Official Edgar Rice Burroughs Tribute and Weekly Webzine Site Since 1996 ~ Over 10,000 Web Pages in Archive Presents Volume 5674 |
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Official Edgar Rice Burroughs Tribute and Weekly Webzine Site Since 1996 ~ Over 10,000 Web Pages in Archive Presents Volume 5674 |
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January 1974 Cover/Writer/Pencils/Inks: Joe Kubert "Tarzan -- 'Ice Jungle'" ~ 18 pp.  Two youths from
very different backgrounds endure rites of manhood on a mountain’s frozen
“Ice Jungle.”
When Chief Zama of the M’Butos sends his son Tallum to the mountain with instructions to only return with the Necklace of Fire, Tarzan appoints himself Tallum’s guardian angel. Meanwhile, J. Pellington Stone III is also on a own quest to prove his manhood to his father, by capturing a Snow Ape. On the icy mountain the three meet another trio ... of Snow Apes, one of whom wears the Necklace of Fire. Pellington pulls a gun, and the ensuing conflagration leaves only Tarzan and Tallum alive. 2 pp.
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February 1974 "Tarzan -- Trail by Blood" ~ 18
pp.
 Along with two
maidens, Tarzan is staked out for sacrifice to an gargantuan dinosaur!
Pygmies capture Tarzan and take him to a scene that is straight out of King Kong. Passing through a ponderous gate set in a colossal wooden wall, a prehistoric landscape is revealed. It’s the home of a monster. The pygmy chief explains, “From time’s beginning we have survived ... by sacrificing to the beast!” That makes no sense to Tarzan. While one maiden is chewed, he escapes with the other and eventually kills the beast. He then lays blame on the chief for not having dealt with the problem himself. 2 pp.
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1974 Cover/Writer/Pencils/Inks: Joe Kubert "Tarzan -- “The Game!'" ~ 18 pp.  A manipulative queen
pits Tarzan against her king.
Albino Queen Zorina takes a delight in games of death that her husband, King K’Tumba, does not share. When an injured Tarzan is found by the riverside, Zorina plots to make her husband jealous. She tells both Tarzan and K’Tumba that the other is planning murder. When Tarzan’s honesty foils her plot, the vengeful queen forces him to play a game of death. As a thunderstorm rolls over, they hold the different ends of a chain. Tarzan tosses his end into the sky and a bolt of lightening burns the albino Zorina black. “Another irony of fate.” 2 pp.
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May 1974 Cover/Writer/Pencils/Inks: Joe Kubert "Tarzan" ~ 6 pp.  Tarzan saves a
fawn from a lion and lioness.
Tarzan wonders what it’d be like to have a son of his own someday, which serves as a lead-in to the next feature. 14 pp.
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July 1974 Cover/Writer/Pencils/Inks: Joe Kubert "Tarzan -- 'Tarzan and the Lion Man' -- Part One" ~ 18 pp.  Two actresses are
kidnapped when a film crew’s prop treasure map is mistaken for the real
thing.
Once again, Tarzan meets a man who looks just like him. Only this time, it’s Tarzan who takes on the identity of his double ... as the leading man in the movie; Tarzan and the Lion Man. Meanwhile, the actresses have escaped their kidnappers, and one encounters English-speaking apes who are on a mission from God! 6 pp.
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1 pp. text
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September 1974 Cover/Writer/Pencils/Inks: Joe Kubert "Tarzan -- 'Tarzan and the Lion Man' -- Part Two" ~ 18 pp.  Tarzan meets the
Ape-God, a half-man half-ape monstrosity with an evil eye.
The Ape-God is a mad scientist who has been using the cells of young apes to extend his life. As a result, he’s mutated into a half-ape monstrosity. The Ape-God plans to use the flesh of Tarzan and a young actress to restore himself. 2 pp. text/photos/illos
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6 pp.
1 pp. Poster
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November 1974 Cover/Writer/Pencils/Inks: Joe Kubert "Tarzan -- 'Tarzan and the Lion Man' -- Part Three" ~ 18 pp.  To save a young
actress, Tarzan ventures into a land of mutant monstrosities.
The insane Ape God has made many unsuccessful experiments, creating; “Beings that are neither human -- nor beast -- with an insatiable appetite for bloody death!” 2 pp.
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1 pp. photo-poster
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January 1975 Cover/Writer/Pencils/Inks: Joe Kubert "Tarzan -- 'Tarzan and the Lion Man' -- Part Four: Conclusion" ~ 18 pp.  Tarzan discovers
the fabled Valley of Diamonds, and becomes a film star.
Still standing in for his actor look alike, Tarzan plays the Lion Man on film. Stunts go awry as Reel becomes Real. But play-acting holds no interest for Tarzan. When the real Stanley Obreski dies, Tarzan returns his body to the camp, leaving the crew wondering at both Stanley’s amazing performances and his sudden death. 6 pp.
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1 pp. photo/poster
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March 1975 Cover/Writer/Pencils/Inks: Joe Kubert "Tarzan -- 'The Magic Herb'" ~ 18 pp.  Tarzan enters the
valley of the lizard people, from which none ever returns!
A couple claims that they need a rare herb to cure the man’s nervous disorder. But he’s really a greedy pharmaceutical scientist. Successful, they learn why no one ever leaves. One bite of the herb and you become a lizard person ... and you want to stay! 1 pp. text/photo
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1 pp. poster/photo
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April 1975 Cover: Joe Kubert ~ Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Inks: Franc Reyes "Tarzan -- 'The Jungle'" ~ 18 pp.  A single day in
the life of Tarzan is chronicled, filled with the stern lessons about the
jungle.
The day begins with drought. Then a sudden deluge brings a flash flood that leaves a mother rhino and her baby stranded on a mud island. Tarzan fells a tree to rescue the baby, but must watch as a horde of crocodiles feast on the mother. Even though it’s done with suggestive imagery, it’s gruesomely violent and graphic, as in the foreground the baby’s head drops lower while the sequence progresses. SPECIAL NOTE:
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May 1975 Cover: Joe Kubert ~ Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Inks: Russ Manning "Tarzan" (No title on the title page. Only Tarzan. The cover touts the 'Stone Sphinx') ~ 18 pp.  After walking through
a mysterious sandstorm, Tarzan finds himself transported back to the days
of ancient Egypt!
Tarzan encounters political intrigue and the mysterious Stone Sphinx, an animated stone giant. The Stone Sphinx attacks Egyptian Queen Mut-Ophet repeatedly. The reader suspects that this granite goblin serves the Queen’s evil half-brother, the Vizier, who wants her throne. But the story ends before any of the plots are resolved. Manning’s newspaper strip art is expanded and bridged by others, most notably Joe Kubert, who provides the title page. SPECIAL NOTE:
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June 1975 Cover: Joe Kubert ~ Writer: Uncredited ~ Russ Manning "Tarzan -- Return to Pellucidar!" ~ 49 pp.  Another Manning
spectacular as Tarzan returns to Pellucidar, the land inside the hollow
Earth!
Korak comes along for the ride on the air dirigible, the 0-220, when Tarzan returns tHE telepathic Mahar he defeated in issue #235 to its home in Pellucidar. But the Mahar makes an escape with Korak as a captive. Hot in pursuit, Tarzan encounters the human-eating lizard-men called Horibs, and rescues Princess Dav-an, the daughter of David Innes, Emperor of Pellucidar. The story is left unresolved, with the promise of conclusion in the next giant-sized issue. But it never happens. It’s like a Mabu story, readers will have to wait 40 years for the conclusion ... in the IDW hardcover reprints! 1 pp.
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July 1975 Cover: Joe Kubert ~ Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Inks: Franc Reyes "Tarzan -- 'Drums of Death'" ~ 17 pp.  Tarzan must defeat
the son of a friend, so that he might live and the Waziri people be free.
Chief Korbu of the cannibal headhunters hated the Waziri for killing his son. So he killed the Waziri Chief and placed his shrunken head on a trophy pole. Korbu also took the chief’s son N’Gamu and raised him as his own. To prepare N’Gamu to rule, Korbu pits him against Tarzan in combat to the death. But neither Tarzan nor N’Gamu wants to kill the other, so Korbu decides to take both their heads. Tarzan calls to his ape friends, and they descend onto Korbu, giving him the fate that he had intended for Tarzan. 1 pp. poster/Mike Henry photo from “Tarzan and the Valley of Gold”
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August 1975 Cover: Joe Kubert ~ Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Inks: Franc Reyes "Tarzan and the Castaways -- 'Caged Prisoner' -- Part 1" ~ 17 pp.  Tarzan is caged
and shipped out on the ‘Saigon,’ along with an assortment of animals from
around the world.
The adaptation of Burroughs' last Tarzan novel begins. Bound for Sumatra, the cargo ship Saigon is taken over by mutineers. For sport, they cage a young female passenger named Janette with the ‘Wild Man,’ but are disappointed to find her still safe the next morning. After the mutineers hijack a yacht, Tarzan makes his escape. But a storm wrecks the Saigon on the reef of an uncharted island. Tarzan warns the castaways that they are not alone, and he’s not talking about the animals he just released. 1 pp.
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September 1975 Cover: Joe Kubert ~ Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Inks: Franc Reyes/assistance by Rudy Florese "Tarzan and the Castaways -- Part Two -- 'Lost Island'" ~ 17 pp.  Tarzan discovers
the Mayan city of Chichen Itza, on a lost island in the South Pacific.
While the mutineers once again begin to stir up trouble, Tarzan is mistaken for a god by the Mayans. Of course, the High Priest doesn’t believe it and orders Tarzan’s capture. The first two chapters of this story are good examples of how many times the ape-man is knocked unconscious. If he were a football player, he’d have to retire because of multiple concussions and repeated memory loss. Regaining his wits, Tarzan breaks into the High Priest’s temple and stops him from sacrificing a young woman. 1 pp.
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October 1975 Cover: Joe Kubert ~ Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Inks: Rudy Florese "Tarzan and the Castaways -- Part 3 -- 'Mayan Sacrifice'" ~ 17 pp.  With the sacrificial
maiden Itzl Cha in his arms, Tarzan fights his way out of a lost Mayan
City.
Returning on elephant-back to the beach where the castaways are camped, Tarzan scares away the mutineers who are still causing trouble. During the passing weeks, Itzl Cha learns to speak english, and tells the tale of the Mayan’s migration to the island nearly four hundred years past. Meanwhile, the animals Tarzan released on the island continue attacking the castaways. Tarzan has already had to kill a lion and a tiger. And it’s not long before a pack of hyenas have a young girl named Patricia cornered. 1 pp.
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November 1975 Cover: Joe Kubert ~ Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Inks: Rudy Florese "Tarzan and the Castaways -- 'Caged Prisoner' -- Part 4 -- 'Temple of Virgins'"  In this issue, Tarzan
must prove he’s a god to the Mayans by swimming unarmed with man-eating
sharks.
While Tarzan fights the hyenas threatening Patricia, she’s snatched by Mayan warriors. But before Tarzan can deal with that problem, Janette has been abducted by the mutineers. Tarzan had already warned them several times, so this time he puts arrows through their evil hearts. Captured while trying to save Patricia from the Mayans, Tarzan refuses Itzl Cha’s offer to save him if he’ll forget the girl and leave with her. But when Tarzan is surrounded by sharks, Itzl Cha jumps in, sacrificing her life to save his. 1 pp. poster/frontispiece from Tarzan of the Apes
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December 1975 Cover: Joe Kubert ~ Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Inks: Rudy Florese "Tarzan -- 'The Bloody Shah'" ~ 17 pp.  A royal Shah goes
on a bloodthirsty trophy hunt, wantonly killing every animal he sees.
This is probably the most overworked Tarzan story ever. As usual, Tarzan tries warning the trophy hunter off. But the Shah doesn’t listen, and his butchery magnifies. He slaughters apes and tosses grenades into packs of hippos! Taking a baby albino ape as a living trophy, he threatens to kill the baby if Tarzan doesn’t surrender. But, in classic fashion, Tarzan charges at the head of a herd of elephants. The broken body of the Shah is tossed to hang in a lace work of clinging vines as; “A final trophy of the jungle.” 1 pp.
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