Publishers / Dell / Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan (1948) / #56
56May 1954
$0.10

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan #56

Dell · May 1954

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Series
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan (Dell, 1948 series)
Issue
#56
Publication date
May 1954
Key date
May 1954
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Riding a Sharkcover1pencils: Morris Gollub; inks: Morris Gollub; colors: Morris GollubTarzan; shark
1Blank Inside Front Coverblank page(s)1
2Tarzan and the Ostrich Clancomic story16script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh; colors: Western Publishing Production ShopTarzan [John Clayton]; Doctor Alexander MacWhirtle; Ramotu; Ostrich Clan of Desert Pygmies
3Boy and the Mighty Wings of Arguscomic story8script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh; colors: Western Publishing Production ShopTarzan [John Clayton]; Jane Porter Clayton; Boy [Jack Clayton]; Argus; Arthur Carey; Beth Carey; Cheetah (chimpanzee)
4Tarzan and the War of the Buffaloescomic story15script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh; colors: Western Publishing Production ShopTarzan [John Clayton]; Tee Anna; Gallugos (Pal-ul-donian tribe); Torodons (Pal-ul-donian apemen); Ruori; Galllu
5The Red Elephanttext story2colors: Western Publishing Production ShopMabu; Hamasai; Kaino
6Captured by Slaverscomic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ Manning; colors: Western Publishing Production ShopDan-El; Natongo; African slavers; white slave traders; lion
7Hours of fun with the new "KE" puzzle game!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh; colors: Western Publishing Production ShopTarzan
8Blank Inside Back Coverblank page(s)1

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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Brothers of the Spear Archives #1
ISBN 978-1-59582-821-7
2012On eBay ›
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years #11
ISBN 978-1-59582-754-8
2012On eBay ›

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