Tarzan #64
Jan. 1955
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Man From Nevada" ~ 15 pp.

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When Chet Harper is captured by Shifta slavers he meets their other prisoner, a female aviator from Dubuque. After three years alone, it’s love at first sight for Chet. He proposes marriage as they run for Sandra’s plane. Tarzan frightens the Shiftas away and writes a $20,000 bank draft on his account in Nairobi, to replace the Cathne gold that Chet lost on the trail out of Pal-ul-don.

8 pp.
“Tarzan and Boy and the Blue Raiders”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 When Tuareg riders snatch Boy, Tarzan pursues on the ostriches Dance and Strut.
 It’s an old western-movie style chase and shoot-out, with Tarzan doing the chasing on ostrich-back and shooting a bow and arrows.

2 pp.
“Mabu’s Secret Secret”
Writer: Uncredited
 There are secrets. And then there are secret secrets. Mabu just doesn’t want anyone to know that he called home to his mother... by drum message.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Dan-el and Natongo fight off a crocodile attack as they forge a river to escape pursuing Obelo warriors. Their riding mules continue to startle attackers with their harsh braying, never before heard  in the Obelo valley.

SPECIAL NOTE:
The poster this issue is Tarzan posing with Bara, the giant eland.

Tarzan #65
Feb. 1955
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the War of the Dyals" ~ 15 pp.

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The Valley of Monsters homeland of Jorah’s people has been overrun by both the giant white apes and packs of cave bears.
 Tarzan unites Jorah’s people and the white apes to fight together against the cave bears, and traps the bears in the ancient home of the white apes. Jorah’s mountain men and the white apes learn to live side by side.

8 pp.
“Tarzan and Boy in the Tooth of M’Bogo”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Witch Doctor M’Gulu convinces Chief M’Bogo that sacrificing a missionaries’ wife and daughter will heal his sore tooth.
 Before the cliff sacrifice can take place, Tarzan solves the problem with a pair of pliers. He then dodges a lunging M’Gulu, who ends up being the one taking a plunge off the cliff.

2 pp.
“A Gift for Memba”
Writer: Uncredited
 Mabu learns about cloth weaving. Even though Mabu has nothing to trade, the weaver promises him a colorful cloth to take home to his mother.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Nearly out of Obelo country, Dan-el and Natongo are trapped and forced to barricade themselves in a mountain cleft.
 While worshipping at the Altar of Faith, Princess Tavane sees a vision of the Brothers as they fight at the embattled mountain pass.

SPECIAL NOTE:
 The poster this issue is of Tarzan swimming alongside a Kronosaur, a prehistoric reptile with possibly the largest jaws ever, still living in the swamps of lost Pal-ul-don.

Tarzan #66
March 1955
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Trek of the Bolgani" ~ 15 pp.

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While Prince Timon and other Athne survivors are trying to build a new city, their third, the Bolgani strike once more.
 The residents of Pal-ul-don have had enough of the threat from the intelligent gorillas. Using his diplomatic skills, Tarzan unites Cathne, Gullago, and Timon’s Elephant Men to recapture the city of Old Athne. The Bolgani are driven back to their old haunts.

8 pp.
“Tarzan and Boy in Yo Mangani”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Once a gentle ape, Norgak has turned into a killer, but Tarzan refrains from killing him in combat.
 As Tarzan suspected, Norgak has been shot in the head. After some simple jungle surgery, Norgak returns to his gentle ways. Once more, Tarzan displays his adept knowledge of jungle medicine.

2 pp.
“The White Man’s Way”
Writer: Uncredited
 Mabu is invited to sleep in Roy’s spare bed. Mabu remembers a wise man’s words; “The act of living is the same for all people. It is in the ways in which they perform that act that they differ.” Mabu discovers he prefers a coarse mat on which to sleep, and slips out the window.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Dan-el and Natongo are still fighting off the Obelos, who are using fire to flush them out of the mount cleft. Following Princess Tavane’s divine guidance, Colonel Mothibi and a well-armed patrol make a timely arrival. Dan-el immediately sends a carrier pigeon message declaring his intention to marry Princess Tavane.

Tarzan #67
April 1955
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Wrestlers of Baronga" ~ 15 pp.

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Upon hearing how the Kordos of Barongo have long enslaved the Nubas, Tarzan and Buto decide to stage a rebellion.
 The Nubas are different from any other tribe that Tarzan has encountered. Denied spears or any other pointed object, they’ve learned to defend themselves with wrestling and hardening the edges of their hands to deliver a blow equal to that of any Karate expect.

8 pp.
“Tarzan and Boy Hunt the King Leopard”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 What is the King Leopard?
 “He is a demon! He has killed fourteen women, five children, and two men -- and all the pigs!”
 The great cat hasn’t just killed humans and pigs. He’s also killed baby baboons. But before Tarzan can kill the leopard, the dog-faced baboons take their revenge. The story ends on an upbeat note, when Tarzan finds the latest missing child ... still alive.

2 pp.
“At the Hut of Chatanga”
Writer: Uncredited
 Mabu saves Chatanga from being speared in the back by a madman while weaving at his loom. Up until now, Mabu has carried his short spear with him everywhere. This was the first time he ever forgot it ... and he ended up having to throw a tea gourd into the spearman’s face.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Through spies within Princess Tavane’s court, the Witch Doctor Nagopa learns of King Dan-el’s imminent return and sends assassins to intercept.
 This chapter offers an insider’s look into Nagopa’s spy network, as the Witch Doctor continues to work his evil through a combination of fear and bribery.

SPECIAL NOTE:
 This issue’s poster shows Tarzan dodging a bad-tempered rhino.

Tarzan #68
May 1955
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
“Tarzan and the Queen of Cat Mountain" ~ 15 pp.

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Picking up where issue #62 left off, Tarzan and Doctor Mac encounter trouble while transporting their prisoner, King Zugu of Jalur.
 The King is too fat for their plane to clear a thunderstorm, so Doctor Mac sets down inside the crater of the Cat Men. After Zugu escapes, Tarzan saves him from being fed to the Queen’s leopards.

8 pp.
“Tarzan and the Trickery of Imoko”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 For the head of Tarzan, Sheik Ibrahim offers the Witch Doctor Imoko its weight in gold. Twice that amount for Tarzan’s living body. After Tarzan is captured by Imoko, he sends the monkey N’kima for help from Boy and M’Bogo, another monster-sized cape buffalo like Gorgo.
 Like a mad scientist, Tarzan has grown so many colossal creatures that  it’s getting hard to keep track of them all.

2 pp.
“The Story of Abubu”
Writer: Uncredited
 Chatanga, the weaver, tells Mabu about how he once saved an elephant family from an ivory hunter. And as a result of this, the ivory hunter pledged to kill Chatanga. While regretting the Abubu’s undying anger, Chatanga says he’d do the same thing again.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Lady Tavane has sent Dan-el a suit of scale armor that comes in handy when Nagopa’s assassins strike with poisoned arrows.
 Dan-el’s soldiers are impressed with how their King values their lives more than his own. One injured man riding on Natongo’s mule is killed by mistake, but dies happy to know that the king lives.

Tarzan #69
June 1954
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Fury of Tantor" ~ 15 pp.

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Derrick Carne doesn’t believe in the legend of Tarzan. Despite warnings, he traps a baby elephant in Tarzan’s Territory.
 Tarzan controls Tantor’s wrath as best he can. While the novel Tarzan ran wild without borders, the comic Tarzan defends a defined territory.

8 pp.
“Tarzan and Boy and the Crocodile Trap”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
 Boy and Dombie are watching Tarzan catch killer crocodiles, when a snapping branch drops them into the river.
 The net Tarzan fashioned to catch crocodiles turns into a safety net to pull the boys out of the river, and past hungry jaws. He forgoes punishment for them taking risks.
 “You look a little GREEN.”

1 pp.
“Great Trouble”
Writer: Uncredited
 Hamasai pledges to hunt a dangerous leopard for B’wana Hall, the post’s head man. Hamasai appreciates that B’wana Hall allowed Mabu to sleep under his roof. It was Mabu sneaking out because his dislike sleeping in a bed that woke Hall to discover the leopard trouble in the first place. The normally two page story is now reduced to one.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Nagopa kidnaps Princess Tavane, and threatens her life if Dan-el returns to Aba-zulu.
 Dan-el decides that his people should come first. However, as soon as he arrives, he offers a reward of half the royal treasury for information leading to the Princess’ rescue.

SPECIAL NOTE:
The poster for this issue poses the question: Did you know that there are twelve species of Giraffe? They differ mainly in spotting and coloring.

Tarzan’s Jungle Annual #4
1955
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
“Tarzan Defends the Walls of Cathne" ~ 24 pp.

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Tarzan recruits King Nikon's pygmy army from Opar, to help defend Cathne from a Bolgani attack.
 Apparently not all of the Bolgani were driven from Pal-ul-don. The journey from Opar to Pal-ul-don is now reduced to only a single day’s river trip.

8 pp.
“Bay Meets the Wild West”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Boy and Dombie track and find two young boys, who are pretending to be Billy the Kid and Sitting Bull. When his warning of dangerous elephants in mating season is ignored, Boy calls to his animal friends for help. Immediately Jad-bal-ja, Tantor, and Korak the ape charge to the rescue.

15 pp.
“Tarzan and the Reptile With a Heart “
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Shot down by Touaregs over the desert of Thorns, Doctor Mac and Boy are rescued by Wheeck, a Tyrannosaurus raised by Tarzan.
 This one’s actually three tales. The framing story is Doctor Mac telling about how Tarzan was trapped in a valley with a dinosaur egg that washed there, which hatched Wheeck. Tarzan bonds with the frightened but friendly Tyrannosaurus. Years later, Wheeck rescued Tarzan and Doctor Mac from a Tyrannosaurus pack in the Valley of Monsters. After a volcanic eruption opened a temporary cleft in the mountains, causing a dinosaur exodus, only Wheeck survived the march to the desert oasis. This story has a lot of similarities to Disney’s Dinosaur movie, made in 2000.

8 pp.
“Boy and the Bark Canoe”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
 In their bark canoe, Boy and Dombie discover a pygmy people living inside a hidden gorge. They beat a hasty retreat after the pygmies try to make Boy their king, and present him with a pair of wives.

8 pp.
“Numa and the Man Cub”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 A lioness who lost her cubs to hyenas decides to adopt a missionaries’ lost son. Trapping the lioness, the missionary realizes that she ‘d been caring for his son, and sets her free.

12 pp.
“Tarzan and the Guardians of the Caves”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Tarzan helps his Waz-don friend, Om-at, rescue his wife Pan-at-lee and their son from the Witchman named Guru.
 Guru’s Witchmen have an unique setup, holding prisoners in a mountaintop valley, accessible only through tunnels filled with vicious cave bears. Tarzan knows how to handle the bears.

Tarzan #70
July 1955
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan Guards a Hostage" ~ 15 pp.

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Tarzan turns to his friends in Lutor for help in escorting his hostage, King Zugu of Jalur, to Alur.
 Doctor Mac’s plane doesn’t have enough fuel, so now Tarzan has to fight his way through hordes of attacking Terribs. Zugu pulls off another escape, but his own archers in Jalur war boats shoot the Banthurs flying him ... and it takes three or more giant swans working in tandem to haul his fat body.

8 pp.
“Tarzan and the Pygmy Elephants”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Tarzan discovers an island of pygmy men and pygmy elephants, that is plagued by savage baboons.
 Throughout the series, Tarzan has used taunts to frustrate and infuriate opponents. Now Tarzan taunts the island’s entire baboon population into chasing him aboard a specially built floating prison. Tarzan sends the trapped horde down the river.

1 pp.
“On the Leopard’s Trail”
Writer: Uncredited
 Hamasai tracks a dangerous leopard, and discovers it surrounded by angry baboons. Once again, the text features contains similar elements to other stories in an issue. However, this is the first chapter without Mabu, concentrating instead on his father and his best friend, Kaino.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Dan-el declares war on Nagopa, searching every tunnel in the palace, and sneaking into the kraal of the Witch Men.
 Forcing a Witch Man to drink his own truth drug, Dan-el is devastated to learn that Princess Tavane sleeps in the Cave of the Kings, where only the royal dead of Aba-zulu abide.

SPECIAL NOTE:
This issue features two poster pages.

Tarzan #71
August 1955
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Plague of Lions" ~ 15 pp.

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The great swamp of Pal-ul-don is becoming even more dangerous. The city of Lutor is under constant attack by both the Terribs and the Bolgani. Outside the city, Tarzan must fight attacks by several Garth Tyrannosaurus, a couple of Gryf, a crocodile, lions, and even more Bolgani. Gorgo, the giant cape buffalo, is always ready to battle at Tarzan’s side.
 Tarzan turns Cathne’s problem of too many hunting lions into an asset for besieged Lutor’s defense.

8 pp.
“Tarzan and the Jungle Changelings”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Armed with Shifta rifles, the M’Bongos are raiding Chief Buto’s tribe for cattle and slaves.
 Tarzan has some fun with the M’Bongos. After stampeding the cattle, he steals their riffles and switches their prisoners with fierce apes. When the panicked M’Bongos start running for home, Tarzan has Tantor and Jad-bal-ja chase them throughout the night.

1 pp.
“The Rescue”
Writer: Uncredited
 A killer leopard is attacked by a group of baboons determined to save a baby baboon. When the leopard flees, Hamasai is convinced it will keep on running, and never return to trouble the trading post.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Searching for Tavane’s body, the Brothers revisit the royal mountain tomb, filled with gold-faced mummies wearing golden key symbols.
 DuBois provides a clever twist when, to vow revenge, Dan-el presses his spear blade against Princess Tavane’s cold lips and Natongo sees mist forming on the blade. Hastening to get the Princess to warmth, the Brothers follow their own past footprints out of the cavern maze.

Tarzan #72
Sept. 1955
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Sable Lion" ~ 15 pp.

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Doctor Mac’s niece, Barbara Hillyard, has crashed her plane in Pal-ul-don. Tarzan and the Sable Lion save her from sacrifice by the Hyena men.
 This isn’t the same Sable Lion that appeared earlier in the series. This is another, that Tarzan saved from a trap and befriended.

9 pp.
“Tarzan and the Plumes of Victory”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 While Boy tests his tracking skills, Tarzan discovers Shiftas waiting to ambush his old friends, the Ostrich Men.
 Tarzan had kept a secret eye on boy by wearing an ostrich skin, which Boy wears when Tarzan dons a lion’s skin to frighten the Shiftas. When the grateful Ostrich Men offer the Ostrich Plumes of Victory, boy comments that he already has plumes, “...with the whole skin.”

1 pp.
“Farewell to Chatanga”
Writer: Uncredited
 Chatanga gives Mabu a small loom, and teaches him how to use it. Mabu knows his first weaving is crude, but he also knows his mother will think it’s wonderful.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 With Lady Tavane frightened to return to Aba-zulu through the cold caverns, the Brothers look for another way across the mountains.
 A new storyline begins when a stranger appears, riding on an elephant and chased by another. Dan-el and Natongo help him escape up the slippery rocks by a waterfall.

Tarzan #73
October 1955
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Loot of Agib" ~ 15 pp.

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Tarzan is out to stop the sea raider Agib, “and his rascally crew.” But a sea monsters deals with the slaver first. This critter is even hokier the the fin-headed serpent of Pal-ul-don. There’s no explanation of where the bug-eyed monster came from, but there had been a tidal wave earlier.

9 pp.
“Tarzan and the Roaring Gorge”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 An American photographer Tom Lindon has taken a canoe into the baboon infested Roaring Gorge, from which no man has ever returned.
 Tarzan and safari guide Brant Torry discover that the photographer rescued a baby baboon that tumbled into the river. The infant is their passport past the gorge’s hordes of hostile baboons.

1 pp.
“An Evil Spirit?”
Writer: Uncredited
 Inside the trading post ‘s store, an evil spirit leaps out of the wall and shrieks three times at Mabu. He flees into the street, without sticking around to learn that he’d just seen a cuckoo clock announce the time.
 

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 King Molithi, whom the Brothers saved last issue, invites them to visit his palace in the city of M’Tembo.
 Princess Tavane has shown psychic powers. So far she senses only the people’s love of Molithi, and no danger. But she hasn’t yet met M’Tembo wife’s, Elona, or Nana, the widowed sister-in-law who co-rules the valley with Molithi. You know there will be trouble with one of them.

Tarzan #74
Nov. 1955
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the White Bull" ~ 15 pp.

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While traveling to far mountains to see what’s on the other side, Tarzan saves a white cape buffalo from quicksand.
 One of the mantras of the Tarzan mythos is that “A good deed is often repaid many times over.” Twice, the white buffalo that he saved comes to Tarzan’s aid. When Tarzan first discovers the new valley, it’s Jesse Marsh’s artwork at it’s best when depicting panoramic scenes.

1 pp.
“A New Undertaking”
Writer: Uncredited
 Returning to face the cuckoo clock that frightened him, Mabu decides he wants it as another present for his mother. When told that B’wana Hall would probably trade the clock for a cheetah cub to train, Mabu is off to the brush with his ‘thunderstick’ in hand.

9 pp.
“Tarzan and the Winged Men”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Camera hunter Tom Lindon wants to shoot something unusual, so Tarzan takes him to the valley where winged men fly.
 Filming the winged men trapping zebras, Lindon forgets Tarzan’s warning and exposes his head. Tarzan barely saves him from being drowned in a cave pool.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Queen Nana tries to have her brother-in-law, King Molithi, assassinated and then blame it on Dan-el and Natongo.
 The Brothers had been in a hurry to leave for Aba-zulu. But now, with a royal power struggle erupting in a M’Tembo civil war, they’re ready to fight at Molithi’s side “as Brothers of the Spear!”

Tarzan #75
December 1955
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Eagles of Engani" ~ 15 pp.

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Tarzan and N’kima discover a lost valley where tribesmen dressed in feathers have trained hunting eagles. It’s another rehash of the star-crossed lovers theme, as Tarzan rescues a young man from the flock of eagles so he can leave with his girlfriend.

1 pp.
“The Cheetah Cubs”
Writer: Uncredited
 Easily capturing two cheetah cubs, Mabu starts to worry that he shouldn’t have come alone and fears the worst when something crashes through the nearby brush. But it turns out to be B’wana Hall, and he’s not in a talkative mood.

9 pp.
“Tarzan and the Jungle Misfits”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Two white hunters are way out of their element. Can Tarzan escort them away before a Morobo hunting party strikes?
 Not only have they angered the natives so much that a hunting party is out for blood, these inept hunters do everything from sit in red ants to agitating baboons. Tarzan doesn’t think they deserve it, but does reluctantly save then.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Queen Nana moves first in the M’Tembo civil war, by gathering all the war elephants and leaving the city.
 King Molithi pursues the army, riding atop his personal elephant Inkosi. It’s the same elephant that went mad and tried to kill him a few issues ago. The Brothers of the Spear join him.

Tarzan #76
Jan. 1956
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Elephant’s Child" ~ 15 pp.

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Tarzan saves a baby elephant from drowning, but the river current carries them far away from the infant’s mother.
 This infant is a trouble magnet, having already been attacked by an angry rhino. When Tarzan leaves the baby elephant in the care of Chieftainess Neenah of the Kalu-zu, he returns with the mother to find that Wokamba raiders have stolen all the Kalu-zu’s cattle and the toto.
 It’s a fight!

1 pp.
“The Sound”
Writer: Uncredited
 Returning from the leopard hunt, Hamasai and Kaino can hear an excited crowd before they see it. As the crowd marvels at Mabu’s courage to capture the cheetah cubs for B’wana Hall, he admits that he didn’t do it as a favor, but because he needed something to trade for the cuckoo clock. He expects to get paid.

9 pp.
“Tarzan and Borok”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 After the ape Borok is poked by a poisoned pygmy arrow, Tarzan trades his jeweled Oparian knife for the cure.
 N’kima should have gotten title credit. The little monkey is the one who poked Borok, and later he steals the knife back from Kaisu, the oldest pygmy. Tarzan is not happy with him. The Manning Tarzan art is something to be happy about.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Dan-el and Natongo sneak into Nana’s camp and loosen the bindings on all of her elephants.
 The Brothers are captured, but before they can be executed, the elephant herd stampedes!

SPECIAL NOTE:
 This issue’s poster is of a leopard and a panther, explaining that a panther is really only a leopard with Melanism;  a tendency towards black coloration.

Tarzan #77
Feb. 1956
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the City in the Sands" ~ 15 pp.

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Tarzan leads the Beni Adhemi, a Bedouin tribe whose oasis has dried up, to a new home in a lost city recently uncovered by a sandstorm.
 There’s one problem. The aqueduct that supplies the city’s water is broken. So Tarzan and Hussein, the Beni Adhemi Shareef, crawl through the pipe until they find the break ... and are attacked by cave bears!

1 pp.
“Danger in the Night”
Writer: Uncredited
 In recognition for their recent accomplishments, Mabu and Kaino are allowed to camp at their own campfire. Hamasai is proud of Mabu’s courage after a pack of wild dogs threaten the trading post, and doesn’t see the boys sneaking back to the safety of their father’s fires.

9 pp.
“Tarzan and the Golden Men”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 A strange man that Tarzan rescues from a Terrib and crocodile attack has golden skin and walks on water with skis.
 Tarzan carries the injured man of Asian descent back to his hidden bamboo city, built on stilts in an unexplored part of the Great Swamp of Pal-ul-don. After Tarzan toasts with a drugged drink, he wakes to find himself back in the swamp, surrounded by gifts and weapons. The Golden Man has made certain that his city would remain hidden.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Stampeding elephants crush Queen Nana, ending the M’Tembo civil war as her warriors declare their loyalty to King Molithi.
 Atop two elephants, the Brothers and Princess Tavane head back to Aba-zulu through Northern Mountain passes. Pausing at a lake, their guide is fatally injured in an ambush.

 

Tarzan #78
March 1956
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Ivory Poachers" ~ 15 pp.

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Lakunga ivory hunters are poaching in Tarzan’s Territory. He spends the night disarming and frightening them until they run home.
 This story has been oft repeated. What’s different is when an elephant stampede pins Tarzan beneath a tree and a hungry aardvark saves him from an army of red ants.

1 pp.
“Not Even the Gods”
Writer: Uncredited
 Mabu wakes up angry and determined to be “miserably unhappy.” The day has come to leave the trading post. After Mabu verbally taunts the gods, he is surprised with good news. Josh Whitfield, Roy Hall’s uncle and the man whose life Mabu once saved, is about to arrive. So they’re staying an extra day. Now Mabu is worried what the gods will do next.

9 pp.
“Tarzan Tracks a Little Warrior”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 It must be ‘wear a weird hat day’ in the jungle as both Boy and Dombie have on odd-looking head gear.
 Taunted by Elmoran warriors, Dombie sets out to find a unique trophy and is snatched by a Thipdar pterodactyl. Tarzan and Argus rescue Dombie, who comes home with a trophy baby Thipdar.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Without a guide, Dan-el and Natongo avoid another ambush and ride their elephants across dangerous mountain passes. The final panels resets the main storyline, as General Ulangi and Colonel Mothibi discuss their faith that the Brothers and Princess Tavane will return.

Tarzan #79
April 1956
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Black Coats" ~ 15 pp.

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In the valley of the white buffalo from #74, Tarzan discovers Black-Coat baboons are enslaving monkeys to work crop fields. Once again, Tarzan unites his local friends, this time with the white buffalo’s herd and the ape tribe that Borok joined, to free the monkeys.

1 pp.
“The God Speak”
Writer: Uncredited
 Worried that he might have offended the gods, Mabu offers his treasures as a sacrifice. Asking the gods to take what they want, Mabu reads the wind and sunlight as the gods telling him to keep everything.

9 pp.
“Tarzan in Buto Takes a Vow”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Fighting two leopards bare-handed, Tarzan falls into a river and is knocked unconscious. Buto pulls what he thinks is a dead Tarzan out, and vows revenge. But Tarzan hasn’t drowned, and in turn saves Buto from a leopard ambush.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 General Ulangi marches to attack Nagopa’s Witch Men, who lead an army that has already conquered five southern towns. The Brothers and Lady Tavane arrive as the armies battle. Their war elephants, a sight never seen in the valley, turn the conflict into a rout.

Tarzan #80
May 1956
Cover: Gordon Scott photo ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Thirsty Sands" ~ 15 pp.

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To rebuild the aqueduct to the City in the Sands, Tarzan unites the Beni-Adhemi Bedouins with the City of Athne.
 The Elephant men are certainly practiced masons after all the times they’ve had to rebuild their own home, Athne.

1 pp.
“Two Small Stories”
Writer: Uncredited
 Mabu and Kaino pass the day listening to Roy Hall tell stories about wild animal encounters that happened to his uncle Josh, and which turned into snubs, like the time a couple of lions decided he was “too bony to bother about.”

9 pp.
“Tarzan and the Lonesome Cub”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
 Needing a home for an orphaned lion cub, Tarzan finds a lioness who has lost her own cubs to hyenas. When Tarzan had tried to adopt the cub, Jane argued that they already had too many pets. Boy disagreed, like any kid would do.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Dan-el and Princess Tavane make their triumphant return to Aba-zulu, and are promptly married. Nagopa releases a bat into the ceremony, which is viewed as being an evil sign. Immediately afterwards, Natongo dreams a vision of his dying father, calling him home. The Brothers say farewell ... possibly forever?

SPECIAL NOTE:
 This issue starts the photo cover run of Gordon Scott, the 12th screen Tarzan. It also features Tarzan wearing a casual hat for the first time. A boat hat. This was in 1956. Modern audiences will see it as a Gilligan hat.

Tarzan #81
June 1956
Cover: Gordon Scott photo ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Beasts of Mokar" ~ 15 pp.

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Paul D’Arnot, now a retired captain, recruits Tarzan to help save Professor DuMont, trapped in the city of Mokar. DuMont had managed to send a letter out by his faithful dog, Roland. Roland leads Tarzan and D’Arnot to the lost cliff city, guarded by hundred of Mandrels, an offshoot of baboons.

1 pp.
“Friendship is a Treasure”
Writer: Uncredited
 Josiah Whitfield arrives at the trading post, and greets the boys. Mabu had been worried that Whitfield would not recognize him, having heard that white men cannot tell natives apart, but Whitfield immediately remembers his “friend.”

9 pp.
“Tarzan and the Wall of Fire”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Dombie has been forcibly adopted by two chimpanzees and a forest fire complicates Tarzan’s rescue attempt.
 Boy is back to wearing his weird hat and is loaded down with body jewelry and earrings. Aiglon, the second giant eagle like Argus, is now called Aguila. Either that, or Tarzan’s grown yet another one. Also, Tarzan’s treehouse is once again making regular appearances.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Returning home, Natongo loses his spear during a lion attack.
 Meanwhile, a lone Dan-el is ambushed by Nagopa’s Witch Men. Trapped and outnumbered, things look bad. But Queen Tavane had another dream of prophecy and, along with Colonel Mothibi’s men, races to the rescue on war elephants.

Tarzan #82
July 1956
Cover: Gordon Scott photo ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Chasms of Opar" ~ 15 pp.

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A plane lands on the rock of Opar.
 Tarzan and Queen La reveal a jewel vault, but earthquakes bury the treasure hunters. When Tarzan once again rejects La’s romantic overtures, she calls for her Crooked Men to spear him. He is saved by his white pygmy allies, now led by King Ilonyi.

1 pp.
“The Words of Tamai”
Writer: Uncredited
 Mabu and Kaino listen to Josiah Whitfield talk with his brother-in-law B’wana Hall in a strange language. When Mabu successfully speaks english words for the first time, his accomplishment reminds him of the village’s wise man’s advice to try difficult things.

9 pp.
“Tarzan and the Nandi’s Den”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 To lead a giant Nandi bear into an uninhabited valley, Tarzan steals her cub and uses himself as bait.
 Boy, who discovered the Nandi bear while hunting on Ostrich-back, has lost the earrings, but now he’s wearing what looks like a pirate’s hat. The next time this hat appears, Boy will stick ostrich feathers in it -- and start dancing. Seriously.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 On the long road back to Zululand, Natongo is attacked by an Arab sheik who wants Hatima, the white mule.
 Hatima is swift enough to escape quicksand, and when Natongo’s head is grazed by a bullet, the faithful mule defends the unconscious Brother of the Spear from a pack of opportunistic hyenas.

Tarzan #83
August 1966
Cover: Gordon Scott photo ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Channel Pirates" ~ 15 pp.

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Channel Pirates are terrorizing an Arab fishing village while they loot a merchant ship wrecked in a nearby lagoon.
 One of the confusing things about the Tarzan comics are the changing of names, and reuse of established ones. There have been several apes called Korak, which is Boy’s name in the novels. The leader of this village is Sheik Ibrahim, which is the same name as Tarzan’s mortal enemy.

1 pp.
“The Lion Hunt Dance”
Writer: Uncredited
 There is a celebration around the fires at the trading post, as warriors do the Lion Hunt Dance. Mabu comments that he can either be someone who brings life to stories, or a hunter who takes life away, but not both. B’wana Whitfield hopes Mabu will consider the former option.

9 pp.
“Tarzan and the Stranger From Pal-ul-don”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Chief Buto’s village is attacked first by a Pal-ul-don gryf, and then by N’goro warriors. Like he’s done many times before, Tarzan tames the gryf. He steers the triceratops into the N’goros and then sets it on the trail home through the Great Swamp.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Natongo witnesses the massacre of the waifish Princess Zulena of Tungela’s escort by outlaws and rides the white mule Hatima to the rescue. Returning the princess home, it’s learned that Zulena’s father has just died. Every time the Brothers meet a girl, and her father has just died, it’s love. It’s a pattern of DuBois.

Tarzan #83
August 1966
Cover: Gordon Scott photo ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Channel Pirates" ~ 15 pp.

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Channel Pirates are terrorizing an Arab fishing village while they loot a merchant ship wrecked in a nearby lagoon.
 One of the confusing things about the Tarzan comics are the changing of names, and reuse of established ones. There have been several apes called Korak, which is Boy’s name in the novels. The leader of this village is Sheik Ibrahim, which is the same name as Tarzan’s mortal enemy.

1 pp.
“The Lion Hunt Dance”
Writer: Uncredited
 There is a celebration around the fires at the trading post, as warriors do the Lion Hunt Dance. Mabu comments that he can either be someone who brings life to stories, or a hunter who takes life away, but not both. B’wana Whitfield hopes Mabu will consider the former option.

9 pp.
“Tarzan and the Stranger From Pal-ul-don”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Chief Buto’s village is attacked first by a Pal-ul-don gryf, and then by N’goro warriors. Like he’s done many times before, Tarzan tames the gryf. He steers the triceratops into the N’goros and then sets it on the trail home through the Great Swamp.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Natongo witnesses the massacre of the waifish Princess Zulena of Tungela’s escort by outlaws and rides the white mule Hatima to the rescue. Returning the princess home, it’s learned that Zulena’s father has just died. Every time the Brothers meet a girl, and her father has just died, it’s love. It’s a pattern of DuBois.

Tarzan’s Jungle Annual #5
1956
Cover: Uncredited ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the City of Silence" ~ 22 pp.

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Tarzan finds the golden armband of King Taden of Alur, with the name of Tohr,  the City of Silence, scratched inside.
 Tarzan-jad-guru ... Tarzan the Terrible as he’s known in Pal-ul-don .... rides a gryf into the lost city, and discovers that an American has built a strange electrical device which mutes all sound.

15 pp.
“Tarzan and the Tall Warriors”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Tarzan and Chief Buto are bored, so they cross a mountain range to explore a Grand Canyon-like valley. For the second time, Tarzan discovers a lost race of very tall Viking descendants. This time Tarzan makes friends, and is offered a place with their honored dead.

8 pp.
“Tarzan and the Ordeal of Spears”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Secretly wearing a bulletproof vest, Banga the witch doctor is killing tribal chiefs and usurping their tribes with The Ordeal of Spears.
 When Tarzan faces Banga in the Ordeal where each man throws a spear at the chest of the other, Boy drops army ants under Banga’s shirt and reveals the vest beneath.

14 pp.
“Tarzan in Desert Ambush“
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 The City in the Sands, the Arab resettlement Tarzan helped found, now needs money for seed and livestock. Tarzan shows Shareef Hussein a river where gold is easily panned. The danger comes at the markets of Marrach. When thieves pursue the supply caravan, Tarzan’s uses bananas to bribe baboons into blocking the trail.

8 pp.
“Tarzan and Boy in Boy Saves the Day”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
 While Tarzan defends the Waziri village from attackers, Boy and a warrior race to alert Muviro’s hunting party. When Boy and Isilio are treed by lions, Boys uses his new blowgun to irritate the lions into fighting each other. Boy learned that trick at the expense of Chaka, the baboon ... who later returns the favor.

8 pp.
“The Courage of M’Bogo”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
 M’Bogo, the lead bull of the Buffalo herd, must defend young cows and calves from marauding lions.

SPECIAL NOTE:
Like all the annuals, this issue is chock full of illustrated dictionaries, game pages, and other extras like the Jungle Feature, where the reader can cut out the figures of Tarzan and others, and then use a shoe box to create their own dramas.

Tarzan #84
Sept. 1956
Cover: Gordon Scott photo ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Eye of Thoth" ~ 15 pp.

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Tarzan and Argus stop the Mitzeriam from sacrificing Prince Thyron of Cathne in the fire from the Eye of Thoth.
 News of Thyron’s capture is brought by Rython. Thyron -- Rython. The use of similar names continues. What’s unique is the giant hawk-faced statue of the Egyptian god Thoth and his burning eye, which uses “...sunlight -- trapped by a system of mirrors and focused through the crystal lens of an eye! A great burning glass!”

1 pp.
“Of a Feast and Devils”
Writer: Uncredited
 The festival at the trading post continues on and on, and Mabu falls asleep. When one of the dancers tells a tale of Devils. Kaino becomes scared, fearing that talk of devils risks summoning evil.

9 pp.
“Tarzan and the Hunting Pack”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Tarzan and Boy adopt an injured wild hunting dog, who promptly has pups that grow up to hunt with Tarzan.
 After saving Boy from a hyena’s attack, the mother leads her pack back to the wild, having paid her debt to Tarzan. Tarzan’s Gilligan hat is back, and now Boy is wearing one, too!

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Nagopa intercepts one of Natongo’s carrier pigeon messages to Dan-el, and changes it into a plea for help. After Dan-el marches to war, a second message from Natongo arrives, declaring his newfound love for Zulena. Colonel Mothibi runs through the night to secretly deliver the note to Dan-el.

Tarzan #85
Oct. 1956
Cover: Gordon Scott photo ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Windmill of Maun Gah" ~ 15 pp.

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After a professor crash lands, he befriends the local natives by converting his helicopter's rotors into a windmill.
 Credibility is stretched past breaking when the professor reconverts the rotors back into a helicopter, and uses high winds to propel himself and his daughter ... all the way to Nairobi.

1 pp.
“Mabu’s Warning”
Writer: Uncredited
 Slumbering at a feast, Mabu suddenly wakes -- shouting a warning from his dreams. Everybody scatters when Mabu shouts the gods have told him of danger to Mrs. Hall, the wife of the trading post’s head man.

9 pp.
“Tarzan and the Missing War Canoe”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 Boy and Dombie, both wearing Gilligan hats and gold neckties, borrow and lose Muviro’s new war canoe. Tarzan rescues the stranded boys, and with help from Tantor, reclaims Muviro’s boat from the Wabandas who appropriated it earlier.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Natongo jumps in front of a knife aimed at the young Queen Zulena, and later stops two more assassins. Natongo once questioned how quickly Dan-el fell in love with Lady Tavane. Now, he and Zulena quickly pledge their adoration for each other. It looks like both the Brothers of the Spear will soon be married men.

Tarzan #86
Nov. 1956
Cover: Gordon Scott photo ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Mutineers" ~ 15 pp.

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In an ancient city, archaeologists abandoned by their safari bearers run into trouble with Tuareg bandits, who are mining gold from an underground stream beneath a city tower. Tarzan persuades the Tuaregs to accept the archaeologist’s promise not to tell anyone.

1 pp.
“A Strange Night”
Writer: Uncredited
 The fever that has stricken Alice Hall is not contagious. It’s pneumonia. Mabu is bewildered that white men only thank one god. He recognizes many gods.

9 pp.
“Tarzan and the Policeman from Nairobi”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 While Tarzan and Boy rescue policeman Wardle from lions, the criminal he was pursuing attacks Jane at the treehouse.
 Not only is this the first time Manning draws Jane, albeit the Marsh version, she’s as capable as she is lovely. You have to wonder why Tarzan doesn’t spend more time at home?

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 Having been lured away, Dan-el races through the night to thwart Nagopa’s latest plot to seize the throne of Aba-zulu.
 At last ... the final showdown between Dan-el and Nagopa! Dan-el finally gets his hands on Nagopa again, and if the Witch Doctor comes back after this one -- it’ll be from the dead!

Tarzan #87
Dec. 1956
Cover: Gordon Scott photo ~Writer: Uncredited ~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan and the Messenger From Jorah" ~ 15 pp.

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Jorah’s sister brings Tarzan dire news; the peace between the Pal-ul-don mountain men and the giant white apes is broken.
 Tarzan shows his ingenuity not just in building a bamboo tear gas gun to subdue the apes, but in dealing with the core problem of the ape’s food shortage by draining a swamp and planting sprouts for the apes. One continuity problem; Jorah’s little sister has grown into a woman, while Boy is still ... a boy.

1 pp.
“The Copper Necklace Offering”
Writer: Uncredited
 To help Mrs. Hall recover from fever, Mabu leaves his copper necklace in a clearing ... as an offering to the Gods. An hour after the doctor arrives, Mrs. Hall’s fever breaks. The local witch doctor is sure it was his incantations that helped. Mabu is certain that it was his offering, which has vanished from the clearing.

9 pp.
“Tarzan and the Snow Men of Gourambi” (Spelled differently in the story)
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
 When an expedition’s sole survivor raves about Abominable Snow Men on the slopes of Gourami peak, only Tarzan believes him.
 The Snow Men turn out to be a breed of ape, not man. What’s incredible is Tarzan’s escape. A plane lands on a snow covered slope, and then takes off again ...? The comedy of the pursuing Snow Men being snow splashed in the propeller’s slip stream is fun.

6 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
 When the Beni Temahu lay siege to the Tungelu, Queen Zulena and Natongo escape through secret caverns to recruit help.
 After Natongo dreams of his father’s death, he no longer feels the need to leave Zulena. Their marriage happens so quickly, it’s off panel!