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Issue: Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes #178

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Publication Date: August 1968

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Issues: #178 of 75 Issues (78 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Western

Brand: Gold Key

Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.

On Sale Date: 06/03/1968

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.15 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 10 (3 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Chase Craig

Notes: On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

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Format

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

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2 Content Items
- Tarzan of the Apes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- Tarzan of the Apes [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times from Content Items in other Issues.

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Content Items (10 total)

Tarzan of the Apes!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Character(s): Tarzan

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes #155 published December 1965
was Tarzan of the Apes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Pages: 1

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Character(s): Cheerios Kid (advertising character)

First Line: Intelsat III Satellite

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for Cheerios cereal from General Mills

Tarzan of the Apes

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Tarzan of the Apes

Character(s): John Clayton (dies); Alice Clayton (dies); Tarzan [John Clayton]; Kala (dies); Kulonga (dies); Kerchak (dies); Snipes; William Clayton; Philander; Jane Porter; Archimedes Porter; Esmeralda; Terkoz (dies)

Synopsis: Kala the she-ape adopts a human infant whose parents have just died, and he grows to become Tarzan -- a thinking man, with the physical skills of an ape. When mutineers maroon Jane Porter and her party he falls in love with Jane from afar, and places them under his protection against man, beast, and the elements. Unable to speak her tongue he watches helplessly when she sails away, but vows to find her and make her his mate.

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From Content Item: Flag

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes #155 published December 1965
was Tarzan of the Apes [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 24

Job Number: 178-686

Notes: Based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel "Tarzan of the Apes."

Readers Page [Airplanes]

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: aviation

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Pages: 1

Notes: Fan art by David Wright, Jeffrey Arthur, Miles A. Lumbard, Stephen Guthrie, and David Long.

Gold Key Comics Club News

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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Character(s): King Kong

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Pages: 1

Notes: Promos, activities; fan art by Greg Lipscomb.

The Warning

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Character(s): Mabu; Kaino; Hamasai; Samai

Synopsis: Following a fest, Mabu sees in the campfire visions of those he has known in the past, and hears a warning to leave the forest for the plains. He tells his father, who orders camp to be struck at once.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Art identification by Alberto Becattini.

Living Weapons

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Character(s): Leopard Girl [Meru]; Munya; Toto; Chui; Kasla; Lygon

Synopsis: Lygon makes an attempt on the life of Kasla, but Meru's friends stop him. Meru uses drugs and hypnosis to get him to change his ways.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

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

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Character(s): King Kong

First Line: King Kong

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Pages: 1

Notes: Promo for the King Kong title from Gold Key.

[untitled]

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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First Line: Boys, girls, men, women

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad, with response coupon, for selling greeting cards from Wallace Brown, Inc.

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First Line: Do you need extra money?

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad, with response coupon, for selling Christmas cards from Cheerful Card Company.