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Volume 2350
by Gaylord DuBois
with art by
Jesse Marsh and Russ Manning
by Gaylord DuBois
with art by
Jesse Marsh and Russ Manning
Postal regulations required that a few pages of the Dell Tarzan comic books which began in 1948, be devoted to features other than that featured on the covers. They started by running back-pages features such as "Mabu," "Two Against the Jungle," and "Boy." Eventually this led to "Brothers of the Spear," a very successful series that debuted in issue 25 (October 1951). The serial, created by the prolific Gaylord DuBois and Tarzan artist Jesse Marsh, went on to run in each issue for over 25 years. Comic art legend, Russ Manning, did some of his earliest comics work in this series -- beginning with Tarzan issue #39 and drawing each feature until he took over the main Tarzan art from Jesse Marsh in Gold Key issue 154. The feature appeared sporadically after this with occasional art by Manning and Mike Royer.
The Brothers of the Spear were Dan-El (white) and Natongo (black), unrelated kings by right in their neighboring countries (Aba-Zulu and Tungelu), whose thrones had been usurped. They swore brotherhood and had many adventures together. This was probably the first appearance in American comic books of a pair of white and black heroes sharing adventures. By the time they had been restored to their respective thrones, both were married to beautiful mates, Dan-El to Tavane and Natongo to Zulena. Their love of action continued, however, and they went on to many more years of adventure.
Gold Key Comics published their own stand-alone 17-issue Brothers of the Spear title from June 1972 through February 1976. Whitman Comics published an issue #18 in May 1982, with reprinted material only. Du Bois wrote the series beginning with issue #2. Jesse Santos did the artwork for the first twelve issues, followed by Dan Spiegle.
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Art by Russ Manning Nos: 39-161
TITLED CHAPTERS
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DELL 116 ~ The Omen DELL 117 ~ Enemies' Fate DELL 118 ~ The Fallen City (196) DELL 119 ~ The Daring Rescue |
DELL 121 ~ Tavane Leads Into Battle (198) DELL 122 ~ Natongo's New Homeland (199) DELL 123 ~ New Country and Friends (200) DELL 124 ~ Disaster (201) |
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DELL 126 ~ Besieged! (205) DELL 127 ~ The Sortie (206) DELL 128 ~ Dan-El Defends the Gap DELL 129 ~ The Tall Stranger |
DELL 131 ~ The Truth Herb DELL 132 ~ The Duel DELL 133 ~ The Tunnel DELL 134 ~ Cloud of Terror |
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GOLD KEY 136 ~ The Raiders GOLD KEY 137 ~ Beast Madness GOLD KEY 138 ~ Harvest of Fear GOLD KEY 139 ~ The Cleft in the Rock |
GOLD KEY 141 ~ The Strong Man GOLD KEY 142 ~ The Pool GOLD KEY 143 ~ Prey of Eagles GOLD KEY 144 ~ The Pit Trap |
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GOLD KEY 146 ~ The Demand GOLD KEY 147 ~ Shadow of Danger GOLD KEY 148 ~ The Flash of Steel GOLD KEY 149 ~ The Courage of Shala |
GOLD KEY 151 ~ The Falcon GOLD KEY 152 ~ Secret Weapon GOLD KEY 153 ~ Battle in the Boma GOLD KEY 154 ~ The Giant |
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GOLD KEY 156 ~ Without Warning GOLD KEY 157 ~ NONE (replaced with Bantu) GOLD KEY 158 ~ Tembo! Tembo! GOLD KEY 159 ~ NONE (replaced with Bantu) GOLD KEY 160 ~ The Snare GOLD KEY 161 ~ The Defiant Trumpet |
GOLD KEY 197 ~ Dan-El and Natongo Meet Again GOLD KEY 198 ~ Tavane Leads Into Battle GOLD KEY 199 ~ Natongo's New Homeland GOLD KEY 200 ~ New Country and Friends GOLD KEY 201 ~ Disaster! GOLD KEY 202 ~ The Pit ***New? GOLD KEY 203 ~ The Silent Ones ***New? GOLD KEY 204 ~ Walls of Mystery GOLD KEY ~ 205 ~ Besieged GOLD KEY ~ 206 ~ The Sortie |
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featured in Dell Tarzan Annual 51 Treachery in Aba-Zulu |
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The Tarzan title was taken over from Gold Key by DC Comics in 1972, but Brothers of the Spear was not a property of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and the title remained with Gold Key. Gold Key then brought out Brothers of the Spear in their own title with artwork by Jesse Santos. The Brothers of the Spear comic continued until #17 (February, 1976), then one final issue came out in 1982.
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