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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2017 19:49:23 GMT -5
  Another great issue. I like that Kubert shows Tarzan is still a man. He is exhausted after fighting. He needs the apes to free him. The art conveys all this even if there were no words. That in itself is amazing. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2017 19:53:23 GMT -5
 Reprint of "Tarzan Walks Among Us". Script by Russ Manning and Carl Gafford. Art by Russ Manning. |
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Post by brutalis on Apr 17, 2017 7:59:09 GMT -5
Coming from Hollywood soon: Dances with Monkeys! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2017 18:56:39 GMT -5
 Tarzan watches from the trees the village of M'Buntos. They are celebrating the Rite of Manhood. The chief Zama will give his son Tulum the right to become chief if Tulum goes to the Ice Jungle and obtains the necklace of fire. Tarzan follows Tulum up into the snow capped mountains. The wealthy J Pellington Stone III is also on the same mountain hunting the legendary snow ape to prove his manhood. Tulum, Stone & Tarzan all come across each other. Then three snow apes show up! One is wearing the necklace of fire! They attack Tarzan & the others. Stone sacrifices himself to save Tulum. Tulum returns to his village with the necklace of fire. Tarzan watches from a distance Tulum talking with his father about his experience on the mountain. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2017 19:05:16 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2017 11:55:16 GMT -5
 Tarzan is attacked by a sabretooth tiger. He is captured by a tribe of pygmies hidden in the jungle. He recognizes the vegetation & animals are from prehistoric times (from his time in Paris at museums). The tribe offers up Tarzan & a girl as sacrifice to a dinosaur. Tarzan escapes his bonds & triumphs over the dinosaur. Another fantasy styled story that I could see as a Conan story or even Kubert's Tor. I noticed re-reading these stories as an adult that some of Kubert's original stories could easily be adapted into a Tor story. I don't think that is a bad thing. Tarzan/Tor/Conan all share similar character traits but are set in different times/locales. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2017 11:58:23 GMT -5
  The perfect combination of words & art. The art tells the story by itself. The sign of a master storyteller. The words embellish the art & IMO make it perfect. The combination sells the story. Makes it real, authentic. I can "feel" the violence. The heated breath of the tiger. The ache in Tarzan's muscles. The sounds of conflict. Kubert is truly one of the great story tellers. It is awesome that he shared some of his knowledge with others thru his school. |
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Post by chazro on Apr 25, 2017 23:01:24 GMT -5
I own the entire Kubert Tarzan run, bought them as they came out and knew they were 'special'. It's been fun reading the reviews. Looking at the artwork posted above of Tarzan vs. the Sabertooth it's amazing how vibrant the artwork is in it's simplicity, there's so much story being told in the most minimal of styles. If there's such a thing as genius comicbook art, this is surely an example of it. The over colored, over drawn, over processed modern style comic book art often leaves me thoroughly unimpressed.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 19:05:10 GMT -5
 Tarzan is having a lazy day. He naps on a log floating down the river. He is attacked by crocodiles. He faints from blood loss & is found by a hidden tribe. He is taken to the queen & nursed back to health. She decides to use Tarzan to get rid of the king to rule alone. However Tarzan tells the king what is happening. After a battle the king & Tarzan catch the queen in her lies. She captures Tarzan who uses the chains he was bound in to electrocute her with the lightning coming down from a storm. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 19:15:16 GMT -5
   In this story the queen is evil & ruthlessly kills anyone who disagrees with her. The king has more compassion. Tarzan has a keen sense of judgment & who to trust. The fight with the crocodiles was illustrated with fury & raw violence. The scenes of battle were beautiful even with the violence. The reality of Tarzan having to kill when necessary is handled well. Kubert keeps getting better. Even though we have seen these themes before Kubert still makes them fresh. |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2017 16:13:11 GMT -5
With this issue DC switched Tarzan to one of my favorite formats: The 100 page Super Spectacular. This format consisted of one or two new stories with the rest of the stories being reprints. It was square bound. This format allowed me to experience a lot of DC's classic material that I would never been able to read without the reprints. The downside was the covers were too cluttered.
In this issue we had 3 new short stories (Tarzan, Korak & Carson of Venus) & 4 reprinted stories from the 50's & 60's. The Tarzan story was 6 pages by Kubert & featured Tarzan rescuing a fawn from a lion.
The Korak story was written by Bob Kanigher with pencils by Kubert and inks by Russ Heath. It featured Korak searching for his missing "mate" Meriem (who would become his wife). She was captured by a tribe of "bird people". It was continued from Korak #56.
The Carson of Venus story was 5 pages continued from Korak #56 by Mike W Kaluta.
When DC acquired the rights to Tarzan they also got the rights to all the ERB properties. So they continued Gold Key's Korak title. DC's first issue was #46. With #60 DC changed the title to Tarzan Family & switched to a Giant Sized 64 page format with all new stories. DC would revive this format later as the Dollar Comics line (1977-1983).
Next issue will start the 4 part Tarzan & the Lion Man adaption. |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2017 7:38:37 GMT -5
 Adapted from ERB novel Tarzan & the Lion Man. Tarzan comes upon a man who resembles him lashed to a post. The Rungulo tribe is ready to sacrifice him until Tarzan frees him. The man tells Tarzan his story. He is an actor, Stanley Obroski. He is here with a crew to film "The Lion Man". The crew has endured hardship filming. The jungle weather & terrain. Attacks from local tribes. Stanley was captured in the last attack. The rest of the crew got away & are nearby. Later locals kidnap the 2 actresses (Rhonda & Naomi) & steal the fictional treasure map made for the movie. However the women escape their kidnappers on horseback. Then they are attacked by a lion. Rhonda's horse is killed. Naomi thinks Rhonda is dead also & goes on back toward the crew's camp. Meanwhile a panther attacks the camp & Tarzan kills it. Due to his resemblance to Stanley the crew think he is Stanley gone mad living in the jungle the past few days. And Rhonda is captured again...this time by apes that speak English? |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2017 7:50:34 GMT -5
 Some of the elements of the story are downright silly. Like Stanley resembling Tarzan. The crew thinking Stanley would be driven mad in a few days & be able to kill a panther. Apes speaking English. However this was written by ERB 100 yrs ago. Kubert did a faithful adaption & once you get beyond some of the silly stuff this is a pretty good story. Of course Kubert's art is amazing. With the 100 page format Tarzan went from being a monthly to being every other month. Kubert took advantage of this extra time & it shows in his art. The art in these issues is more detailed than usual. |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2017 18:54:09 GMT -5
 Rhonda is taken to an English styled castle in the jungle by apes that speak English. Naomi never makes it back to the crew's camp & is captured again by the locals. They go out to find the treasure they think exists from the movie set map. The treasure hunters are attacked & killed by the apes. However Naomi is spared & captured. Tarzan finds out from the crew that the women are missing. He tracks them & is attacked by the apes. Tarzan overcomes the apes, rescues Naomi & returns her to camp. He then goes back to rescue Rhonda. Tarzan is captured by a hideous man/ape. He tells Tarzan his story: he was a scientist back in England studying genetics. He kidnapped homeless people to experiment on & eventually had to flee the country to avoid prosecution. He found his way to Africa where he began to experiment on apes. His experiments have given apes human abilities like speech. Serums have also prolonged his life but in a hideous apelike form. Rhonda also thinks Tarzan is Stanley due to his resemblance to Stanley. Tarzan & Rhonda escape but are recaptured leaving the castle. Tarzan is knocked unconscious & left to die in a fire. Rhonda is lead away by the hideous scientist. |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2017 19:01:03 GMT -5
 Part 2 shows the science fiction side of ERB with genetics experiments & apes becoming human & men becoming apelike. Kubert does a faithful adaption. I think he really outdid himself adapting ERB's novels. His multipart stories were the best. Kubert's art continues to astound. His women were beautiful. The scientist was hideous. His art tells the story even if there was no dialog. I felt his art was even better with the every other month schedule.   |
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