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Issue Details

Issue #209
Published June 1972
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Joe Kubert

Cover Details - "Mate of the Ape-Man"

Characters Tarzan; Tublat; Jane Porter
Genre jungle
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters Joe Kubert
Reprinted in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan The Joe Kubert Years (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #1 (October 2005)

24 page Tarzan story "Origin of the Ape-Man Book 3: A Mate For the Ape-Man"

Characters Tarzan; Kerchak; Klaxton; Terkoz; Snipe; Archimedes Q. Porter; William Clayton; Jane Porter; Esmeralda; Numa; Sabor
Synopsis The Porters' party is put ashore by mutineers and Tarzan begins protecting them in secret.
Genre jungle
Script Edgar Rice Burroughs (original novel); Joe Kubert (adaptation)
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters Joe Kubert
Notes Adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel, TARZAN OF THE APES. The C-22 reprint details: Reprints these story pages: pages 5-6 and 8-24 (minus teaser panel).
Reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-22 [edited, see notes]; in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan the Joe Kubert Years (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #1 (October 2005)

3 page Tarzan story "Fight For Life"

Genre jungle
Script Hal Foster
Pencils Hal Foster
Inks Hal Foster
Letters Typeset
Reprinted from United Features' Tarzan comic strip, 10 January 1932

8 page John Carter story "A Fair Captive From the Sky"

Characters F: John Carter; I: Dejah Thoris
Genre science fiction
Script Marv Wolfman
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel, A PRINCESS OF MARS. Story continues in WEIRD WORLDS (DC, 1972 series) #1.

2 page Tarzan text article "Tarzan of the Movies"

Genre jungle
Pencils Photo
Inks Photo
Letters Typeset
Notes Covers a few of the many Tarzan movies with photos.