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Issue: Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan #48
Publication Date: September 1953
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Issues: #48 of 131 Issues (140 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Cover, Front
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Tarzan (photo of Lex Barker)
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In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years #10 published January 2012
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years #10 published January 2012
as Tarzan #48 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: For new subscribers to Tarzan comics -- a free lucky rabbit's foot!
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In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years #10 published January 2012
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tarzan Traps a Rogue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Tarzan [John Clayton]; Jane Porter Clayton; Tantor (elephant); Kumathi (elephant); Di Giorgio; Urubambwes (African tribe)
Synopsis: Tarzan stops ivory poachers who have tried to kill Tantor.
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In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years #10 published January 2012
as Tarzan Traps a Rogue [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: 539
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Boy Trails the M'Bongo Spears

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Boy [Jack Clayton]; Dombie; Jad-Bal-Ja; Korak (mangani); M'Bongos (African tribe)
Synopsis: When Dombie is taken by the M'Bongo tribe, Boy tracks them and with the aid of his friends Korak the ape and Jad-Bal-Ja the golden lion, frees Dombie from the M'Bongo.
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In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years #10 published January 2012
as Boy Trails the M'Bongo Spears [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: In future issues Boy is renamed as Korak but in this story Korak is clearly the name of the ape that helps Boy.
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Tarzan and the Hunter Wasps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Tarzan [John Clayton]; Boy [Jack Clayton]; Muviro; Argus; Alexander MacWhirtle
Synopsis: Tarzan battles a nest of wasps that have grown big enough to kill lions.
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In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years #10 published January 2012
as The Hunter Wasps [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Mabu's Reward

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Dan-El; Natongo; Mothibi; N'Kuu; Nagopa; Han-Ool
First Line: Rivet those handcuffs well, man!
Synopsis: Dan-El and Natongo defeat Han-Ool's army without the loss of a single life on either side, and Han-Ool is taken prisoner.
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In Content Item: FlagBrothers of the Spear Archives #1 published January 2012
as Episode 24: "Rivet those handcuffs well, man!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Episode 24
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Jungle World
First Line: Mushrooms twenty feet high?
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In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years #10 published January 2012
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties; Yogi Berra
Character(s): Yogi Berra
First Line: Spark Up if you want to be catcher!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Baseball comic strip in full color from Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions"

Art identification by Saltarella.

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