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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published July 1977
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.30 USD; 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas; Archie Goodwin (consulting editor)

Cover Details - "Ape Battles Ape-Man -- To The Death!"

Characters Jane Clayton; Tarzan; Terkoz
Genre jungle
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema

Cover Details - "35 cent cover variant"

Characters Jane Clayton; Tarzan; Terkoz
Genre jungle
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Notes 35 cent cover variant.

16 page Tarzan story "The Road to Opar!"

Characters Achmet Zek (flashback); Albert Werper [poses as Jules Frecoult]; Esmeralda; Jane Clayton; Kala (flashback); Kerchak (flashback); Muviro; Nkima; Prof. Archimedes Porter (flashback); Tarzan; Tarzan's parents (flashback); Terkoz (flashback); William Clayton (flashback)
Synopsis The origin of Tarzan is told. Tarzan brings Werper to his house and reveals to Jane that their wealth is lost and he must return to Opar for more gold.
Genre jungle
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Colors Marie Severin [as Marie Sev]
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes Part 2 of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" adaptation.

1 page text article "Tarzan's Jungle Drums"

Characters Tarzan (illustration)
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils John Buscema (illustrations)
Inks John Buscema (illustrations)
Colors ? (illustrations)
Letters typeset
Notes Roy Thomas answers hypothetical questions of readers.

1 page Language of the Great Apes illustration "Language of the Great Apes 1"

Genre jungle
Pencils John Buscema

1 page Bullpen Bulletins promo (ad from the publisher)

Script Stan Lee; ?
Letters typeset

1 page Spider-Man; Hostess Twinkies advertisement "Spider-Man and Madam Web!"

Characters Madam Web; Spider-Man
Genre superhero
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito?
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Comic strip ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company.