Large Feature Comic comic books issue 5
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Issue #5
$50.00
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Stories and art by Hal Foster and Henry E. Vallely. Dell's Large Feature Comic reprinted classic comic strips. This issue reprints the very first Tarzan daily comic strips from 1929, a direct adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' first Tarzan novel, Tarzan of the Apes. The art is by future Prince Valiant creator and comics legend Hal Foster, with new art for this volume by illustrator Henry E. Vallely. The son of shipwrecked Lord and Lady Greystoke is born while they are marooned in the African jungle. Raised by a tribe of apes, he becomes the legendary wild man Tarzan. Years later, when he encounters Jane and her party in the jungle, he reconnects with his human past and hears the call to adventure. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in, 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #5
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Cover by Jimmy Murphy. Stories and art by Jimmy Murphy. Dell's Large Feature Comic reprinted classic comic strips. This issue reprints the Toots and Casper strip from 1938, featuring domestic comedy of the Blondie and Dagwood school. After Casper gets robbed of the money for Al's birthday present, it starts a comedy of errors as everyone who hears about it tries to help. A baby-photo competition for an advertising company has an unexpected winner. Toots (who actually looks a lot like Blondie) buys a picture of a handsome stranger, just to make Casper jealous. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in, 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
