarzan uses Argus to search and find Boy and Dombie whose
sailing scooter was carried away by a tornado.
No. 37.1 - Jane and Boy fly Argus as Tarzan flies Aguila to the
herb doctors at Kroo Maun. They stop to feed the eagles. They
catch fish and feed them. A Hairy Giant captures Jane. Tarzan
flies Aguila to the attack. Boy flies Argus. Jane is rescued.
They fly to Kroo Maun. The Slingers are afraid of the approaching
eagles and sling stones at them. On the trip to the Half Moon Lake
to gather the healing bulb, Boy flies Argus and Tarzan flies Aguila as
air cover for the Slingers. They spot the giants and alert the Slingers.
At the lake Boy again flies Argus as a spotter. They alert Tarzan
that the giants are approaching. Tarzan has Boy use Argus to delay
the giants. After the giants are defeated in a night battle, Tarzan’s
family fly the eagles back to the Waziri Village with the medicine.
No. 51.1 Jane, Tarzan and Boy search for the missing Captain Smith
on the Argus and Aguila. They land near River Bushmen and befriend
them. Lechwe guides Tarzan towards the Tree of Ages. Jane and
Boy follow three days later on the eagles and find Tarzan with Captain
Smith. They fly them back to the tree house. #127.2 Boy and
Dombie fly Argus and Aguila to the Bageena Village believing that Tarzan
is a captive there. They leave the eagles as they near the village.
Normal eagles attacks the giant eagles causing them to fly home.
When Tarzan sees the eagles coming home without riders, he surmises what
has happened. He flies Argus and Aguila to rescue the boys and the
trader, who was the Bageena captive. They fly home with Aguila carrying
the trader in its talons.
Dell Number -- A 1.3+41.1+42.1+44.1+48.3+50.1+51.1+52.3+53.3+56.2
(Boy story)+A#3.5+61.2+63.1+65.2+A#4.1+77.1+78.2+A#5 (Jungle theater) +81.2+82.1+83.1+83.2+84.1+88.2+90
(splash page)+91.2+92.1+96.2+A#7 (Cut Out page)+107.1+109.2+No. 25.1+114.2+No.
37.1+No. 51.1+127.2
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