ERBzine 0136 : CT20-3 Illustrated Bibliography

The First and Only Online Fanzine Devoted to the Life and Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs

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ERBzine 0135

ERB COMPENDIUM T20-3
An Illustrated Publishing History of
TARZAN AND THE FORBIDDEN CITY

The Tarzan and the Forbidden City story
first appeared as:

Tarzan and the Diamond of Asher Radio Show: Re-issued by Radio Spirits

Tarzan and the Diamond of Ashair -
1934 Radio Serial -
Outline by ERB - Script by Rob Thompson
Re-issued in the '90s by Radio Spirits

Tarzan and the Diamond of Asher newspaper comic strip -
September 2-30, 1937
Continuity script by ERB

The Red Star of Tarzan
(Editors' re-write of ERB's original manuscript)
Argosy Weekly - six-part serial -
March 19, 26 - April 2, 9, 16, 23, 1938
March 19 cover by Rudolph Belarski
Interior b/w illustrations by Samuel Cahan

Argosy: March 19, 1938: Red Star of Tarzan Pt. 1/6
March 19, 1938

Argosy March 26, 1938: The Red Star of Tarzan 2/6
Argosy April 2, 1938: Red Star of Tarzan Pt. 3/6
Argosy April 9, 1938: Red Star of Tarzan Pt. 4/6
Argosy April 16, 1938: The Red Star of Tarzan - 5/6
Argosy April 23, 1938: Red Star of Tarzan Pt. 6/6
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Tarzan and the Forbidden City
ERB, Inc. - September 15, 1938 - First Edition
John Coleman Burroughs ERB DJ

Tarzan (in) the Forbidden City - Bantam Books - 1940

Tarzan and the Forbidden City Reprints

ERB, Inc. March 26, 1940

Whitman
Whitman - October 6, 1952 - Abridged - Juvenile
DJ by Don McLoughlin - 17 Interiors by Jesse Marsh

Whitman - 1954 - Abridged - Juvenile
Pictorial boards by Don McLoughlin -
Endpages, title page and interiors by Tony Sgroi

Ballantine Books - March 1964
Cover art by Richard Powers

Whitman - 1966 - Similar to editions above

The Red Star of Tarzan - Burroughs Bulletin #41-44 - 1974
Photographic reprint of the original Argosy Weekly pulps

Ballantine - September 1977 -
Cover by Boris Vallejo

FOREIGN EDITIONS

British Edition of Tarzan and the Forbidden City

Japanese Edition of Tarzan and the Forbidden City

Thanks to Bob Zeuschner
[author: ERB - The Exhaustive Scholar's and Collector's Descriptive Bibliography]
for contributing much of the bibliographic material and
many of the scans/images found on these pages
Dial 1-800-253-2187 to order a copy from McFarland for $46.50

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