Tarzan, King of the Jungle -- Dell Giant #51
Fall 1961
Cover: Uncredited Painting ~Writer: Uncredited
~ Pencils and Ink: Jesse Marsh
"Tarzan -- The Tree of Ages" ~
16 pp.
In
the middle of the Lake No One Names, stands the ancient Tree of Ages.
To save a scientist from being sacrificed, Tarzan burns down
the man-eating tree.
8 pp.
”Boy -- The Axe of Mumbo”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
A tribe of poachers force Chief Buto to undergo the Ordeals of
Mumbo.
Nearly as strong as Tarzan, Chief Buto easy passes the trials
and claims the Axe of Mumbo ... now known as the Axe of Buto.
6 pp.
“Dassie”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
Dassie, an eight-pound mother Hyrax, looses her cubs to a striped
weasel, and then adopts a pair of orphaned Cheetah cubs.
“Jane -- The Sultan’s Ruby"
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
A Sultan’s giant ruby, given to Jane to wear at a conference
of tribes, is stolen.
Standish, an ostrich with a larcenous streak, steals the ruby
from Jane not just once ... but twice!
Eight years later this plot will become a key element in the
jungle movie, The Southern Star, featuring George Segal, Ursula Andress,
and Orsen Welles.
12 pp.
“Tarzan -- The Courage of Pan-at-lee”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Jesse Marsh
Inks: Jesse Marsh
Pan-at-lee, the Wazdon wife of Om-at, brings Tarzan troubling
news from Pal-ul-don. After Ta-den fell ill, the Priests of A-lur seized
Om-at, to ransom for all the grain of the Wazdon.
12 pp.
“Brothers of the Spear -- Treachery in Aba-zulu”
Writer: Gaylord DuBois
Pencils: Russ Manning
Inks: Russ Manning
Muvubu, ex-keeper of the Royal Seal of Aba-zulu, helps invaders
seize Tavane and Zulena.
The Brothers use the same secret tunnels as Muvubu and turn the
tables on the witchman. The last Tarzan annual is the first with a Brothers
tale, complete and self-contained.
12 pp.
“Tarzan -- The Lost Astronaut”
Writer: Uncredited
Pencils: Uncredited
Inks: Uncredited
A space capsule lands near Lutor in the Great Swamp of Pal-ul-don.
The lady astronaut (nope, it’s not Jerry Cobb, the first female
to train at NASA, who would later become a bush pilot) futilely tries to
leave on her own, while Tarzan is busy trapping Garths breeding in the
Valley of Monsters. |