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It has generally been acknowledged that the Tarzan daily strip was thevery first high-adventure newspaper series. This volume collects theinitial four stories from 1929 and 1930. Included are adaptations of:

TARZAN OF THE APES y THE RETURN OF TARZAN

THE BEASTS OF TARZAN y THE SON OF TARZAN

LOAC ESSENTIALS reprints, in yearly volumes, the rare earlydaily newspaper strips that are essential to comics history, seminal

strips that are unique creations in their own right, while alsosignificantly contributing to the advancement of the medium.

A COMPLETEYEAR OF

NEWSPAPERSTRIPS

reproduced one per page,allowing us to have an

experience similar to whatnewspaper buyers had nearlya hundred years ago—reading

them one day at a time.

TARZANP1929PEdgarRice

Burroughs

1929 EDITED AND DESIGNED BY Dean Mullaney

ASSOCIATE EDITOR Bruce Canwell

ART DIRECTOR Lorraine Turner

INTRODUCTION Henry G. Franke III

STRIP RESTORATION Dale Crain

MARKETING DIRECTOR Beau Smith

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Edgar Rice Burroughs ™ and Tarzan ® owned by Edgar RiceBurroughs, Inc. and used by permission. © 2015 Edgar RiceBurroughs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Library of AmericanComics is a trademark of The Library of American Comics LLC. Allrights reserved. Introduction © 2015 Henry G. Franke III. With theexception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the comicstrips in this publication may be reprinted without the permission ofERB, Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted inany form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,recording, or by any information and retrieval system, withoutpermission in writing from ERB, Inc. Printed in Korea.

VOLUME 7TARZAN OF THE APESBY Edgar Rice Burroughs

ILLUSTRATED BY

Hal Foster and Rex MaxonTEXT ADAPTATION BY Ralph W. Palmer

THE LIBRARY OFAMERICAN COMICS

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TARZAN OF THE APES by Edgar Rice Burroughs h Mutiny17 LOAC ESSENTIALS MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1929

In 1888 young Lord Greystoke and his bride ofthree months sailed from Dover on their way toAfrica. He had been commissioned to investi-gate alleged atrocities on black subjects in aBritish West Coast African colony. LordGreystoke never made the investigation; in facthe never reached his destination.

Arrived at Freetown, they chartered the‘Fuwalda,’ which was to bear them to their finaldestination. And here, Lord and Lady Greystokemysteriously vanished forever from the eyesand from the knowledge of man. Two monthslater, six British war vessels were scouring theSouth Atlantic for trace of them,

Beyond sight of land, the ‘Fuwalda’’s captain,with a terrific blow, felled an old sailor whohad accidentally tripped him. The swarthybully’s brutality caused big Black Michael tocrush the captain to his knees. This wasmutiny. The enraged captain suddenlywhipped a revolver from his pocket and fired.

Lord Greystoke struck down the captain’sarm, saving Black Michael’s life and thusforged the first link of what was destinedto form a chain of amazing circumstancesending in a life for one then unborn such ashas probably never been paralleled in thehistory of man.

With suspicion of organized mutiny con-firmed, they hurried to their quarters. Eventheir beds had been torn to pieces. A thor-ough search revealed the fact that only LordGreystoke’s revolvers and ammunition weregone. An indefinable something presagedbloody disaster!


TARZAN OF THE APES by Edgar Rice Burroughs h The MassacreTUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1929 LOAC ESSENTIALS 18

Lord Greystoke, unfolding the scrap ofpaper which had been pushed in under thecabin door, found it was a message printedin uncouth letters, warning them to refrainfrom reporting the theft of his revolvers,on pain of death. Lady Greystoke paled,wondering what her fate might be.

The sight which met Lord Greystoke’seyes, as he emerged on deck the nextmorning, confirmed his worst fears. A shotrang out, and then another and another.Facing the little knot of five officers wasthe entire motley crew of the ‘Fuwalda,’and at their head stood Black Michael.

Enraged, the bloodthirsty ruffians chargedthe officers representing the hated author-ity of the ship. Most of them were armedwith boathooks, axes, and crowbars. Theofficers retreated before the infuriated rushof their men. An axe cleft the captain fromforehead to chin.

Both sides were cursing and swearing in afrightful manner, which, together with thereports of the firearms and the screams andgroans of the wounded, turned the deck ofthe ‘Fuwalda’ to the likeness of a mad-house. Short and grisly had been the workof the mutineers.

Though outwardly calm, he was inwardlyapprehensive, for he feared for the safetyof his wife, and the little unborn Greystokeat the hands of the ignorant half brutes.“Here’s two more for the fishes,” snarledone of the crew, as he rushed toward themwith uplifted axe.


TARZAN OF THE APES by Edgar Rice Burroughs h The Decision19 LOAC ESSENTIALS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1929

Black Michael was even quicker than the brutewho had attacked Lord and Lady Greystokewith an axe, and the sailor went down with abullet in his back. “I’m captain of this shipnow, an’ what I says goes,” said the mutineers’leader, looking threateningly on his fellows.“These here are my friends. Don’t touch ’em.”

Following the murder of the officers, land wassighted, and they learned they were to be putashore with their belongings. Remonstranceagainst the inhumanity of landing them uponan unknown shore, to be left to the mercies ofthe savage beasts, and possibly still more sav-age men, was absolutely useless.

Before dark, the barkentine lay peacefully at an-chor in a land-locked harbor. The surroundingshores were beautiful with semi-tropical ver-dure, while in the distance the country rolledfrom the ocean in hill and table-land, almostuniformly clothed in primeval forest. No signsof habitation were to be seen.

No pleas, threats, or promises of reward couldmove Black Michael. “I’m the only man onboard who would not rather see you both dead;but you saved my life once, and in return I’mgoing to spare yours. We put you ashore to-morrow.” The deep roar of a lion came fromthe dark shadows of the distant jungle!

As darkness settled upon the earth, the womanshrank closer to the man in terror-stricken an-ticipation of the horrors lying in wait for themin the awful blackness of the nights to come,when they two should be alone upon that wildand lonely shore. What treachery awaited themin that dark, mysterious tropical forest?


TARZAN OF THE APES by Edgar Rice Burroughs h MaroonedTHURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1929 LOAC ESSENTIALS 20

Early next morning Lord and Lady Greystoke’schests and boxes were hoisted on deck and low-ered to waiting small boats for transportation toshore. There was a great quantity and variety ofstock, arms and ammunition, as they had ex-pected a possible five years’ residence in theirnew West Coast African home.

The man shuddered as he meditated upon theawful gravity, the fearful helplessness of theirsituation. But it was a merciful providencewhich prevented him from seeing the hideousreality which awaited them in the grim depth ofthat dense jungle. They silently sat, eachwrapped in gloomy forebodings, wondering.

They had escaped death at the hands of the mu-tineers; but they were faced with far graver dan-gers. Alone, he might hope to survive for years.But what of his wife and that other little life sosoon to be launched amidst the hardships andgrave dangers of a primeval world? His heartsank in despair, considering their future.

Having filled the ship’s casks with fresh water,the small boats moved slowly over the water tothe ship. As the ‘Fuwalda’ passed out of sightbehind a projecting point, Lord Greystoke andhis wife—in the breasts of both, a feeling of im-pending disaster and utter helplessness—bravely stood, silently watching.

And behind them, over the edge of a lowridge, other eyes WATCHED THEM—close-set wicked eyes, gleaming beneathshaggy brows!


TARZAN OF THE APES by Edgar Rice Burroughs h Making a Home21 LOAC ESSENTIALS FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1929

Now that the horror of absolute solitude wasupon them, Lady Greystoke’s overwroughtnerves gave way, and the reaction came. “Oh,John, the horror of it. What are we to do? If itwere only you and I,” she sobbed, “we couldendure it, I know; but, the baby—.” His greatheart yearned to comfort her.

After calming her, he opened the box contain-ing his rifles and ammunition, that they mightboth be armed against possible attack. His firstthought was to arrange a sleeping shelter for thenight; something which might serve to protectthem from prowling beasts. Together theysought a favorable location.

Four trees were selected which formed a rec-tangle, and cutting long branches from othertrees he constructed a frame-work around them,fastening the ends of the branches securely tothe trees by means of rope, a quantity of whichBlack Michael fortunately had furnished himfrom the hold of the ‘Fuwalda.’

During the day the forest about them had beenfilled with excited birds of brilliant plumage,and dancing, chattering monkeys, who watchedthese new arrivals and their wonderful nest-building operations with every mark of keen-est interest and fascination. By dusk the snugshelter was completed.

A sharp lookout was kept while they worked,and once they saw their little simian neighborscome screaming over the nearby ridge, andcasting affrighted glances over their shoulders,evincing as plainly as though by speech thatthey were fleeing some terrible thing whichlay concealed there. What was it?


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