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Volume 0377
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Presents
ECOF 2000 MEMORIES
At Last... The Long Awaited
Tarak and Predator
Confrontation

Tarak's last minute preparations

Huck and Hillmans take Tarak to Rudy's Diner for a Breakfast of Pork Brains
Huck and Hillmans take Tarak to Rudy's Diner
for a hearty Southern breakfast of Pork Brains

Repeatedly backing the Tarakmobile into a tree to toughen enduranceTarak predicts that Predator will resemble this mangled tree after the fight
Tarak masters the intricate " bumper whack the elusive bobbing tree" workout.
Dejah who is privy to the knowledge held by the
secret society of women drivers was the chief advisor in this area.

Buster Crabbe who owes his Olympic swimming prowess to Granger Pipe TobaccoGuerrilla warfare expert: Huck Huckenpöhler (Professor AQ Porter)Frank Merrill - Tarzan of the Apes
Huck gives some valuable pointers on the employment of
smoke screen devices that he learned from Buster Crabbe.
He also passes along his knowledge of  costume,  booties, fighting moves,
and battle cry tips that he picked up from Frank Merrill.

Heavyweight pugilist, JoN instructs Tarak in mastering a John L. Sullivan stance
Heavyweight pugilist, JoN, instructs Tarak in
mastering the classic John L. Sullivan stance
and dorky George of the Jungle battle grimace.

Tarak's Trainer von Horst Leads Tarak Through a Last Minute Warm-Up

Trainer von Horst demonstrating balancing techniques to TarakTrainer von Horst giving last minute instruction in co-ordination skills
Tarak's second brings in weapons of choice
Trainer  von Horst  demonstrates balance and 
co-ordination techniques 
 Tarak's second brings in 
weapons of choice
Tarak studies famous jungle battles - Imitates Ape-Man's moves and poses
Tarak looks to Bulamutumumo for spiritual guidance
Tarak, the HiTek, studies famous jungle battles -
He imitates the Ape-Man's moves and poses.
Tarak looks to Bulamutumumo for spiritual guidance while 
he builds up his strength with his custom-made medicine ball


Predator's casual approach to training

Predator nonchalantly reads the funnies
Predator nonchalantly reads the funnies

Predator attempting to bribe the refereePredator working out with an oversized coffee cup
Predator attempting to bribe the referee                        Predator working out with an oversized coffee cup



To the death!

Throngs of excited spectators crowd around the combatants to view the death struggle
Throngs of excited spectators crowd around the combatants
to view the long-awaited death struggle

Cries of anguish from the pain of old injuries
Cries of anguish from the pain of old injuries

The combatants both collapse in agony from old wounds
~ torn shoulders ~ whiplash ~ broken ankles ~ broken cuticles ~
The confrontation is declared a draw as
both barbarians lie in a stupor under the Hachland round tables.


Volume 0377

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