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Issue: Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan #55
Publication Date: April 1954
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Issues: #55 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: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alice Cobb
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Morris Gollub (painting)
Inker(s): Morris Gollub (painting)
Colorist(s): Morris Gollub (painting)
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Tarzan
Character(s): Tarzan
Synopsis: Tarzan wrestling leopard
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In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years #11 published July 2012
as Tarzan #55 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tarzan and the Crossbows of Karfu

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]; Alexander MacWhirtle; Turgit; Ondrik; Induna; Igwenyama; Naquis (African tribe)
Synopsis: Tarzan and Dr. MacWhirtle's plane is forced down by crossbow fire from the village of Karfu. The people of Karfu have long enslaved their neighbors, the Naquis, and enslave Tarzan and MacWhirtle. Tarzan frees them all and they make their way to the Naquis' village.
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In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years #11 published July 2012
as The Crossbows of Karfu [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: 544
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Boy and the Leopard's Call

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois
Penciller(s): Dan Spiegle ?
Inker(s): Dan Spiegle ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Boy
Character(s): Boy [Jack Clayton]; Dombie; Lula; Kola (mangani)
Synopsis: Dombie's sister, Lula, is carried off by a she-mangani. Boy and Dombie trail them and retrieve Lula.
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In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years #11 published July 2012
as The Leopard's Call [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Pencils/inks credit from Hal Bannester on 3 September 2004 (previously credited to Jesse Marsh). Correction mainly to exclude Jesse Marsh as the artist; Dan Spiegle is possibly the artist.
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Tarzan and the Isle of Apes

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]; Mujak (mangani); Norgok (mangani); Barak; Hassan; Ali
Synopsis: Tarzan rescues a group of mangani taken by raiders for an animal buyer.
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In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years #11 published July 2012
as The Isle of Apes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Day of Departure

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mabu
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Pages: 2
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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): Dan-El; Natongo
First Line: There is no telling how many years this canoe has been lying here, Natongo...
Synopsis: Dan-el and Natongo follow an underground river, hoping that it will lead them out of the extinct volcano.
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In Content Item: FlagBrothers of the Spear Archives #1 published January 2012
as Episode 31: "There is no telling how many years this canoe has been lying here, Natongo..." [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Episode 31
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Enjoy fascinating adventure in world famous Tarzan comics!
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In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years #11 published July 2012
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1

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