In 1947, artist Jesse Marsh left Walt Disney Studios-where he had worked on Pinocchio, Fantasia, and various animated shorts-to work for Western Publishing full time. Tarzan was one of his first assignments, with the iconic character's first original comic-book appearance in Dell Four-Color Comics #134. Tarzan #2 would begin Marsh's long-term collaboration with writer Gaylord DuBois. Their terrific work drew admiration and respect from readers and peers-Russ Manning among them - and Marsh's art inspired future comics creators from Richard Corben to Los Bros. Hernandez

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In this volume, Tarzan fends off a scientist's unnaturally sized jungle animals; protects Cathne, "the city of gold," and its people from Tommy-gun-toting gangsters; outwits treacherous witch doctors and a truck-sized spider; discovers Egyptian ruins; and evades the dinosaurs of the lost land of Pal-ul-don while hunting for their eggs. The familiar faces of Boy, Jane, and Lieutenant Paul D'Arnot - a character fashioned after Jesse Marsh himself - return, and the recurring character Dr. MacWhirtle, a famed and eccentric paleontologist, is introduced for the first time!

Few artists can capture visceral action sequences and the dynamic human form like Joe Kubert, and his expressive talents are fully realized in his 1970s Tarzan comics. This beautiful archive collection - with an introduction by Kubert and color restoration based off of Tatjana Wood's original colors - is a must-have for fans of timeless adventure tales and Joe Kubert's undeniable intensity and skill. Beginning with this first volume, Dark Horse's hardcover series reprints Kubert's entire Tarzan work. Join us on these primal adventures, as Tarzan discovers the pleasures and perils of the African wilds... and the many dangers posed by both man and beast! Joe Kubert's Tarzan, Volume One, reprints issues #207 through #214 of the 1970s run, featuring "Origin of the Ape Man" (a bold adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' first Tarzan novel), "Jungle Tales of Tarzan," and other stories inspired by Burroughs' books - all written and drawn by the legendary Joe Kubert!

Edgar Rice Burroughs\` legendary Tarzan stories continue with two of his greatest! In Tarzan the Untamed, Tarzan defends his jungle home from invaders during World War I and then must protect an Englishman and a German spy from a lost civilization of lion-men! And in Tarzan the Terrible, the lord of the apes embarks on a desperate search for his wife Jane, captured by Germans—and discovers a hidden land where strange dinosaurs and beast-men roam the earth! These classic stories are packaged in a handy, compact size and are completely re-colored using state-of-the-art digital techniques.

The insidious cult of the Loveking is spreading through Carson Napier's kingdom on the ocean world of Venus. If Carson can't break the Loveking's spell, the balance of power on Venus will be shattered and the woman Carson loves will be lost to him forever. But a jungle howl from a faraway world signals the arrival of a powerful ally, Tarzan, whom Carson will desperately need to avert disaster on his adopted planet! Also included in this volume is "Tarzan: A Tale of Mugambi," never before collected!

Beasts, savages, natural disasters—these are the threats of the jungle, the things Tarzan has learned to control. But there is nothing natural about his current quarry This collection features three separate, monster-ridden story arcs: "Le Monster," a Phantom of the Opera story; "Modern Prometheus," a Frankenstein story; and "Tooth & Nail," a Jekyll & Hyde story. Beautifully colored, each story showcases its own, period-conscious pallette. There's also a cover gallery section featuring the work of Bernie Wrightson, William Kaluta, and Mark Schultz plus character sketches by Stan and Vince.