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Volume  064


ERB COMIC STRIPS

TARZAN COMIC STRIPS: Sunday Pages and Daily Strips
During the Edgar Rice Burroughs Input Years: 1929-1950
TARZAN DAILY STRIPS

TITLE
ARTIST
CONTINUITY
START DATE
Tarzan of the Apes Hal Foster R. W. Palmer January 7, 1929
The Return of Tarzan Rex Maxon R. W. Palmer June 10, 1929
The Beasts of Tarzan Rex Maxon R. W. Palmer August 19, 1929
The Son of Tarzan Rex Maxon R. W. Palmer November 25, 1929
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Rex Maxon R. W. Palmer March 17, 1930
Tarzan and the Lost Empire Rex Maxon R. W. Palmer July 14, 1930
Tarzan and the Golden Lion Rex Maxon R. W. Palmer October 20, 1930
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle Rex Maxon R. W. Palmer February 9, 1931
Tarzan at the Earth's Core Rex Maxon R. W. Palmer June 1, 1931
Tarzan the Terrible Rex Maxon R. W. Palmer September 21, 1931
Tarzan and the Ant Men Rex Maxon R. W. Palmer January 25, 1932
Tarzan the Untamed Rex Maxon R. W. Palmer June 20, 1932
Tarzan the Ape-Man Rex Maxon R. W. Palmer March 27, 1933
Tarzan the Invicible Rex Maxon R. W. Palmer September 4, 1933
Tarzan and the City of Gold Rex Maxon Palmer / Garden March 26, 1934
Tarzan and the Lion Man Rex Maxon Don Garden September 17, 1934
Tarzan and the Fire Gods Rex Maxon Don Garden February 25, 1935
The Tarzan Twins Rex Maxon Don Garden September 2, 1935
Tarzan and the Leopard Men Rex Maxon Don Garden Dec. 30, 1935
Tarzan and the Mayan Goddess William Juhre Don Garden June 22, 1936
Tarzan's Quest William Juhre Don Garden December 14, 1936
Tarzan the Magnificent William Juhre Don Garden June 21, 1937
Tarzan Under Fire William Juhre Don Garden October 11, 1937
Tarzan the Fearless Rex Maxon Don Garden January 17, 1938
Tarzan and the Forbidden City Rex Maxon Don Garden May 9, 1938
Tarzan and the Elephant Men Rex Maxon Don Garden October 10, 1938
Tarzan and the Fires of Tohr Rex Maxon Don Garden February 20, 1939
Untitled Rex Maxon Don Garden August 28, 1939
Untitled Rex Maxon Rex Maxon November 29, 1943
Untitled Dan Barry Rob Thompson September 1, 1947
Untitled John Lehti Rob Thompson November 22, 1948
Untitled Paul Reinman Rob Thompson February 7, 1949
Untitled Nick Cardy Rob Thompson February 13, 1950
Untitled Nick Cardy Burne Hogarth May 22, 1950
Untitled Bob Lubbers Burne Hogarth July 24, 1950
Untitled Bob Lubbers Dick van Buren July 31, 1950
Reference: Tarzan of the Funnies by Robert R. Barrett


TARZAN SUNDAY PAGES

ARTIST
CONTINUITY
START DATE
NUMBER
Rex Maxon R. W. Palmer March 15, 1931
Hal Foster R. W. Palmer September 27, 1931
Hal Foster George Carlin November 14, 1931
Hal Foster Don Garden July 1, 1934
Burne Hogarth Don Garden May 9, 1937
Burne Hogarth Burne Hogarth October 31, 1943
Ruben Moreira Burne Hogarth December 2, 1945
Ruben Moreira Don Garden February 10, 1946
Burne Hogarth Don Garden August 10, 1947
Burne Hogarth Burne Hogarth September 14, 1947
Burne Hogarth Rob Thompson December 14, 1947
Burne Hogarth James Freeman July 16, 1950
Burne Hogarth Burne Hogarth July 23, 1950
Bob Lubbers Burne Hogarth August 27, 1950
Bob Lubbers Dick Van Buren September 24, 1950
Reference: Tarzan of the Funnies by Robert R. Barrett
 
 

ARTIST LIST

HAL FOSTER 1929-37
REX MAXON 1929-47
BURNE HOGARTH 1937-50
WILLIAM JUHRE 1936-38
DAN BARRY 1947-49
JOHN LEHTI 1949
PAUL REINMAN 1949-50
NICK CARDY 1950
BOB LUBBERS 1950-54
JOHN CELARDO 1953-68
RUSS MANNING - 1967-1979
GIL KANE 1979-81
MIKE GRELL 1981-83
GRAY MORROW 1983-
 

SUNDAY TARZAN STRIPS
Rex Maxon #1 - March 15, 1931 to #28 - September 20, 1931
Hal Foster #29 - September 27, 1931 to #321 - May 2, 1937
Burne Hogarth #322 May 9, 1937 to #768 - November 25, 1945
Rubimore (Reuben Manning) #769 - December 2, 1947 to #856 - August 3, 1947
Burne Hogarth #857 - August 10, 1947 to #1015 - August 20, 1950
Bob Lubbers #1016 - August 27, 1950 to #1198 - February 21, 1954
John Celardo #1199 - February 28, 1954 to #1922 - January 7, 1968
Russ Manning #1923 - January 14, 1968 to 1979
Gil Kane 1979 - 1981
Mike Grell 1981 - 1983
Gray Morrow 1983 to present

THE DAILY TARZAN STORY-STRIPS (*reprinted in BLBs)
Tarzan of the Apes - Hal Foster (January 1929)
    (Reprinted as The Illustrated Tarzan Book No. I - G&D)
*The Return of Tarzan - Rex Maxon
*The Beasts of Tarzan - Rex Maxon
*The Son of Tarzan - Rex Maxon
*Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar - Rex Maxon
*Tarzan and the Lost Empire - Rex Maxon
*Tarzan and the Golden Lion - Rex Maxon
*Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle - Rex Maxon
Tarzan at the Earth's Core - Rex Maxon
*Tarzan the Terrible - Rex Maxon
*Tarzan and the Ant Men - Rex Maxon
*Tarzan the Untamed - Rex Maxon
Tarzan and the Ape Man (movie) - Rex Maxon
Tarzan the Invincible - Rex Maxon
Tarzan and the City of Gold - Rex Maxon
Tarzan and the Lion Man - Rex Maxon
Tarzan and the Fire Gods - Rex Maxon
**The Tarzan Twins - Rex Maxon (copied by J. Bennet for BLB)
Tarzan and the Leopard Men - Rex Maxon
Tarzan and the Mayan Goddess - William Juhre
Tarzan's Quest - William Juhre
Tarzan the Magnificent - William Juhre
Tarzan Under Fire - William Juhre
Tarzan the Fearless (movie) - Rex Maxon
Tarzan and the Elephant Men - Rex Maxon
Tarzan and the Fires of Tohr - Rex Maxon

On August 27, 1939, the strip dropped its original four-panel format with text below and adapted the format still in use today. Most of these numbered daily strips have been copied in the  English comic, Tarzan Adventures.

Rex Maxon - #1 to #2508
Burne Hogarth #2509 to #2616
Dan Barry #2617 to #2892
John Lehti #2893 to # 2958
Paul Reinman #2959 to #3276
N. Cardy #3277 to #3414
Bob Lubbers #3415 to 4500
John Celardo #4501 (January 1954) to #8856 (December 9, 1967)
Russ Manning #8857 (December 11, 1967) to 1979
Gil Kane 1979 - 1981
Mike Grell 1981 - 1983
Gray Morrow 1983 to present
 

John Celardo
Celardo studied at the New York School of Industrial Arts. He was a staff artist for Fiction House - a pulp magazine and comic book publisher. After a stint in the military he began doing free lance work in 1948.

Thirty-six year old John Celardo of Staten Island officially took over the Tarzan daily strip on January 18, 1954 and the Sunday strip on February 28, 1954. He probably had been inking Bob Lubber's Tarzan strips for quite some time before these dates. This early work was very similar to Lubbers' but he gradually developed a more simple, less complicated and perhaps "lazier" style. He produced a total of 4350 daily strips (#4507-#8856) and 724 Sunday strips (#1199-#1922) - an output second only to Rex Maxon. Bob Hodes of ERB, Inc. was instrumental in enlisting the services of Russ Manning as the artist to replace Celardo.
 
 
 

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THE HAL FOSTER YEARS
September 27, 1931 to May 2, 1937
CONTENTS
(Work in Progress)

ERB Comics Summary
Project Introduction
Foster Sept 1931
Hawk of the Desert
Foster Dec. 1931
Hulvia, The Beautiful
Foster April 1932
Lenida, The Lion Tamer
Foster June 1932
Return of Korak
Foster August 1932
Elephants' Graveyard
Foster Sept. 1932
Primeval Swamp
Foster Nov. 1932
Egyptian Saga I: Monkey Man
Foster March 1933
Egyptians Saga II: Wrath of Gods
Foster May 1933
Egyptians Saga III: Sun God
Foster Sept 1933
Egyptians Saga IV:
Foster Dec.1933
Egyptians Saga V: Child/Fire
Foster Feb 1934
Egypt Saga VI: Pharaoh Command
Foster June 17 1933
The Mysterious Maiden
The Mysterious Maiden II

 
RUSS MANNING TRIBUTE
1. Illustrated Biography
2. Illustrated Bibliography
3. Portfolio Eclectica
4. Illustrated Career Timeline I
5. Illustrated Career Timeline II
6. Illustrated Career Timeline III
7. Russ Manning The Writer
8. Russ Manning Speaks


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