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Issue: Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan #85

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Publication Date: October 1956

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Issues: #85 of 131 Issues (140 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Dell

Brand: Dell

Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Alice Cobb

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was ongoing

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1 Content Item
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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (9 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): ? (photo)

Inker(s): ? (photo)

Colorist(s): ? (photo)

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Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Tarzan

Character(s): Tarzan (photo of Gordon Scott)

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Pages: 1

The Happy Cereal!

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)

Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)

Colorist(s): ?; ? (photos)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Trix; General Mills

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for Trix cereal.
Inside front cover.

Tarzan and the Windmill of Maun Gah

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois

Penciller(s): Jesse Marsh

Inker(s): Jesse Marsh

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Tarzan

Character(s): Tarzan [John Clayton]; N'Kima; Muviro; Tornak (mangani); Nala (mangani); Sheila Ross; Professor Ross; Mabundi

First Line: Reaching their favorite "digging place" for tubers, Tornak, the great ape, and his mate, Nala, hear strange sounds…

Synopsis: Tarzan helps a young woman locate her lost father. The woman and her father fly to Nairobi in a makeshift helicopter.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 15

Job Number: 5610

Mabu's Warning

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): Typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Mabu

First Line: It was very strange.

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Pages: 1

Tarzan and the Missing War Canoe

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois

Penciller(s): Jesse Marsh

Inker(s): Jesse Marsh

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Tarzan

Character(s): Tarzan [John Clayton]; Jane Porter Clayton; Boy [Jack Clayton]; Dombie; Tantor; Wabandas (African tribe)

First Line: At the Waziri tribe's landing place, Dombie does a little boasting…

Synopsis: Boy and Dombie take a Waziri war canoe for a ride. As they drift down the river, they rile the Waziris' enemies, the Wabandas. Tarzan comes for the boys and uses an elephant to drag the canoe back up the river.

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Pages: 9

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois

Penciller(s): Russ Manning

Inker(s): Russ Manning

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Brothers of the Spear

Character(s): Natongo; Zulena; Masembe; M'Kobi; N'Galeh

First Line: Natongo, the Zulu prince, stands at the side of the lovely Zulena...

Synopsis: Natongo thwarts an assassination attempt against Zulena and then survives an attempt on his own life. Natongo proposes marriage to Zulena.

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In Content Item: Flag

Brothers of the Spear Archives #2 published February 2013
as Episode 61: "Natongo, the Zulu Prince, stands at the side of the lovely Zulena,..." [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

Notes: Episode 61

The Wart Hog

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois

Penciller(s): Jesse Marsh

Inker(s): Jesse Marsh

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Character(s): Boy [Jack Clayton}

First Line: Although he is not a handsome steed, the Wart Hog is both sturdy and dependable.

Synopsis: Portrait of Boy riding a wart hog.

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Pages: 1

Subscribe Now and Receive This Free Gift!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Dell Publishing Co., Inc.

Character(s): Tarzan

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Pages: 1

Notes: House ad offers a subscription to Tarzan comics at 1 year (12 issues) for $1.20, which includes a "handsome" ball point pen and a Dell Comics Club Membership Certificate.
Dell Comics "A Pledge to Parents" in bottom left corner of page.
Inside back cover.

Most Beautiful Bike in the World!

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Arnold, Schwinn & Company

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for a Schwinn Phantom bicycle. Send for a free full color Schwinn bike folder.
Back cover.