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Issue: Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes #159
Publication Date: August 1966
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Issues: #159 of 75 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/16/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Chase Craig
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10012-608. On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Jewels of Opar!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Russ Manning
Inker(s): Russ Manning
Colorist(s): George Wilson (painting)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Tarzan
Character(s): Tarzan; La
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In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Russ Manning Years #1 published December 2012
as [Tarzan #159] The Jewels of Opar! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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King of the River

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Arens
Inker(s): Mike Arens
Letterer(s): Mike Arens
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Tarzan
Character(s): Tarzan; Lombi
Synopsis: Tarzan explains the hippopotamus and its life to Lombi.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.

New art and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
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The Jewels of Opar, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edgar Rice Burroughs (original novel); Gaylord Du Bois (adaptation)
Penciller(s): Russ Manning (signed)
Inker(s): Russ Manning (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Tarzan of the Apes
Character(s): Tarzan [John Clayton]; Jane Porter Clayton; Basuli; Mugambi; Tantor; La; Albert Werper; Achmet Zek
Synopsis: When Tarzan is injured and loses his memory looting gold from Opar, Werper misleads him and steals his pouch of jewels. The Waziri, returning home and thinking Tarzan dead, discover that Achmet Zek has captured Jane and set out in pursuit. The Beast-Men of Opar capture Tarzan but he frees himself, forces them to submit to La, and sets off in quest of his "pretty pebbles."
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Comics Digest #9 published March 1970
as The Jewels of Opar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Tarzan Comics Library #2 published June 1999
as Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Russ Manning Years #1 published December 2012
as The Jewels of Opar, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Job Number: 159-666
Disclose Notes: Adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar. First part of a three-part story, concluded in the next two issues.
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The Swiftest Runner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, nature, non-fiction
Synopsis: A brief description of the cheetah.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Facts about the cheetah.

Appears after page 15 of the previous sequence.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tarzan
Character(s): Tarzan
First Line: The Original Tarzan Books by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for Tarzan pocket paperbacks (and other Burroughs titles) from Ballantine Books.
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Why the Beasts Stampeded

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Nat Edson (illustration)
Inker(s): Nat Edson (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Mabu
Character(s): Mabu; Kaino; Hamasai; Samai; Timai; Doma
Synopsis: When Mabu and Kaino go out hunting with two of the men, they discover a vast stampede of all kinds of animals. The men recognize that they are fleeing from driver ants, and burn the grassland to make a barrier.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jesse Marsh
Inker(s): Jesse Marsh
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Feature(s): Bantu, Dog of the Arande
Character(s): Bantu; Hambi
First Line: Remember me? I'm Bantu, the basenji!
Synopsis: Since Bantu is the smallest dog in the village, and Hambi the smallest five year-old child, they need to use their wits to get along. The chief's rooster torments both of them until Hambi trips as the rooster attacks, dislodging a dead eagle trophy that terrorizes the rooster.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Last Bantu story.

New art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
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The Little Big One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Arens
Inker(s): Mike Arens
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Mike Arens
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Tarzan
Character(s): Tarzan [John Clayton]; Lombi
Synopsis: Tarzan tells his young friend about the elephant.
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In Content Item: FlagTarzan of the Apes Bumper Edition #[nn] published January 1971
as The Little Big One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTarzan & Co #1/1971 published January 1971
as Den lille store [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Boys, girls, men, women
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with response coupon, for selling Christmas cards from Wallace Brown, Inc.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus
First Line: Do you need extra money?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for selling Christmas cards from Cheerful Card Company.

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