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Part IV: MARVEL TO DARK HORSE and PRESENT MARVEL: TARZAN, LORD OF THE JUNGLE
No. 1 June 1977 thru No. 29 October 1979
Annuals in 1977, 1978 & 1979
Much art by Buscema
Marvel Movie Premiere ~ Vol. 1, Number 1 1975/9 ~ The Land That Time Forgot
Marvel Super Special ~ Vol. 1, No. 29 (1983?) Tarzan of the Apes
Tarzan of the Apes Specials: #1 1984/7 and #2 1984/8 (Dan Spiegle art)
MARVEL: JOHN CARTER OF MARS
No. 1 June 1977 thru 28 October 1979
Writer for most of the adaptations was Marv Wolfman
King-Size Annuals Annuals: 1 1977 ~ 2 1978 King-Size Annual ~ 3 1979 Annual
MARVEL: YOUNG TARZAN
Pt. 1 1977/10 thru Pt. 8 1998/05
MALIBU
Tarzan the Warrior (Pts. 1-5) 1992
Tarzan: Love, Lies... and the Lost City (Pts. 1-3) 1992
Tarzan: The Beckoning (Pts. 1-7) 1993
DARK HORSE
Tarzan: The Lost Adventure (Pts. 1-4) 1995 ~ Joe Lansdale's completion of the unfinished ERB Tarzan manuscript plus
John Carter of Mars Sunday pages by JCB. Trade Paperback
Tarzan: A Tale of Mugambi - June 1995
Tarzan/John Carter Warlord of Mars (Pts. 1-4) ~ Jan. 1996
Tarzan vs Predator At The Earth's Core (Pts. 1-4) ~ Jan. 1996
Tarzan in the Land That Time Forgot and Pool of Time ~ June 1996 ~ Trade Paperback ~ Russ Manning reprint
Tarzan ~ Nos. 1-6 1996
Tarzan ~ Nos. 7-10: Legion of Hate (Pts. 1-4) 1997
The Return of Tarzan (Pts. 1-3) 1997
Tarzan ~ Nos. 11 & 12 ~ Le Monstre (Pts. 1 & 2) 1997
Tarzan ~ Nos. 13 & 14 ~ Modern Prometheus (Pts. 1 & 2) 1997
Tarzan ~ Nos. 15 & 16 ~ Tooth and Nail (Pts. 1 & 2) 1997
Tarzan vs Predator at the Earth's Core ~ Compilation in trade paperback ~ 1997
Tarzan ~ Nos. 17-20 ~ Tarzan vs. The Moon Men (Pts. 1-4) 1997-98
Tarzan/Carson of Venus (Pts. 1-4) 1998
Tarzan: Le Monstre ~ Compilation in trade paperback ~ 1998
Minidoka: 937th Earl of One Mile Series M ~ Hardcover First Edition
Tarzan: The Savage Heart (Pts. 1-4) 1999
Tarzan of the Apes ~ Compilation in Trade Paperback ~ Russ Manning reprint
Dark Horse Presents #143 - Pellucidar stories ~ Tom Yeates art
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar ~ Compilation in Trade Paperback ~ 1999 ~ Russ Manning reprint
Disney's Tarzan (Pts. 1 & 2) 1999
Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Catwoman (Pts. 1-4) 1999
Tarzan: Rivers of Blood (Pts. 1-8) 1999-2000
Tarzan the Untamed ~ Compilation in Trade Paperback ~ 1999 ~ Russ Manning reprint
TARZAN NEWSPAPER STRIPS
Artists Featured in the Daily Strips and Sunday Pages
As we have seen, the strips were closely associated with comic books in the early years as the first comics and many of the foreign editions were composed of reprints of the strips. On August 27, 1939, the daily strip dropped its original four-panel format with text below and adopted the format still in use today. Most of these numbered daily strips have been reprinted in the English comic, Tarzan Adventures.DAILY STRIPS
HAL FOSTER 1929-37
Foster adapted Tarzan of the Apes to strip form. This was reprinted as one of the very first comic books (The Illustrated Tarzan Book No. I - G&D). He eventually took over the Tarzan Sunday page that Maxon had worked on for a six-month period in 1931
REX MAXON 1929-37 ~ #1 to #2508
Maxon was hired by the syndicate to continue drawing a daily strip. In 1931 he also produced a colour Sunday page for a six-month trial period.
BURNE HOGARTH 1937-50 ~ #2509 to #2616
WILLIAM JUHRE 1936-38
DAN BARRY 1947-49 ~ #2617 to #2892
JOHN LEHTI 1949 ~ #2893 to # 2958
PAUL REINMAN 1949-50 ~ #2959 to #3276
NICK CARDY 1950 ~ #3277 to #3414
BOB LUBBERS 1950-54 ~ #3415 to 4500
JOHN CELARDO 1953-68 #4501 ~ (Jan.1954) to #8856 (Dec.9, 1967)
RUSS MANNING - 1967-1979 ~ #8857 (Dec. 11, 1967) to 1979
GIL KANE 1979-81
MIKE GRELL 1981-83
GRAY MORROW 1983- PresentSUNDAY TARZAN STRIPS
Rex Maxon #1 - March 15, 1931 to #28 - September 20, 1931 ~ #1 to #2508
Hal Foster #29 - September 27, 1931 to #321 - May 2, 1937
Burne Hogarth #322 May 9, 1937 to #768 - November 25, 1945
Rubimore (Reuben Manning) #769 - December 2, 1947 to #856 - August 3, 1947
Burne Hogarth #857 - August 10, 1947 to #1015 - August 20, 1950
Bob Lubbers #1016 - August 27, 1950 to #1198 - February 21, 1954
John Celardo #1199 - February 28, 1954 to #1922 - January 7, 1968
Russ Manning #1923 - January 14, 1968 to 1979
Gil Kane 1979 - 1981
Mike Grell 1981 - 1983
Gray Morrow 1983 to present
Note: There have been many reprint compilations of the strips over the years.
* Recently, full colour reproductions of the Foster and Hogarth Sundays 1931-1949 have been compiled, by year, in 18 NBM hard cover editions. (There are two softcover configurations ~ Vol 1 1931-33 and Vol 2 1933-35 and there is also a special Rubimore HC edition.) Maxon's six months of Sunday pages from 1931 were bypassed.
* Many white paper publiscations appeared in the '70s weeklies such as The Menomonee Falls Guardian ~ The Menomonee Falls Gazette "America's Greatest Comic Weekly" ~ Favorite Funnies ~ Golden Funnies ~ Vintage Funnies.
* Comic Strip Preserves - 4 Issues in 1986.
THE DAILY TARZAN STORY-STRIPS (*reprinted in BLBs)
Tarzan of the Apes - Hal Foster (January 1929)
(Reprinted as The Illustrated Tarzan Book No. I - G&D)
*The Return of Tarzan - Rex Maxon
*The Beasts of Tarzan - Rex Maxon
*The Son of Tarzan - Rex Maxon
*Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar - Rex Maxon
*Tarzan and the Lost Empire - Rex Maxon
*Tarzan and the Golden Lion - Rex Maxon
*Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle - Rex Maxon
Tarzan at the Earth's Core - Rex Maxon
*Tarzan the Terrible - Rex Maxon
*Tarzan and the Ant Men - Rex Maxon
*Tarzan the Untamed - Rex Maxon
Tarzan the Ape Man (movie) - Rex Maxon
Tarzan the Invincible - Rex Maxon
Tarzan and the City of Gold - Rex Maxon
Tarzan and the Lion Man - Rex Maxon
Tarzan and the Fire Gods - Rex Maxon
**The Tarzan Twins - Rex Maxon (copied by J. Bennet for BLB)
Tarzan and the Leopard Men - Rex Maxon
Tarzan and the Mayan Goddess - William Juhre
Tarzan's Quest - William Juhre
Tarzan the Magnificent - William Juhre
Tarzan Under Fire - William Juhre
Tarzan the Fearless (movie) - Rex Maxon
Tarzan and the Elephant Men - Rex Maxon
Tarzan and the Fires of Tohr - Rex Maxon
FOREIGN COMICS ~ TARZAN WANNABEES ~ PARODIES ~ GENRE DESCENDANTS
For information on these categories please peruse our many related sites which are listed below.
The family tree of ERB comics has deep roots and a labyrinth of branches. And we soon see that this remarkable tree from the ERB jungle is even more complex when start to explore the many related branches of: foreign editions, Tarzan and John Carter wannabees, countless parodies, and all the other related descendants in the Science Fiction, Fantasy and Adventure genres.
